Title : Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department
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welcome to the ridgefield volunteer fire department contact : ridgefield vol. fire dept 6 catoonah st. ridgefield, ct 06877 non emergency : 203.431.2730 e-mail :: rvfd@ridgefieldct.org sherwoo road fire members vent and check for exte monday, october 20, 2008 - ridgefield fire damages home early monday morning danbury training center tim pambianchi at the danbury trai center danbury considers regional fire training school site could train area towns by dirk perrefort staff writer article last updated: 10/20/2008 06:14:44 am est danbury -- state and local officials like the idea of a regional fire training school that could be used by area towns. danbury fire chief geoff herald discussed establishing such a school friday during a meeting of the housatonic valley council of elected officials, which voted unanimously to support the proposal. "having a regional school would allow all the departments in the area to have a better working relationship," herald said. "as time goes on, we are going to have to depend on each other more and more. this will save each municipality both time and money." he added the danbury department's training facility on plumtrees road could be used for the regional school. it has a concrete "burn house" that the city refurbished about two years ago and a large concrete slab that is used for vehicle extrication exercises. many fire departments in the region already use the facility. if the plan moves forward, herald said, a trailer on the property that\\\'s used as a classroom could eventually be replaced with a permanent year-round building. other training equipment, including a tower training facility that could be used to simulate a variety of conditions firefighters face, could also be built on the site. herald said at this point officials are just looking for the regional training school designation, which requires action by the state legislature. funding could follow. no cost estimates were available at this early stage. adam piskura, director of fire training for the state, said there are seven regional training facilities in connecticut. the closest one to danbury is in fairfield. piskura said a regional approach to training is favored because it's more efficient. "it's great cross-training," said ridgefield volunteer fire chief tim pambianchi, whose firefighters were training at the plumtrees road facility on saturday. "being able to use this smokehouse enables more training more frequently ... and the city of danbury has been very accommodating in allowing us to train here and that allows both fire departments to integrate so they know what each other is capable of," he added. bill halstead, the fire marshal in newtown, said he fully supports the proposal. "it's something that's definitely needed in the area," he said. "right now we have to travel quite a distance to get to a regional school. "if we had one in danbury and there was a large-scale incident in our town, we could be on the scene within 15 minutes." he added that having a regional training center would also help departments in the region coordinate their services. "firefighters from different departments ... [ more ] bailey avenue fire saturday october 11, 2008 - ridgefield - officials said someone deliberately set a fire saturday that badly damaged five businesses off main street. no injuries were reported, as no one was in the building when the fire started. deputy fire marshal michael grasso said investigators have ruled out accidental causes for the fire, which was reported at 12:17 a.m. at the "shops off main," a two-story building off main street and bailey avenue that housed a dance studio, a grocery store and three professional offices. slideshow: click here to see pictures of investigators at the scene saturday morning. "it is an intentionally set fire, so therefore it was arson," grasso said. the fire is the second suspicious fire on main street in less than a month. on sept. 23, someone set fire to a cottage at 181 main st. however, investigators saturday would not connect the two incidents. "there is nothing similar at all," grasso said. "we can't say they are connected at this time." the fire a police officer spotted smoke in the area and contacted the fire department. officials listed the address as 424-a main st. a shed in an alley on the side of the building was engulfed when firefighters arrived. the flames traveled up the building and into the roof. upon arrival there was heavy smoke and fire starting to show on the peak of the roof. part of the roof collapsed onto the second floor, which housed several offices. three of the offices had tenants. other spaces were vacant. it took some three hours to get the blaze under control. ridgefield called for assistance from the danbury fire department, which sent an engine and a ladder truck. a ladder truck from georgetown and a truck from wilton were also dispatched to the scene. fire companies from georgetown, miry brook and redding covered the town for the ridgefield department while they battled the blaze. merchants react in addition to the offices, milillo farms, a grocery store, suffered heavy smoke and water damage as did hot shoes, a dance studio. karen casagrande, a town resident who owns the dance studio, watched the building burn. she and her husband gordon said a large crowd gathered in the parking lot during the fire, apparently patrons from several bars surrounding the scene. "they were out here watching it. it was like a barn fire in high school," casagrande said. casagrande has owned hot shoes for 24 years, but moved into the new space less than two years ago. most of damage in the studio was from smoke and water damage. about 500 cds and stereo equipment was ruined by the water. she planned to start looking monday for a temporary space for her dance studio, which has about 200 students. casagrande was grateful firefighters kept the blaze contained to one building. "these guys were great. i can't tell you how amazing they were. for as bad as it was, they contained it," she said. a steady stream of residents offered condolences saturday to mario galeano, who manages milillo farms, an independent grocery store that was also damaged. his in-laws own the store. the investigation grasso said the fire started on a shed about two feet from the building, in an alley where several large trash receptacles were stored. the shed housed a large air compressor used to ventilate air from underneath the property. the land apparently had a contamination problem at some point, grasso said, and part of the clean-up mandated by the state department of environmental protection included the installation of the air compressor. however, the device had not been used in two years, the property manager told fire officials. a team from the state fire marshal's office assisted in the investigation and focused on the alley, were the damage was the worst. they took away at least three pieces of evidence, which were placed into brown paper bags after being videotaped. "there were a few pieces of evidence that will be sent to the state lab for examination," grasso said. ridgefield police det. steve papstein was at the scene all day saturday interviewing merchants from the damaged building as well as employees at nearby stores. the rear entrance to a subway sandwich shop is close to where the fire was set, as is bailey's backyard, a restaurant. other nearby restaurants include 50 coins. papstein is hoping patrons might have spotted something between 10 p.m. friday and midnight saturday. "right now we're looking for information, so if anyone who was in this area has anything, they should call, " papstein said. the phone number at the police department is (203) 438-6531. article courtesy of the danbury news-times photo by kevin m. doyle memoria day 2008 me day 2008 rvfd particiaptes in mock car crash thursday april 24, 2008 - mock crashes drive home real message ridgefield authorities show students why drinking and driving don't mix by news-times staff writersusan tuz ridgefield -- sirens blared and a cloud of smoke rose from a smashed car at the entrance to ridgefield high school early wednesday morning. a second car sat behind it with a smashed windshield and four "victims" inside. another "victim" was dead, lying on the road. while the scene wasn't real, its impact on the 1,800 students watching the mock accident was palpable. "oh, my god," senior gabrielle stella exclaimed as firefighters cut the roof from the smashed volvo to extricate those inside. "i had no idea." the mock crash was an alcohol awareness program performed by students from the club youth to youth, with the assistance of the ridgefield police and fire departments. the scene was movingly real and left teens with the message that drinking and driving don't mix. the four people in the volvo were supposed to have come from a party where they were drinking. the dead person was returning from visiting a friend and had not been drinking, but died because someone else had been. "i had no idea something like this happens every 15 minutes in america," said junior carly cappello. "it was eye-opening." students from the youth to youth club approached their adviser last june and asked if a mock crash could be conducted at the school. "we wanted to raise awareness that something like this could happen," said sophomore elizabeth harris, who was one of the actors. "we wanted to make people think twice before drinking and driving." this was the first time in 10 years that an accident was dramatized for students in ridgefield. the plan is now to do one every four years, said school resource officer fernando luis. "we wanted to give kids an awareness of what could happen," luis said. "we wanted to get that message out before it's too late." lt. brian t. jones of the ridgefield fire department organized the dramatization. "being able to assist in a performance like this and knowing that my son, who is a senior at ridgefield high this year, was watching and can take away that alcohol and driving don't mix is a great feeling," jones said. colleen cortney, a junior, sat in the volvo as the roof was cut away by firefighters. "i was in the rear seat, and they put the yellow protective blanket over me, and the drills were really loud and the whole car was shaking," cortney said. "i had this really nice firefighter next to me telling me what was going to happen next and that everything was going to be all right. i thought, 'imagine if i was dazed and drunk. this would be really terrifying.'" for the full story visit the news-times on line at http://www.newstimes.com/localnews/ci_90 rvfd elects officers wednesda march 5, 2008 - at the annual meeting of the ridgefield volunteer fire department officers for the 2008 year were elected. they are as follows; line officers chief - tim pambianchi assistant chief - craig dibble captains - mike gabbianelli and ed scala lieutenants - george flynn and andy pambianchi executive officers president - joe barrett vice president - phil baumann treasurer - ron gutstein financial secretary - cecile tran recording secretary - bil von zehle steward - tim sullivan fire police captain - walt wieland lieutenants - ben myers and jim belote search for news stories: search by : month | year | keyword | category please select category please select category news please enter keyword please select year please select year 2008 please select month please select month oct 2008 may 2008 apr 2008 mar 2008 site designed and maintained by © 2008 - 2008 firecompanies.com | ridgefield fire department content on this web site is supplied by the fire department. firecompanies.com cannot be held responsible for any content, either text, pictures, or any other form of media found on this web site. members only
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