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[disclaimer]This post is intended to provide some offbeat humor.... clearly some rules were broken (SCBA, 2-in-2-out, etc etc etc). Hopefully this won't turn into a flamefest.[/disclaimer]
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Firefighter puts snow to good use
SHELTON — At 2 p.m. Thursday, Dave VanWart, an Echo Hose firefighter, used snow to knock down flames engulfing a living room. VanWart, a 25-year-old landscaper, was the first firefighter at the structure fire at the two-family house on Murphy Lane. Arriving shortly before the engine from the Pine Rock firehouse, VanWart grabbed a shovel from the bed of his truck and ran to the first-floor apartment. Shoveling snow from the outside lawn, VanWart managed to extinguish most of the flames, according to Assistant Fire Chief Mike Ulrich. "It created steam, and steam puts fire out fast," Ulrich said on a day when the department responded to two fires. In the early morning hours, firefighters put out a kitchen fire at the Residence Inn.
At Murphy Lane, the Pine Rock engine's hoses finished off the flames, which had climbed into the wall cavity. The fire was out by 2:15 p.m., Ulrich said. investigation. Ulrich said the fire was located around a living room couch.
Fire damage was limited the living room; other areas of the house were also damaged by smoke and water. The fire at the Residence Inn, 1001 Bridgeport Ave., broke out shortly after midnight. The blaze was put out quickly, but the sprinklers flooded about eight people out of their rooms at the long-term stay hotel.
The cause was an unattended pot on the stove, Ulrich said.
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Firefighter puts snow to good use
SHELTON — At 2 p.m. Thursday, Dave VanWart, an Echo Hose firefighter, used snow to knock down flames engulfing a living room. VanWart, a 25-year-old landscaper, was the first firefighter at the structure fire at the two-family house on Murphy Lane. Arriving shortly before the engine from the Pine Rock firehouse, VanWart grabbed a shovel from the bed of his truck and ran to the first-floor apartment. Shoveling snow from the outside lawn, VanWart managed to extinguish most of the flames, according to Assistant Fire Chief Mike Ulrich. "It created steam, and steam puts fire out fast," Ulrich said on a day when the department responded to two fires. In the early morning hours, firefighters put out a kitchen fire at the Residence Inn.
At Murphy Lane, the Pine Rock engine's hoses finished off the flames, which had climbed into the wall cavity. The fire was out by 2:15 p.m., Ulrich said. investigation. Ulrich said the fire was located around a living room couch.
Fire damage was limited the living room; other areas of the house were also damaged by smoke and water. The fire at the Residence Inn, 1001 Bridgeport Ave., broke out shortly after midnight. The blaze was put out quickly, but the sprinklers flooded about eight people out of their rooms at the long-term stay hotel.
The cause was an unattended pot on the stove, Ulrich said.
Not to mention calling for mutual aid from Chuck Norris! ALWAYS a must! 
that way they don't have to dig out a hydrant
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