Month: June 2015

Fairfield News: Child Hit By Car

3:05pm--#Fairfield CT--A child was struck or hit a minivan on Longfellow Road this afternoon.  The child's father was on scene and placed the child into his white van until first responders arrived.  The child's injuries were minor and the father refused medical treatment.   A house on the street has a security camera that is aimed in the direction of the accident and are reviewing the video.  

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Drone Assists Fairfield Firefighters

VIDEO REPORT--#Fairfield CT--Assistant Fire Chief Chris Tracy of the Fairfield Fire Department took time out his busy schedule to tell us how a drone assisted them in fighting the lumberyard fire Wednesday. Bridgeport Firefighter Keith Muratori (Rescue 5) has assisted firefighters in Bridgeport and neighboring towns with his drone to give firefighters a real time assessment of a fire's progress from above. In this instance the quonset hut style warehouses were abandoned and firefighters only attempted an exterior attack so as not to risk their well being.   The aerial footage provided incident commander and firefighters in real time where hot spots were, if their streams were being effective or if they resources should be directed elsewhere. The footage Keith…

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