Rescue: MVA Car Rollover 9/11/2021
Saturday September 11, 5:50 PM*Vehicle accident – Rollover*Crews are just clearing the scene of a single-vehiclerollover in the 1000 Block of Ellington Road. Minor injuries only, and no entrapment.
Car Fire on I291 on 8/24/2021
Tuesday, August 24 at approximately 9:15 AM*Car Fire and multiple other calls*This morning at approximately 9:15 AM the SWFD responded to a car fire in the northbound lanes of Route 5, north of Sullivan Avenue. Engines 2, 3, and 4 responded.While operating at the car fire, three separate commercial fire alarms came in within a […]
Rescue Entrapment in Car 8/24/2021
Tuesday August 24, 2021 – 2:00 AM SWFD and South Windsor Police Department are out with a single car MVA, rollover with entrapment at the intersection of Ellington Road and Northview. One patient was extricated and sustained only minor injuries.
Rope Rescue Operation on 8/14/2021
South Windsor Rescue 5/Special Operations responded to Broad Brook today to assist with a rope rescue operation.
Rescue Entrapment on 7/15/2021
*Construction Incident*July 15, 2021 @ 2:15 PMThe South Windsor Fire Department along with Ambulance Service of Manchester and South Windsor Police Department were dispatched to the area of Buckland Road and Deming Street for the report of a construction worker pinned underneath a pipe on a construction site.Cars 29, 10, and 11 responded along with […]
Rescue Entrapment 4/18/2021
Sunday April 18, 2021:Machinery Rescue Crews responded to Aldi’s distribution center, 295 Rye Street, for a reported person trapped in a large trash compactor. Car 12 and Car 15 responded with Engine 8 and Rescue 5. The patient was located with his foot trapped between a 4×4 constructed pallet and a steel compact plate. Rescue […]
Rescue MVA Rt5 Garbage Truck Rollover 3/18/2021
SWFD, along with South Windsor Police Department, Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP), DMV, and Environmental Services Inc. are on the scene of a large garbage truck rollover with a significant fuel leak. The right side of the northbound lane of Route 5 was closed in the area of Chapel Road while crews clean […]
Rescue Motor Vehicle Accident on I291 on 2/16/2021
SWFD along with Ambulance Service of Manchester, Manchester Fire Rescue EMS Engine 5, and Manchester Fire Department 8th District are now clearing this single-vehicle accident on 291 Eastbound, between exits 4 and 5. Two patients were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. The left lane was closed while the accident was cleared up but […]
Fire Mutual Aid Vernon 12/20/2020
Sunday, December 20th at approximately 11:00 AM, the SWFD responded mutual aid to the Town of Vernon for a 2nd alarm of fire on Union Street in the Rockville section. Engine 6, Tower 1, Car 15, and Car 10 responded with 14 members. This photo was taken by a member of the Union Congregational Church […]
Rescue MVA Buckland Rd 12/18/2020
December 18, 2020 – approximately 2:00 PMSWFD, South Windsor Police Department and Ambulance Service of Manchester just cleared a two-car motor vehicle accident in the intersection of Buckland Road and Tamarack Avenue (southernmost entrance to Evergreen Walk).The driver of one vehicle sustained minor injuries and required extrication due to impact from the second vehicle. The […]