Southington Fire Department

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For Immediate Release:
COMMERCIAL BUILDING FIRE 240 ATWATER ST. GULF SHRIMP

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✅ The Southington Fire Department is proud to announce the successful award of the 2022 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG), totaling $130,327.27.

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Our @CTDEMHS Urban Search and Rescue Team (USAR) is on the ground in Vermont working closely with @vemvt & other USAR teams along the Winooski River initiating rescues of residents trapped by flood waters. This morning the teams rescued 5 people and 3 pets. #VTflood23

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Early this afternoon, fire crews rescued an injured hiker who fell from a cliff at Ragged Mountain. Patient was carried out of the the woods by FD members, and transported to Hartford hospital by Lifestar 3.

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and trailering procedures.

While additional training will continue through Spring, the apparatus is in service and ready to respond to the next rescue.

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UTV-1 now in service! A significant increase to our capabilities when we respond to lost or injured hikers, brush fires, and other types of remote incidents. Throughout the week, 28 members received extensive training on off-road driving, pump operations, patient packaging..

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‼️🚨‼️ TRAFFIC ALERT ‼️🚨‼️Queen Street in Southington is closed in Both directions near the Plainville town line due to a serious rollover crash. Avoid the area. @FOX61News @SouthingtonFD

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Once the installation of equipment is completed, a comprehensive department wide training program will be delivered by our Training Division.

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➡️ Fleet addition!

We recently took delivery of a 2023 Polaris XP1000, unit designation UTV-1. The unit is equipped with a dual use fire/rescue skid, capable of transporting patients as well as extinguishing brush fires. It is equipped with an 85 gallon water tank, 2.5 gallon..

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class A (non-PFAS) foam cell, and 50ft of forestry hose. The addition will greatly aid our crews in locating and transporting injured hikers, transporting personnel and equipment to rope rescue incidents, and allow us to more efficiently extinguish remote brush fires.

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@PlainvilleFire Thanks brothers

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@PlainvilleFire Sorry for your loss!

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were collected throughout December. Our sincerest thanks for all of the support we receive for our community outreach programs!

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➡️ We’re proud to continue a decades long tradition of delivering hundreds of gifts for the@southingtoncommunityservices holiday gift program. This year our members made 244 deliveries to neighbors in need.

🧸We also delivered two truck loads of toys to Community Services that

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The Southington Fire Department is proud to announce the successful award of the 2021 @FEMAGrants Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program for $140,760.00. The funds will allow us to train and certify a significant portion of our members as Apparatus Pump Operators.

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