Westport Firefighters

At 7:21 this evening, the Westport Fire Department responded to a basement fire on Half Mile Common. The initial dispatch was for an automatic alarm through a central monitoring company for an activated smoke detector. The incident was upgraded to a structure fire as soon as a 9-1-1 call was received from the occupant of the house. The Westport Fire Department responded with four Engine, one Ladder Truck, the Shift Commander’s car and a Fire Inspector. 
Upon arrival Fire Fighters confirmed that all occupants were out of the building and were able to confine the fire spread to the ceiling and wall area of a bathroom in the finished basement area of the house. There was no spread of fire to the upper floors of the house. There was a moderate smoke condition in the remainder of the house which was ventilated using smoke ejectors. Fire Fighters were able to save the family’s six year old guinea pig from the house. Fairfield Fire Department sent an Engine Company to cover fire calls from Westport Fire Headquarters for the duration of the incident. There were no civilian or Fire Fighter injuries. The last fire apparatus cleared the scene at 2138 hrs.

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Firefighters from Westport responded today to a large fire at a Wilton condominium complex. The fire broke out at 11:43 a.m. at the Wilton Crest complex on River Road. It was declared under control more than an hour later. Wilton Fire Chief Paul Milositz said 15 units in the 109-unit complex were destroyed or heavily damaged. An hour into the blaze, all firefighters were ordered out of the complex because of the danger of collapse. In addition to Westport, Wilton called in mutual aid from New Canaan, Norwalk,  Ridgefield, Weston, and Georgetown. Two firefighters were injured fighting the blaze, but the Wilton Fire department said the injuries were not serious. The last Westport unit left the scene at 3:22 p.m. (Report from WestportNow.com)

This evening at 8:27 PM, the Westport Fire Department responded with Westport EMS,  Fairfield Fire Department and the Connecticut State Police to a report of a motor vehicle accident with injuries and possible car fire on the Merritt Parkway northbound between exit 42 and 44.  Two Westport fire engines, a rescue truck and command car responded to the scene to find a 2003 Jaguar that had struck a tree on the right side of the roadway just north of the North Avenue overpass, and come to rest back in the north bound travel lanes. The vehicle had sustained severe damage to the front end and the driver side airbag had deployed. The driver was still inside the vehicle with moderate to severe injuries. The driver was extricated from the vehicle, placed on a backboard and stretcher for transport by Westport EMS to Bridgeport Hospital. Northbound traffic was limited to only one lane of travel and for short periods of time closed entirely causing a large backup for the one hour duration of the incident. The incident is under investigation by the Connecticut Sate Police.

April 22 2012….at 3:04 PM today, Westport Firefighters responded to a reported motor vehicle accident, rollover with injury on I95 northbound, between exits 17 & 18. Arriving fire units found a Honda Civic on its’ roof in the left lane. The driver of the vehicle was out of the car upon arrival. Firefighters evaluated him for injuries and turned him over to Westport EMS for further evaluation. He refused transport to the hospital. Firefighters put down speedi dri to prevent spilled liquids from going into the storm drain and prepared the vehicle for towing. CT State Police controlled the traffic around the incident and opened all lanes at 3:43PM. The last fire unit left the scene at that same time. CT State Police are in charge of the investigation.

March 31 2012….Three persons suffered minor burns as a fast moving fire heavily damaged a one-story home at 7 Bumpy Lane, off Wilton Road, near the Westport-Wilton town line. All on-duty Westport fire personnel as well as Westport volunteers and a unit from the Wilton Fire Department responded to today’s late afternoon fire. Two of the three inside were taken to the burn unit at Bridgeport Hospital and later released while the third declined treatment. Cause of the fire, which broke out at about 5 p.m., was under investigationon Bumpy Lane off of Wilton Road. A Fairfield Fire Department engine company provided backup coverage for the rest of Westport.

January 5 2012…. at approximately 0900 this morning, a report was recieved that a young person had possibly fallen through the ice on Cypress Pond just off Partrick Road. Fire and Police units responded to the scene and found a hole in the ice with a hockey stick close by. Police units canvassed the immediate area to discover if anybody had been reported missing while Fire Department units prepared to enter the water on a sled to search the pond.  A neighbor reported that a person had fallen through the ice 2 days prior and had self extricated. While Police units tried to locate that individual, Firefighters entered the pond, conducted a search for the person which proved negative, retrieved the hockey stick and returned to shore. Police units reported shortly thereafter that the person reported to have fallen through the ice had been located safe and sound and was on their way to the scene. The last Fire Department unit cleared the scene at 1027.

January 1 2012…. at approximately 0300 this morning, State Police received multiple 911 calls reporting a car over the embankment on I-95 northbound between exits 18 and 19. According to State Police the vehicle may have rolled multiple times beofe ending up in the embankment. Westport Fire responded to the scene with multiple units, and special called more personnel to assist as the incident progressed. Fairfield Fire also responded to the scene while Norwalk sent an engine to Westport Fire HQ to cover other calls within town. Westport EMS transported at least one victim to Norwalk hospital. The last Fire Department unit cleared the scene at approximately 0700.

December 13 2011…. at approximately 0823 this morning, an occupied school bus on it’s way to Kings Highway Elementary school was involved in a three vehicle accident at the intersection of Post Road West and Sylvan Road North. Only minor injuries were reported for occupants of the two passenger vehicles involved. No injuries were reported for the school children on the school bus. Fire, Police and EMS units evaluated the involved parties. Fire Department personnel worked on the school bus and a badly damaged SUV to immobilize them. Traffic in the area was disrupted while personnel worked at the scene. The last Fire Department unit cleared the scene at approximately 0930.

December 8 2011…. shortly before 4pm this afternoon Fire Department units responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident, car versus pole, near 380 Greens Farms Road. A mother and daughter escaped serious injury when the Jeep Grand Cherokee they were in slammed in to a utility pole on Greens Farms Road. CL&P crews were requested to take care of a snapped pole and a transformer that fell from the pole. Power was lost in the area and a hydrant was sheared at its base causing a slight flooding condition at local residences. Aquarion responded to repair the damaged hydrant.

December 3 2011…. at6:33 PMtonight, theWestportFire Department responded to the reported motor vehicle accident with injuries with a car into the building. Engine 5 from the Greens Farms fire station along with Rescue 3 and Car 3 from Fire Headquarters arrived to find a two car motor vehicle accident with one car inside the building.  Firefighters checked all occupants for injuries and searched the residence for anyone trapped inside. They also checked for structural damage. No one was injured in the accident and the resident was not home at the time of the accident. Three cats and a dog were removed from the residence. The car was removed from the building and the owner of the property was making arrangements to have it boarded up. The Westport Police Department is investigating the accident.