Port Williams Volunteer Fire Department 2009 Alarms

No.	Date/Time	Details
29	07-28 19:52	Pumper 1 responds to a dumpster fire at 850 Belcher St -- the ACA Grading Station. A pre-connected hand line extinguishes the fire. The incident is closed at 20:40.
30	08-06 14:02	Alarm sounding at 19 Collins Rd — the Great Valley Juices plant. Someone had accidentally activated the alarm, and a cancellation page goes out before any vehicles can respond.
31	08-11 03:18	Pumper 1 is paged M/A to stand in at the Canning Fire Hall. Canning has hay on fire at 8 Old Baxter Mill Rd. Kentville and Halls Harbour send tankers to the scene. The incident is closed at 08:15.
32	08-11 05:56	The tanker responds M/A to the scene of 90 large bales of hay on fire in a field behind a barn at 8 Old Baxter Mill Rd. It returns to the hall at 07:59.
33	08-20 22:37	The van responds with the 4-wheeler to investigate a report from a citizen who had heard cries for help from a woman who had fallen into the Cornwallis River on its south side just west of the Gladys M. Porter bridge. The water rescue team from New Minas is paged to bring its Zodiac to the scene. Pumper 3 responds to cut off vehicle traffic at the north end of the bridge, and the van relocates to the lights at the Greenwich intersection to cut off traffic intending to come across the dyke. RCMP and paramedics also respond to the scene. Hantsport is paged to send their two boats to aid in the search; Windsor sends a boat to stand by in Hantsport; and Summerville also puts a boat in the water. A Cormorant search and rescue helicopter from 14 Wing Greenwood also assists in the search of the river and its banks. The intensive search gives negative results and, with neither a name nor a report of a missing person, the search is suspended at 01:27. The incident is closed at 01:50.
34	08-22 12:37	The tanker responds to a brush fire at 110 Starrs Point Loop — Willowbank Farm. Greenwich is paged to send a pumper to the scene. Pumper 1, the van, and Pumper 3 also respond. The incident is closed at 13:50.
35	08-23 12:27	Alarm sounding at 1054 Main St — Orchard View Manor. No problems are found, and no vehicles respond. The incident is closed at 12:48.
36	08-23 13:59	Alarm sounding at 1054 Main St. Valley Dispatch called the Chief, who checked out the building and found nothing. He cleared the scene at 14:17.
37	09-03 10:00	Pumper 1 responds M/A to stand in at the Greenwich Fire Hall. Greenwich has a spill of hydrochloric acid inside the main office area of Horton High School, where it was being delivered for use in the school's chemistry lab. The Hazardous Materials team from Kentville, New Minas, and Wolfville also responds to the scene. Canning firefighters are dispatched as a Rapid Intervention Team to back up Greenwich, but are not needed other than to stand by. RCMP are also on scene. Waterville and Berwick send a pumper and a rescue unit, respectively, to the Kentville Fire Hall. EHS sends two ambulances, four paramedics, two supervisors, and a disaster trailer to the scene. The paramedics treat four students, all of whom are later released into the care of their parents. About 1000 students, 75 staff, and all the children from the school's daycare are evacuated to a nearby sports field. From there the students are moved to the Old Orchard Inn so buses can take them home. Students with cars are dismissed from the school's parking lot. Parents are called to pick up the daycare children. The ventilation system is shut down. The Hazardous Materials teams clean up the mess and turn the building over to school officials by 14:00. Pumper 1 is back in quarters by 15:00.
38	09-08 00:45	The tanker responds M/A to stand in at the Kentville Fire Hall, which has in turn responded M/A to Waterville for a two-story wooden rooming house fire at 1087 Rafuse Rd. The Port Williams tanker is redirected from Kentville to the scene. Firefighters and equipment from Port Williams, Greenwich,New Minas, Kentville, Waterville, Berwick, Aylesford, and Kingston are involved in fighting the fire, either at the scene or by standing by at adjacent fire halls. The Port Williams tanker is released from the scene at 05:07 and is back in quarters by 05:40. Many of the boarders escape with only the clothes on their backs. Two of the boarders have to be taken to hospital. One person is dead and eight are homeless as a result of the fire. The building now lies in ruins, with the windows smashed out, walls blackened, and the roof partially caved in. The police are not ruling out foul play and are interviewing one individual as a person of interest.
39	10-06 16:06	Pumper 1 responds to a kitchen stove on fire at 46 Collins Rd. All vehicles return by 16:37, and the Base is closed down.
40	10-17 20:15	Pumper 1 responds M/A to stand in at the Greenwich Fire Hall, which has in turn responded M/A to Wolfville for a house fire in Gaspereau.
41	10-31 04:01	Pumper 1 responds to an alarm sounding at 1113 Highway 358. Nothing is found, and the incident is closed at 04:44.
42	11-11 07:14	The tanker is paged to respond M/A to the scene of a 39-year-old three-storey 1000 m2 chicken barn fire at 1515 Middle Dyke Rd in Sheffield Mills. Vehicles from Cannning, Port Williams, Wolfville, Greenwich, New Minas, Kentville, Waterville, and Berwick are involved in fighting the fire, either at the scene or by standing by at adjacent fire halls. The fire started on the third floor of the barn, burned up into the attic, and down through the second floor to ground level. One Canning firefighter was treated in hospital for an injured leg. There was no livestock in the barn at the time of the fire. Damage was contained to the interior of the barn. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but it is not being classified as suspicious. The tanker is back in quarters and the incident is closed at 09:31.
43	11-11 07:35	Pumper 1 responds to the chicken barn fire at 1515 Middle Dyke Rd in order to use its front suction in drafting from a PortaTank at the scene. It is back at the fire hall by 09:01.
44	11-19 11:34	Alarm sounding at 1261 Belcher St. (Port Williams Elementary School). The School was conducting a fire drill but had neglected to inform the alarm company or the Fire Department. Alarm cancelled at 11:40. No vehicles respond.
45	11-21 01:21	The tanker is paged to respond M/A to stand in at the Berwick fire hall. It just gets on the road, when it is redirected to the scene of a warehouse fire at 3911 Brooklyn St in Somerset. Vehicles from Nictaux, Middleton, Lawrencetown, Aylesford, Berwick, Waterville, Kentville, New Ross, New Minas, Greenwich, Wolfville, Hantsport, Port Williams, Canning, and Halls Harbour respond to this incident, either by going directly to the scene or by standing in at sister fire halls. The Valley HazMat team also responds to contain run-off of unknown chemicals at the scene. When tankers are released from the scene, members are released from the hall and the base is closed down at 03:05.
46	11-23 02:23	Pumper 1 responded M/A to stand in at the New Minas fire hall for a structure fire at 9006 Commercial St. (the Double Dragon restaurant). About seventy firefighters were at the scene, along with vehicles from Aylesford, Waterville, Kentville, New Minas, Greenwich, Wolfville, Port Williams, and Canning that responded, either by going directly to the scene or by standing in at sister fire halls. The firefighters had difficulty getting at the fire and getting water on it, because the building had been renovated several times and had multiple roofs. Most of the windows of the one-storey wooden building were smashed, and large parts of the roof caved in. There was no one in the restaurant at the time of the blaze, but several people were living in an apartment attached to the back of the building. They managed to escape safely, and there were no injuries. The cause of the blaze is not yet known, although there is speculation that it may have started in the back of the building. The fire is not considered suspicious, but an investigator from the Fire Marshall's office was called to the scene. Pumper 1 was back in the station at 08:29, and the incident was closed.
47	11-23 05:59	A page is sent out for personnel to respond as replacements for the crew in New Minas, some of whom have to go to work. Unit 4 responds with three members. It is back in the fire hall by 06:29.
48	12-08 13:56	Pumper 1 responds M/A to stand in at the Canning Fire Hall for a house fire at 1040 Cavelle Terrace. While enroute, the pumper is directed to proceed to the scene, where it serves as a Rapid Intervention Team. Unit 4 responds with an officer for Pumper 1, to replace the acting officer from the initial response. Canning firefighters were able to knock down the fire in about five minutes, but they remained on the scene for about two hours to monitor hot spots and mop up. There was extensive smoke, heat, and water damage, especially in the basement area, but the fire got into the walls and caused some damage to the kitchen and living room area upstairs. The cause of the fire was not known, but was not believed to be suspicious. When Pumper 1 had finished at the scene, it returned to the Canning Fire Hall. It was back in Port Williams by 15:53.
49	12-09 03:29	Pumper 1 responds to a smoke condition at 190 Collins Rd. It is back in the station at 04:22.
50	12-14 04:26	Pumper 1 responded M/A to stand in at the Hantsport fire hall for a structure fire at 47 Prince St -- Minas Basin Pulp and Paper. Unit 4 also responded to assist firefighters at the scene by running various errands. Firefighters from Brooklyn, Windsor, Hantsport, Wolfville, Greenwich, Port Williams, Canning, New Minas, Kentville, and Waterville responded, either directly to the scene or by providing stand-in coverage to neighbouring departments. Michelin also sent a large exhaust fan to remove smoke from the warehouse. The initial fire was held in check by the building's sprinkler system. There was still a significant fire when the first vehicle arrived on the scene, but the blaze was brought under control quickly. One employee was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation but did not require hospitalization. The fire damaged up to 40 bales of stored paper, some of which weighed 1500 kg and were stacked up to 6 m high. The problem was that the bundles were tightly bound and posed the same problem as burning hay bales -- they had to be picked apart to get at fire smouldering inside. Crews were doing that indoors initially but, as they found more bales on fire, they brought the smouldering bundles outside by forklift and pulled them apart with excavators in the parking lot. The building wasn't seriously damaged, and the fire didn't spread to the production area, but there was smoke in the building and work was shut down for the day. The Fire Marshall's Office is investigating the cause of the blaze. The incident was closed at 12:46.
51	12-14 10:10	A page is sent out for more personnel to respond to the fire hall to replace some of the firefighters on standby in Hantsport. Unit 4 delivers a replacement crew and is back in quarters by 10:59.
52	12-19 14:01	Residential fire alarm sounding at 255 Collins Rd. The alarm is canceled immediately. No vehicles respond.
53	12-31 22:42	The pumper and tanker were called M/A to assist Canning at the scene of an abandoned 40'x50' one-and-a-half storey, wood-framed house on fire on the Gospel Woods Road in Arlington. The house was fully involved when firefighters arrived on the scene. Mutual aid was also provided  by Halls Harbour. A pumper from Kentville went to the Canning station to provide stand-by services. The fire was pretty well extinguished within 45 min, when firefighters came under gunfire, and they retreated. They were forced to abandon two trucks and some hose. Everyone got away safely, and RCMP officers began to negotiate with a man as the structure continued to burn. Soon afterwards, another nearby house and a car burned, but fire crews couldn't do anything. Any attempt to put the fires out was met with gunfire. Both Port Williams vehicles were back in the station by 00:30. The provincial emergency response team was called to the scene. They contained the situation and throughout Friday (January 1) were negotiating with the man. At 2:23 p.m. on Friday afternoon the man took his own life with a firearm, believed to be a rifle.

Port Williams Fire Department 2010 Alarms

No.	Date/Time	Details
1	01-10 10:04	Unit 4 responds to a medical emergency lift assist at 335 Sutton Rd. It is back in quarters by 10:22.
2	01-11 12:26	Page for a possible electrical fire at 1125 Highway 358. The alarm was called in by a delivery person who noticed an apparent electrical smell coming from a residence that was unoccupied at the moment. Senior officers responded and determined that the smell came from a small unattended garbage fire behind the house. No trucks responded, and the incident was closed at 12:40.
3	01-28 15:19	Two-vehicle MVC at 1529 Highway 358. Pumper 1 and Unit 4 respond. EHS is called to assist one person with chest pains. RCMP, DOT, and Kelly's Towing are also on scene. The incident is closed at 16:24.
4	01-30 04:20	The tanker is paged to respond M/A to the scene of a century-old three-story apartment building on fire at 79 River St, Kentville. Firefighters had temperatures of -15ºC to contend with, not to mention a chilling wind and a blowing snow. Water had to be trucked to the fire scene because nearby fire hydrants were frozen. Firefighters couldn't shut off hose nozzles, or they would freeze. Crews had to be rotated every 20 t0 30 min to allow them to warm up. The fire started in an apartment on the third floor at the rear of the building and was believed to be caused by an electrical malfunction. By the time firefighters were set up, flames were coming through the roof. The fire burned off part of the building's roof and gutted the second and third floors. The first floor received severe smoke and water damage. There was very little to salvage. Residents of two neighboring buildings were also evacuated because of the smoke, heat, and flames from the fire. Vehicles from Waterville, New Minas, Greenwich, Port Williams, Canning, Wolfville, and Windsor responded to the alarm, either by going to the scene or by standing-in at neighbouring stations. The Port Williams tanker was back in quarters by 05:52.
5	01-30 04:45	Pumper 1 is called to respond M/A to stand in at the Kentville Fire Hall. It is back in quarters and the incident is closed at 07:38.
6	02-09 12:31	Pumper 1 and Unit 4 respond to a power pole on fire at 1556 Highway 358. They are back in quarters and the incident is closed at 13:31.
7	02-28 11:53	Pumper 1 responds to a CO detector alarm at 190 Collins Rd. The incident is closed at 12:29.
8	03-04 14:31	All four vehicles respond to the site of a working house fire reported next to 39 Wellington Dyke Rd. The fire was actually across the street at No. 36. Canning and Greenwich responded M/A to the scene, and Wolfville responded to stand in at the Port Williams fire hall. A male resident was transported to the Valley Regional Hospital in serious condition suffering from smoke inhalation. The man had been able to get out of the house by the time firefighters arrived. EHS and the Fire Marshall were also called to the scene. The incident was closed at 17:07.
9	03-09 22:25	Pumper 1 and Unit 4 respond to a two-vehicle MVC at 775 Belcher St. The incident is closed at 23:20.
10	03-17 15:00	Unit 4 responds M/A to Kentville with its 4-wheeler for a grass fire at 620 Belcher St. The incident is closed at 16:25.
11	03-17 20:19	Pumper 1 responds M/A to stand in at the Wolfville Fire Hall, while Wolfville is busy with a brush fire on Oak Island Rd. Hantsport also responds to the scene. Pumper 1 returns and the incident is closed at 21:43.
12	03-20 17:49	Pumper 1 and the tanker respond M/A to Canning to assist in fighting a grass fire at 103 Highway 221 in Habitant.
13	03-20 19:14	Pumper 3 responds to a possible house fire at 110 Ports Landing Ave. Pumper 1 and the tanker respond from a practice scene in Canning. The alarm is closed at 20:46.
14	03-22 18:29	Pumper 1, the tanker, and the van respond to a woods fire at 965 Belcher St (it was actually at 925 Belcher St). The fire was a controlled burn. The incident is closed at 18:51.
15	03-23 10:14	Alarm sounding at 1031 Main St. -- the United Baptist Church. The alarm is cancelled within 2 min, and no vehicles respond.
16	03-28 05:57	The tanker is paged M/A to stand in at the Kentville Fire Hall. Kentville in turn responded to Waterville for a fully-involved fire in a one-and-a-half storey house on the Parker Condon Rd Branch. No sooner had the tanker left the hall, when it was redirected to the scene of the fire. Vehicles from Aylesford, Berwick, Waterville, Kentville, New Minas, Greenwich, Port Williams, Canning, and Wolfville were involved in this alarm. EHS paramedics and Kings RCMP also attended. The tanker returned and the incident was closed at 08:41.
17	04-08 16:34	Pumper 3, the tanker, and Units 4 and 5 respond to a grass fire at 1441 Church St. They are back in quarters and the incident is closed at 17:36.
18	04-23 22:04	Alarm sounding at 1104 Kars St. Pumpers 1 and 3 and the tanker respond. They are back in quarters, and the incident is closed at 22:36.
19	05-04 14:25	The tanker responds M/A to Canning to the scene of a woods fire at 2283 Pereau Rd in Lower Blomidon. While enroute, it is directed to proceed Code 2 to the Canning Fire Hall. The tanker is back in quarters and the incident is closed at 16:08.
20	05-05 17:15	The tanker responds M/A to Wolfville to the scene of an abandoned house on fire at 228 West Brooklyn Mtn. Rd. It is back in quarters and the incident is closed at 18:42.
21	05-06 14:11	The tanker responds M/A to the Hantsport fire hall. Hantsport has a multiple-structture fire at 455 Lockhartville Rd in Hants Border. The tanker is later dispatched to the scene.
22	05-06 14:28	Pumper 3 responds M/A to the scene of a multiple-structure fire at 455 Lockhartville Rd in Hants Border. Canning is paged for a pumper to stand in at our hall. The van also responds to transport firefighters to the scene and back to our hall. Eventually Pumper 3 is released from the scene in order to cover the Hantsport fire hall. it is back in our coverage area by 23:20. The wind-swept fire tore through a two-storey abandoned house, two barns, and several outbuildings, but firefighters were able to save the owner's adjacent home, which suffered minimal damage. The flames were so intense that trucks couldn't stop near the house.The fire tore through the outbuildings and into a field at the back of the property, scorching about two acres. Fire departments from Summerville, Brooklyn, Windsor, Hantsport, Wolfville, Greenwich, New Minas, Kentville, Waterville, Berwick, Aylesford, Port Williams, Canning,  New Ross and DNR were involved in this alarm, by sending vehicles either to the scene or to cover neighbouring fire departments.
23	05-14 00:56	The tanker responds M/A to Canning to the scene of a structure fire on Highway 358 in Scotts Bay. Four minutes later, the tanker's services are no longer required, and it returns to quarters. The incident is closed at 01:12.
24	05-14 18:43	Pumper 1 responds to the scene of a grass fire at the intersection of Highway 358 and Church St (the picnic ground at the corner). It is back in quarters and the incident is closed at 19:10.
25	05-16 23:55	The tanker responds M/A to Greenwich to the scene of a structure fire at 1603 White Rock Rd in White Rock. Vehicles from Wolfville, Greenwich, New Minas, and Port Williams are involved in the alarm. The incident is closed at 01:39.
26	05-23 12:35	Pumper 1 responds to a grass fire on Highway 358 towards Canning. It is back in quarters by 13:15.
27	05-25 05:29	Silent alarm. Valley Dispatch calls Chief Porter to investigate a CO detector sounding at 1159 Starrs Point Rd.
28	05-25 16:08	Pumper 1 responds M/A to the scene of a structure fire at a boat shed about 25' x 50'  at 9751 Main St in Canning. Vehicles from Kentville also respond. Firefighters were hampered by the presence of nearby outbuildings. Although there was no boat inside the structure at the time, three additional sheds of varios sizes suffered some damage as a result. The property owner's home also sustained some heat damage, as did an adjacent home. The incident was closed at 18:52.
29	05-25 17:01	The Van is paged to respond M/A with crew to the scene of a structure fire at 9751 Main St in Canning. It is back in quarters by 18:36.
30	06-17 20:44	Pumper 1 responds M/A to stand in at the Wolfville fire hall. Wolfville has a bathroom fire in an apartment at 28 Westwood Ave. The incident is closed at 21:32.
31	07-01 14:45	The tanker responds M/A to Kentville to the scene of a brush and woods fire at 7544 Highway 221 in Centreville. While enroute to the scene, the tanker is redirected to the Kentville Fire Hall. Vehicles from Berwick, Waterville, Kentville, New Minas, Greenwich, Port Williams, Canning, Hall's Harbour, and DNR are involved in this alarm, either by sending vehicles to the scene or to cover neighbouring fire departments. The fire burned betwee 5 and 6 ha. The incident was closed at 16:20.
32	07-12 07:29	Alarm sounding at 980 Terry's Creek Road, the Port Pub. Pumper 1 responded to the scene. DC Lynk and DC Griffin searched the building and found no fire. The incident was closed at 07:51.
33	07-12 14:26	Alarm sounding at 1054 Main Street, Orchard View Manor. DC Griffin deemed it a false alarm. Stand down at 14:31.
34	07-21 14:24	Tanker responds MA to a house fire in Canning. Tanker is released from scene at 15:58.
35	07-27 15:30	Residential fire alarm sounding. No indication of fire. Released at 15:59.
36	08-05	Commercial Fire alarm sounding. Canceled before any units could respond.
37	08-08 20:24	Tanker responds M/A to Canning to a Structure fire in Baxters Harbour. Released at 22:23
38	08-09 20:52	Tractor, Baler and field on fire. Canning responded M/A to assist. Released at 22:22.
39	08-12 11:58	Investigation at PWES.
40	08-21 03:00	MVC on HWY 358. Released at 4:01.