18 March 2010<br/>
38 Kerr Road<br/>
Canterbury, CT<br/>
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1431:  Canterbury (93) for brush fire<br/>
1440:  First Alarm, Structure:  Full Response: <br/>
       Canterbury E-193, ET-193, Forestry 193, Rescue 593<br/>
       Mortlake ET-190, ET-290, Engine 190, Ladder 190, Rescue 490, Service 190.<br/>
       Atwood Hose ET-196, HT-196, Rescue 396<br/>
       FAST: Moosup Ladder 194<br/>
1457:  Special Call, Tankers: Plainfield ET-295, Scotland ET-116, Lisbon T-154, Moosup ET-294.  Lisbon & Moosup forestry equipment, too.<br/>
1509:  DEP 1 (Forestry) on scene<br/>
1510:  Special Call, Full Response:  Central Village (97)<br/>
1513:  Special Call, Tankers:  Oneco ET-268, Griswold ET-355, South Killingly T-265, Dayville ET-263, Windham Center ET-103<br/>
1524:  Special Call:  Mortlake Ambulance for rehab<br/>
1531:  Fire contained.<br/>
1534:  Covers:  Hampton ET-112 to Canterbury; East Brooklyn to Mortlake; Danielson in quarters; Williamsville ET-260 to Atwood Hose.<br/>
1700:  Mutual aid starting to be released<br/>
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Historical note that may only interest me:  Mortlake originally covered the Kerr Road area until Canterbury established its own department.  Christian Kerr was one of the original members of Mortlake.<br/>
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This is one of the further out locations in my immediate area -- 4.5 mile run for Canterbury, 3.5 mile run for both Mortlake & Atwood Hose.  A reported structure fire would bring all three automatically.<br/>
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NOTE:  Photograph timestamps are +20 minutes from actual time.<br/>
I ended up running the pump on Service 190 for the brush fire, so not many pics from the structural side of the operation.<br/>
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ET-196 setting up at Mortlake's drop tank<br/>
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Two older barns / chicken coops burned.  I'm calling this "A" side as it faces the road, more or less.<br/>
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Grass fire had already started to peter out once it hit the greener mowed grass.<br/>
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This driveway and mowed strip ran along most of the A and D sides providing a nice fire break.<br/>
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The A/D corner.<br/>
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FF Cordes at the house near the C/D corner.<br/>
There was never imminent risk to the two houses on the D side, but it was a situation that needed attention.<br/>
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Central Village Service 197, 400 gallons of water.<br/>
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Lighting some burn outs to clear the light fuels on the D side.  Canterbury's forestry truck in background.<br/>
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Forestry gear remains relatively rare in this area.  Its slowly changing, but most departments still use either partial bunkers or work clothes.  In most of our fuels, most of the time thermal injuries are not a major concern; structural bunkers are less effective PPE then work clothes due to the additional stress and heat they cause.
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Property owners and neighbors talking.  Service 190 in the foreground carries 200 gallons.<br/>
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Discussing what is to be let burned.  The hedges were the only item of value here.<br/>
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The burn out was used to clean out the lighter 1 and 10 hour fuels, saving the effort of making a line through the brush or using foam to wet unburned fuels.</br>
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Later on larger fuels were wet down to stop smoldering.  These were primarily from white pines that had earlier been cut down and blocked up and left to rot.
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Moosup Forestry 194 & Canterbury Forestry 193.  Originally we were supposed to get an ET with 1200 gallons to assist on this side, but it got stuck in soft ground turning around by the fire scene, and drop tanks blocked further access by large units.  So two forestries got sent through a field to gain access.<br/>
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After refilling tanks, S-190 and S-197 returned to work on mopping up hot spots.<br/>
Water usage on the woods fire I believe was 1 load from S-190 (200 gallons), 2 loads from S-197 (800 gallons total), plus 1 load (100 gallons) from Moosup F-194.<br/>
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Less smoke then when we started.<br/>
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During the height of the fire, a second drop tank was setup left of the red tank, which blocked this entrance.<br/>
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