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Catalog Number

2010.307.0048.13

Object Name

Ledger

Title

Record Book 1971-1973

Collection

Ridgefield Volunteer/Professional Fire Department

Scope & Content

Page 12 - February 6, 1971 - 11:11pm - Car fire at the home of John R. Ryan, 87 Remington Road. Car was a total loss. No foam in foam tank afterwards so the tank had to be refilled.
Page 21 - March 11, 1971 - General alarm for barn fire at the William Dietel home, 761 North Ridgebury Road. Station 2 responded and extinguished blaze. 15 paid personnel and 20 volunteers responded plus all apparatus.
Page 56 - July 1, 1971 - General alarm for fire at the home of Edwin Pearson home, West Mountain Road. 12 paid and 30 volunteers responded. At the time of this posting the fire was still under investigation.
Page 59 - July 12, 1971 - General alarm for H and P Store found to be paper boxes thrown up on roof. 12 paid and 35 volunteers responded.
Page 61 - July 19, 1971 - General alarm for fire at the M. A. Bigelow home, 78 Manor Road. Trash in barrel in garage. -7 paid and 10 volunteers responded.
Page 62 - July 20, 1971 General alarm for house fire at Anderson home, 540 Ridgebury Road. Grease in a pot caught the stove on fire. 11 paid and 25 volunteers responded.
Page 62 - July 21, 1971 - General alarm for fire at the Adams home on 228 Florida Hill Road. The fire was out in the cellar near the oil tank. 12 paid and 20 volunteers responded.
Page 86 - October 11, 1971 - General alarm for fire at Fox Hill Rest. On Maplewood Road. Found main power line coming into the building had shorted out. Dingee Electric was there. 10 paid and 31 volunteers responded.
Page 95 - November 9, 1971 - General alarm for fire at 151 Wilton Road East (Hart residence). Fire started in living room, cause unknown. 25 volunteers and 11 paid staff responded.
Page 100 - November 23, 1971 - General alarm at 320 North Salem Road (the Rhine home). All paid staff and 25 volunteers responded.
Page 109 - December 21, 1971 - General alarm at Lefferts residence at 85 New Street where oil burner blew up.20 volunteers and 7 paid staff responded.
Page 111 - December 28, 1971 - General alarm at the Rohde residence, 12 Sunset Drive. Fire was in basement.
Page 116 - January 15, 1972 - General alarm at 32 Cherry Lane (LaChance residence). Fire confined to bathroom. 19 volunteers and 10 paid staff responded.
Page 117 - January 15, 1972 - General alarm at 153 Mimosa Circle (Sparks residence). Mattress on fire. 20 volunteers and 10 paid staff responded.
Page 117 - January 17, 1972 - General alarm for fire at 6 Saunders Lane (Woodyard residence). Logs ignited siding on porch. 10 volunteers and 10 paid staff responded.
Page 118 - January 20, 1972 - General alarm for fire at Knapp Brothers Garage, Florid Hill Road. Truck caught fire in garage. 15 volunteers and all paid staff responded.
Page 129 - February 20, 1972 - General alarm at Mamanasco Road, vicinity of Peatt's store. Rowboat on fire near beach area.
Page 137 - March 6, 1972 - General alarm at the home of Anthony J. Barca, 28 Ridgecrest Drive. 15 volunteers and 13 paid staff responded.
Page 145 - April 3, 1972 - General alarm at the home of Ronald Joscelyn, 142 Peaceable Street. Oil burner back fired. 8 volunteers and 7 paid staff responded.
Page 147 - April 9, 1972 - General alarm at the Joseph Kolf home, 47 Gilbert Street. Fire confined to attice bedroom and part of the roof. 30 volunteers and 12 paid staff responded.
Page 150 - April 19, 1972 - General alarm on High Valley Way, brush fire, suspicious ignition. 23 volunteers and 12 paid staff responded.
Page 161 - May 23, 1972 - General alarm at 31 Silver Spring. Lane (residence of George Ventres). The fire was in a shed at the rear of the home and was caused by a lawn mower. 29 volunteers and 12 paid staff responded.
Page 173 - June 27, 1972 - General alarm at 6 Strawberry Ridge Road (residence of Roger Hineman). Dryer was smoking in cellar. 30 volunteers and 12 paid staff responded.
Page 204 - October 5, 1972 - General alarm at the home of Mrs. Henry Luck, 29 Farm Hill Road. Fire was in a bedroom closet. 25 volunteers and 12 paid staff responded.
Page 205 - October 10, 1972 - General alarm for a propane truck accident on Route 7 and Florida Hill. 20 volunteers and 13 paid staff responded.
Page 209 - October 22, 1972 - General alarm to Del-J Ceramics, 16 North Salem Road. 20 volunteers and 7 paid staff.
Page 212 - October 30, 1972 - General alarm at the home of Mrs. Albert Van Ness, 344 West Lane. Stove shorted out. 20 volunteers and 10 paid staff responded.
Page 218 - November 19, 1972 - General alarm at the Stonehenge Apartments, Stonehenge Road. Fire under investigation. 13 paid staff and 33 volunteers responded.
Page 219 -November 22, 1972 General alarm at 25 Lakeview Drive. 13 paid and 45 volunteers responded.
Page 219 - November 24, 1972 -General alarm at Fox Hill Inn, IBM property on Maplewood Page Road. 12 paid and 15 volunteers responded.
Page 220 -November 25, 1972 - General alarm at the home of George Smith, Silver Spring Park; sparks from the chimney caught vines on fire. 12 paid and25 volunteers responded.
Page 221 - December 1, 1972 --General alarm at Benrus (near the machine shop), Route 7. Faulty machine. 12 paid and 25 volunteers responded.
Page 223 -December 7, 1972 - General alarm at 7 Sunset Lane (home of Mr. Ray Salvestrini). 6 paid and 6 volunteers responded.
Page 226 -December 16, 1972 General alarm at McDawar home, Silver Spring Road, fire in upstairs bedroom. 11 paid and 25 volunteers responded.
Page 227 -December 17, 1972 - General alarm at Fiaschetti home, Mallory Hill Road. All trucks from Ridgefield responded and 10 paid and 25 volunteers responded.
Page 229 - December 24, 1972 - General alarm fire at the Robert Ward home on Tanglewood Court. 15 paid staffand 30 volunteers responded.
Page 229 - December 24, 1972 - General alarm fire at the Hill home, 10 Rollings Hills Road. 20 volunteers and 12paid staff responded.
Page 230 - December 27, 1972 - General alarm at the rear of a cabin on Maple House on Route 7 owned by G. W. Tavoliero. 17 volunteers and 13 paid staff responded.
Page 244 - February 6, 1973 - General alarm at the home of Harold Mills, Ramapoo Road. 33 volunteers and 13 paid staff responded.
Page 244 - February 7, 1973 - General alarm at DeNapoli Development on Whipstick Road. 15 volunteers and 9 paid staff responded.
Page 247 - February 15, 1973 - General alarm at Benrus, route 7. Area was the Shipping Department where a disposal container was on fire.13 volunteers and 8 paid staff responded.
Page 260 - March 25, 1973 - General alarm at Ridgefield Golf Course. A grass and brush fire was occurring. 20 volunteers and 10 paid staff responded.
Page 265 - April 1, 1973 - General alarm for the Hammond home at 24 Standish Drive. 23 firefighters responded.
Page 265 - April 3, 1973 - General alarm on Nod Road across from Twin Ridge. An outbuilding burned and the owner is unknown.
Page 266 - April 15, 1973 - General alarm for a house on Peaceable Street , Georgetown. Assist Georgetown while they were assisting Wilton on a different matter. 20 volunteers and 11paid staff responded.
Page 269 - April 21, 1973 - General alarm for a roof fire at the home of Mrs. Zillah, 31 Branchville Road.25 volunteers and 13 paid staff responded.
Page 281 - May 26, 1973 - General alarm at home of Charles Daudt , 194 West Lane. Faint odor of smoke. 30 paid and volunteer staff responded.
Page 312 - August 31, 1973 - General alarm at the home of John Mitchell, 45 Riverside Drive. Total of 30 men responded.
Page 318 - September 16, 1973 - General alarm at the home ofBernard Mezger, 463 North Street. Total of 45 men responded.
Page 322 - September 30, 1973 - General alarm at the home of M. J. Loewy, 231 Ivy Hill Road. Damage to the rear room of the house. 14 paid staff and 30 volunteers responded.
Page 325 - October 8, 1973 - General alarm at the Sergovani home, 32 Round Lake Road. Total of 25 men responded.
Page 328 - October 18, 1973 - General alarm fire at the Frank Laspia home at 224 West Lane. Total of 25 men responded.
Page 330 - October 22, 1973 - General alarm for brush fire in Mountain Road . No fire found. 31 men responded.
Page 337 - November 8, 1973 - General alarm at rear of Ridgefield Hardware due to a garbage bin and trailer on fire. 25 men responded.
Page 338 - November 10, 1973 - General alarmat16 Bayberry Hill Road (Bacon home). 25 men responded.
Page 346 - November 29, 1973 - General alarm at Henry Prieger's home, West Lane. 20 men responded.
Page 351 - December 12. 1973 - General alarm at the Charles Schutte home, 120 Ivy Hill Road. 37 men responded.
Page 351 - December 14, 1973 - General alarm at the home of Richard H. Morris, 207 West Lane. Oil burner fire. 25 men responded.
Page 353 - December 18. 1973 - General alarm at the Natale home, 78 Scott Ridge Road. 30 men responded.
Page 354 - December 20, 1973 - General alarm at 210 Silver Spring Road. 30 men responded.
Page 356 - December 23, 1973 - General alarm at the Lawrence Johnston home, 22 Cobblers Lane. No damage. 30 men responded.

Caption

Cover

Accession number

2010.307

Lexicon category

8: Communication Artifact

Lexicon sub-category

Documentary Artifact

Imagefile

027\2010307004813.JPG

Source

Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department

Condition by

Bazarian, Sam