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Construction Worker Injured in Fall at Carter Street Building Site

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Emergency responders shortly after noon on Monday were dispatched to a residential construction site on Carter Street where a worker suffered a fall. The victim was on the second floor of a home under construction at 252 Carter St., near the intersection of Hickory Drive, officials said. There were no stairs at the home, officials said. Police Lt. Jason Ferraro, the department’s public information officer, confirmed that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was contacted following the accident and the federal agency is expected to conduct its own investigation. The New Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Police Department and Fire Department received notification of the accident at about 12:07 p.m..

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Car Catches Fire in Three-Vehicle Accident On Frogtown Road

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Police and fire officials responded to what appears to have been a 3-car accident on Frogtown Road just after 10 a.m. Friday. According to dispatcher reports, the call came in at about 10:06 a.m. and no one was injured in the accident. One car—a silver sedan—was on fire when emergency responders arrived. No one was seriously injured, officials said. Fire officials confirmed that the accident occurred on Frogtown between Parish Road and Weed Street.

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Fire Marshal: Monday Marks National Fire Prevention Week

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Each year, more than 2,500 people die in fires, most of them in residential occupancies. National Fire Prevention Week is October 4-10 this year and the theme is “Hear the beep where you sleep: Every bedroom needs a smoke alarm” and the Fire Service throughout the nation will be working to emphasize fire safety awareness as will the New Canaan Fire Department. Firefighters will be visiting schools throughout town giving demonstrations on how to stay fire safe. Also, school groups will be touring the fire house to learn about how the fire fighters live, train and work. The kitchen is the most common room in the home for a fire to start—usually related to cooking however, unsafe ash disposal is a reoccurring problem.

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New Canaan Remembers Residents, Honors Responders in 9/11 Ceremony [VIDEO]

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New Canaan Marks 9 11 in Ceremony at Town Hall on 9 11 15
Uploaded by Michael Dinan on 2015-09-11. One of the Sept. 11, 2001 images seared into the memory of New Canaan First Selectman Rob Mallozzi is looking out across Main Street from Town Hall, and catching sight of firefighters Don Gesuladi and Bobby Thompson. On Friday, Mallozzi said he could “still see them straddling the yellow lines with an empty fire boot in hand, collecting spare change from motorists that were passing by our firehouse.”

“Was there ever a time when we all felt so desperately that we wanted to do something for our country, for our community or for our families?” Mallozzi told more than 100 residents, town workers and emergency responders who gathered on Town Hall’s front lawn for a solemn ceremony honoring those who lost their lives during the terrorist attacks of 9/11. “That was the good that came from the evil.

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New Canaan Firefighters Undergo ‘Rescue Jack’ Training

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New Canaan firefighters for more than two hours on Thursday underwent rescue jack training, a critically important tool in stabilizing vehicles following accidents. NCFD officials say vehicle stabilization often is the very first step rescuers take at a motor vehicle accident scene, and a safety requirement prior to removing victims from a wreck. Even if a motor vehicle after a crash is “on all fours,” meaning on four tires, it can be important to ensure it’s stabilized and will not move in order to administer to a patient inside, officials say. One example of a time that rescue jacks could have been used for stabilization was Monday night when a box truck got stuck under the railroad overpass on Route 106 and was wedged at an angle with two wheels in the air, officials say. The fire department’s rescue vehicle is equipped with four rescue jacks as well as other straps, chains and tools to be used depending on what’s needed.