NORWICH, CT - At 2:00 P.M. on Wednesday, January 8th, the Norwich Fire Department with East Great Plain Ladder 5 and Laurel Hill Engine 62 were dispatched to 53 Hedge Avenue for a reported house fire. Battalion 1 arrived at 2:04 P.M., with a working fire on the front porch of a two-and-a-half-story wood-frame residential house.

Squad A stretched a one-and-three-quarter-inch hose line into the porch area and knocked the fire. Engine 2 handjacked five-inch to the hydrant, establishing the water supply. Two members of Truck 1 searched while the driver set up and threw ladders. Engine 3 stretched a second line and went to the floor above to check for extension. Crews had the fire knocked in about 10 minutes and then performed overhaul and ventilation. Ladder 5 and Preston Engine 11 staged out front while Rescue 5 filled cylinders. 

Car 1 had command while the Battalion was operations and Car 10 had safety. The Mohegan Tribal Fire Department provided the FAST, and the Norwich Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating.