Man Jumps from Second Floor at Willimantic Structure Fire
Photo by Ryan FlahertyWillimantic Engine 101 pulled past to leave room for the truck and stretched a line to the second floor.
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Photo by Ryan FlahertyColumbia and UConn packaging the patient into a stokes basket.
Photo by Ryan FlahertyUConn Firefighter Patrick Eye lowering Tower 122's platform to the ground.
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Photo by Ryan FlahertyThe truck driver backed up to the second floor where the victim jumped into the dumpster.
Photo by Ryan FlahertyNorth Windham's crew staging in the rear.
Photo by Ryan FlahertyBlood on the siding from where the victim broke the window and jumped out.
WILLIMANTIC, CT - At 8:53 A.M. on Tuesday, March 22nd, Station K Dispatch notified Willimantic companies that they were taking calls for a house fire at 1163 Main Street. Engine and Tower 101 left their previous call and responded to the fire. Police arrived first, confirming a fire on the second floor with multiple people still inside. Car 101 arrived at 8:55 A.M. with smoke showing from the second floor of a three-story, wood-frame residential over commercial.
Before any fire apparatus arrived, a truck driver (Griswold Firefighter) backed his rig up to the 'Bravo' side, where a tenant smashed a second floor window and jumped into a dumpster that was on the truck.
Car 1 requested the second-alarm while responding and Engine 101 arrived at 8:57 A.M. Engine 101 laid a line from the hydrant and stretched a one-and-three-quarter inch cross lay up to the second floor where they began fire suppression. Tower 101 set up in the front and took some windows on the second floor. Mansfield Squad 307 stretched the second cross lay up the rear stairs to the third floor and checked for extension. Engine 301 performed overhaul in the second floor fire room.
A Willimantic Police Officer and Columbia Ambulance 505 treated the patient in the dumpster while UConn’s Tower 122 assisted with patient packaging. They then used the platform to move the patient to the ground in a stokes basket. Following that, UConn’s crew threw some ground ladders. Ambulance 505 and Windham Medic 32 transported their patient to Windham Hospital. Lifestar was requested to Windham Hospital for a modified intercept of a patient with burn injuries. Willimantic Police also assisted a resident out of the third floor and brought two people to the hospital.
Ambulance 501 cleared a medical from South Windham and responded in Engine 201. Car 1 had command while Car 101 assumed operations, and Car 7 was safety. North Windham Engine 102 and South Windham Rescue 104 provided scene support. Manchester Engine 4 was started as an additional FAST while Scotland Ambulance 516 stood by at the scene. The Town of Windham Fire Marshal is investigating.
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