10/25/14 New Haven,Ct 2nd Alarm

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BCR

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New Haven, Ct
Connecticut Avenue ( down near the New Haven Harbor)
Reported as a transformer explosion with electric fire
Box 504
Engine 5,17,4
Squad 1
Truck 3
Emergency 1
Car 33 (East Battalion Chief), 32 (Deputy Chief)

Before leaving central station, car 32 could see from a window a large header of black smoke and directed Truck 1 to respond with car 44 (departments foam/purple k rig)

Upon arriving car 33 transmitted a 22 (second alarm)
Engine 10,8
Squad 2
Truck 1 w/car 44
Car 36(Director of Training/Saftey),50(departmets scba bottle truck),39(assistant chief of operations)
*engine 8 also responded with car 101 and the state foam trailer
Car 101 is a Chevy pick up that pulls a 500 gallon foam trailer

State Police shutting down all traffic both ways on interstate 95 (I-95) due to thick smoke and proximity of highway to fire

State DEEP on scene (Department of energy and environmental protection)

UI requested - United Illuminating- power company

New Haven dispatch advising command that UI is having difficulty getting to the scene due to I-95 being closed- command to new haven can you have New Haven Pd meet UI on rt 80 and (missed cross st) And have them escort them to scene on a priority

Deep set up and taking meter readings of air quality

Here is a picture from New Haven Fire's twitter page showing what they had on arrival
https://twitter.com/keldyortiz/status/526145363837984768

Car 39 - Box 504-22 Command
Car 32 - Operations
Car 33 - Connecticut Avenue Sector Commander
Car 36 - Saftey
AMR supervisor and two ambulances on stand by at the command post
Units Relocated
Engine 16 to Engine 5
Truck 2 to Truck 1
Engine 9 to Engine 4
Hamden Engine 3 to Engine 8/Squad 1
 
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Fairfield Engine 3 arriving with there state foam trailer

Just some info on the state foam trailers, there are a total of 5, the state purchased them and have them to 5 of the larger departments in the state that are in "strategic" locations across the state and are available state wide 24/365. They carry 500 gallons of 1%/3% universal gold.  the host dept responds with and operates it, New Haven, Fairfield, Norwich, Hartford and Waterbury fire depts each have one.
http://www.ct.gov/cfpc/lib/cfpc/mobile_foam_trailer.pdf
This explains the program
 
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Recent update per news 8, 16,000 gallons of mineral oil burning from a transformer at the cross sound cable company. This is where the 25 mile cable that's under Long Island sound from Shoreham, Long Island ends/starts. Press Confrence reporting company's are standing by with foam, unknown how long it will burn for, possibly days, they are confident that no public hazard exist that there is a a structure inplace to catch any run off.
 
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Besides the seriousness of the fire, I can't imagine the traffic nightmare with closing down I-95 in the New Haven area. That is the area where I-91, and Route 34 also meets. A normally tough spot anyway.

  "BCR", you did a great job with the rundown as the other guys reported. Thank you.
 
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I was down in Trumbull for my grandson's birthday and had to come through there on the way home.  When we went by around 2000 hrs the roads had been reopened.  Could see all the apparatus but only a slight smoke condition with no visible fire.  I guess we lucked out.
 
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From what the news reported, I-95 was closed going both was, I-91 South was closed before the I-95 Interchange and Rt 34 was closed going toward Longwarf. I can't imagine how bad traffic was, or how far it was backed up, never mind in new haven where people were trying to go around. At some point all roads were reopened. For those that don't know the I-91/I-95 interchange is extrey busy and is poorly designed, it is currently under construction and there are several lane shifts, traffic there is usually horrible at best.
 
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