Where else but New Canaan can you take a family of four out for ice cream and pizza for less than $5.00? On Wednesday, April 29 from 5pm to 10pm Baskin Robbins in paring with Joe’s Pizza, The Bank of New Canaan, and New Canaan Fire for 31¢ Scoop Night.

 
While last year’s scoop night sold close to 1,700 scoops and 1,800 slices of Joe’s pizza. Not to mention 400 piggy banks handed out from The Bank of New Canaan with 31¢ jingling inside. This year’s event plans to be just as big and bold! Baskin Robbins and Joe’s Pizza will be working hard all night to hand out as may scoops and slices as they can for 31¢ each. Firefighters will be in attendance to collect donations for the Mikey Czech Foundation. Along with James Daniels Music and Entertainment to keep your family entertained all night. i-Blast will be there selling cards and will be donating 31% of their proceeds to the Mikey Czach Foundation.
 
This evening was started due to a generous $100,000 donation from Baskin Robbins corporate to the National Volunteer Fire Council’s National Junior Firefighter Program. Here in New Canaan, all proceeds will go to the Mikey Czech Foundation.
 
For more information about the Mikey Czech Foundation please visit www.mikeyczech.org.

The Noroton Fire Department is having their annual fund raising brunch on Sunday, March 29th at Chuck's Steak House, 1340 Post Road in Darien. Steak & Eggs, hash browns, sausage and muffins! An unlimited buffet with Bloody Marys, Mimosas, coffee, soda, juice and a $10.00 gift certificate to use any time at Chuck's! The donation is $40.00 per person and kids 12 and under eat free! Please see LT. Mike Vitti to purchase your tickets in advance.

On Tuesday, February 17th the Fire Commission presented New Canaan Firefighter Michael Sasser with a letter of commendation.  
The commendation was for the rescue M. Sasser made on the Parkway last week. While off-duty, Sasser came upon a SUV that was on its roof and burning. The unconscious driver was still inside the SUV. Mike and his father Duffy Sasser, with the help of others removed the unconscious driver from the SUV saving from him serious possibly fatal injuries.

 
Fairfield Fire Department Press Release:
 
The Westport and Fairfield Fire Departments responded to a single vehicle car fire involving a rollover and entrapment of the driver. The vehicle was a Chevrolet Trailblazer traveling Northbound on the Merritt Parkway between Exits 42 and 44 in the area of the Redding Road overpass. The vehicle hit a tree, rolled over and started to burn. Two unidentified persons passing by were able to pull the driver from the vehicle as it started to burn. The patient was transferred to American Medical Response Ambulance for transfer to Saint Vincent’s hospital in Bridgeport. The extent of the driver’s injuries are unknown at this time.
 
Fairfield Fire Department had the initial attack line on the fire. Westport Fire Department used fire fighting foam to extinguish the intense blaze. Westport responded with two engines, one Rescue and the Shift Commander’s vehicle. A Department of Transportation sand truck was called to the scene to spread sand on the icy roadway.
 
The Merritt Parkway was closed to all Northbound traffic for approximately one hour.
 
The last Fire Department cleared the scene at 2157 hours.

New Canaan Fire Company #1 will host a Fire Officer One course beginning in April.  All seats are taken. Contact Steve Parrett with questions on "wait listing" at  training@newcanaanfire.com

Check back for upcoming courses being offered in New Canaan!


 

                                   

At 15:35, a first alarm assignment was dispatched to 88 Devonwood Ln for a possible structure fire. Car 3, engine 1 and tanker 8 were on the road within minutes, with 7. Engine 1, under the command of Capt. Petrone arrived to find a 7,000 sq. ft. occupied house, with heavy fire showing from the attic. With the temperatures in the low 20's, the size of the home, and the amount of fire on arrival, Capt. Petrone immediately called for a second alarm, bringing in multiple mutual aid companies to the scene. As engine 1 began to lay a supple line up the driveway, it became stuck at the beginning of the unplowed driveway. Now the crew from engine 1 had to stretch 250 ft. of 2 1/2 inch hose through the front yard in 6 inches of snow just to reach the front door. A gated wye was then put on the end of the 2 1/2. They then stretched 250 ft. of 1 3/4 inch hose and hooked it up to the wye and began to advance into the structure. Firefighters made an aggressive interior attack, but about 15 minutes into the fight had to be pulled out because of the roof  starting to fail above them. Everyone was evacuated from the structure and firefighters went to a defensive attack. Water supply was a big issue at this fire due to the closest fire hydrant being almost 2,000 ft. away. Once a good water supply was established crews were able to knock down the heavy fire, with one ladder pipe and multiple hand lines. The fire was declared under control around 22:00 hours.  A rotating crew of firefighters remained on scene until late the next day hitting hot spots and making sure it did not spark back up. A special thanks to all those who came out on a very tough and cold night. Car 3 had Devonwood Lane command.

On Saturday, November 22, at approximatly 4:30pm, mutliple calls were made to 911 about smoke in the area of West Road and West Hills Road. Structure fire was confirmed, crews tried to make entry but due to structural damage were evacuated. The home was determined to be a total loss. The residence was unoccupied at the time of the fire and no firefighters were injuered.

Upon arrival, Engine 1, lead by Captain John Raidt, staged in the driveway and confirmed structure fire. Second call was made for additional manpower and mutual aid companies.  

Chief Ed Karl established command and had crews start to breach doors on the first floor of the building. Simultaneously, Captain Raidt and crew made entry through the lower garage entrance to find there was partial collapse of the first floor into the basement. All crews were immediately evacuated from the building.

A tanker shuttle operation, lead by Firefighter Steve Parrett was begun at the end of the common driveway on West Road. Due to the distance between hydrants and lack of water pressure, an additional hose line was laid-in from a hydrant to the scene. Tankers from five mutual aid departments were used in the shuttle operation.

The fire engulfed the entire structure and apparatus was sent to protect near by buildings. Crews worked for hours to extinguish the blaze.

New Canaan Fire would like to send a special thank you to NCPD, NCVAC, the Red Cross, CERT, Wilton Fire, Norwalk Fire, Stamford Fire, Turn-of-River Fire, Vista Fire, Pound Ridge Fire, South Salem Fire and Goldens Bridge Fire for all of their time and hard work.

On Thursday, September 25, at 15:56,  firefighters responded to a report of smoke coming from the roof, at the corner of Main St. and East Ave. Crews arrived to find the wood burning stove at Cava Restaurant, was on fire.


It took twelve firefighters approximatly 18 minutes to extinguish the blaze. “At this time the only damage seems to be to the chimney,” said Fire Marshal, Fred Baker.  Occupents were allowed to return to the building by  4:45pm. No injuries were reported.

A late morning accident sent Car 2, Engine 4 and Rescue 5 to 1264 Valley Road and also sent one person to the Hospital. The car involved, drove off the end of a driveway and down an embankment. The person that was in the car was able to self extricate themselves prior to the Fire Dept. arrival. Firefighters stood by until the car was removed and mitigated all hazards.

Firefighters participated in South Salem's annual firefighters Carnival. New Canaan's bravest took home 2nd Best Regulation. Congrats to all!

At 19:30, firefighters gathered in the Locust Street lot for drill. The drill was to focus on a new piece of equipment that was recently bought with grant money. We had a few companies to choose from and after a few demos we decided to go with Res-Q-Jack. During this drill, firefighters became familiar with every piece of equipment and also trained on different scenarios.

At 15:50, Tanker 8, Engine 1, and Utility 1 were dispatched to 202 Drum Hill Rd. in the Town of Wilton for a structure fire. Wilton firefighters were battling a fully involved garage fire with some extension to the main house. New Canaan firefighters arrived on scene and were quickly put to work. Units were on scene for about an hour and a half before returning to New Canaan.

New Canaan's bravest traveled to Mt. Kisco for their annual Firefighters Parade. For the third year in a row New Canaan won Best-Out-of-State. Congrats to all who marched

For the third straight year, the cops edged past the firefighters in New Canaan's annual Fire Vs. Police softball game. As usual the game was filled with lots of excitement. The game was held at Waveny Park and was followed by food and drinks at the Waveny Castle. Special thanks to the cops for providing the food and drinks.

On July 1st, New Canaan firefighters traveled to Mamaroneck, NY to participate in their annual firefighters parade.  New Canaan walked away with 2 trophies. One for Best Hook and Ladder Out-Of-State and one for 2nd Best Overall Out-Of-State. Special thanks to all who helped with cleaning the stick and to those who marched.

At 08:00, New Canaan firefighters gathered at the Metro North rail yard in downtown Stamford to finish up a two day class run by Metro North's fire Chief.  The class consisted of one day of class room material and one day of practical/on site material.