At 1344, Essex Junction Fire was dispatched automatic aid with Essex Fire, Essex Rescue and Essex Police for a 1 car motor vehicle crash, with the vehicle hanging over a cliff with the driver still inside.An Essex Junction Firefighter passing by the incident was first on scene. The firefighter used the only items he had available, ratchet straps, to first secure the vehicle. He then took over intial command of the incident, and continued to communicated with the patient in the vehicle.Crews from...

On Monday, January 25 at approximately 1259 hours the Essex Fire Department, Essex Junction Fire Department and Essex Rescue were dispatched to respond to 36 Greenbriar Drive in the Town of Essex for a residential structure fire. En route, a large column of smoke could be seen from across the town, prompting an Essex Fire officer to call for mutual aid from Williston Fire, Underhill-Jericho Fire, Colchester Fire and VTANG Fire. Ladder 3, Engine 7 and Car 9 all responded to the scene. L...

On Sunday, January 17 at approximately 1919 hours, the Essex Junction Fire Department and Essex Fire Department were dispatched to respond to 25 Franklin Street in the Village of Essex Junction for a report of smoke in the building. En route, dispatch updated that police officers on the scene were advising there was heavy smoke coming from the basement. At this time, mutual aid was requested from the Williston Fire Department in the form of an engine as well as Essex Rescue to respond to th...

On Thursday, December 10 at approximately 0210, the Essex and Essex Junction Fire Departments were dispatched to respond to a residence on Gentes Road for a structure fire, with flames on the back porch and side of the home.EJFD Assistant Chief Wear responded and arrived to find a fire inside an enclosed porch on the back side of the residence. EJFD Engine 5 responded and arrived on the scene, stretching an attack line and water extinguisher into the rear porch. Firefighters encountered moderate...

On Saturday November 14th at approximately 0400 (0356) Essex Junction Fire was dispatched along with automatic mutual aid From Essex Fire for a car fire at 7 Densmore Drive.  While  call staff responded to the station Essex Police reported the fire to be spreading to additional vehicles, threatening propane cylinders and then spreading to the building.  The Fire Chief responded in Car 9 Closely followed by Engine 5 with 5 personnel.  Chief arrived on scene and repor...

On Saturday, November 7, just after 1300 hours, the Essex Junction Fire Department was dispatched to respond to 4 Pearl Street for a fire alarm activation.Engine 5 responded and arrived on the scene, being met by maintenance staff who advised there was in fact a fire in the building, specifically in the parking garage of the structure. The crew from Engine 5 immediately went to work deploying an attack line to the garage level of the basement as well as requesting mutual aid from the Essex ...

On Wednesday, November 4 just after 0900 hours, the Essex Junction Fire Department was dispatched to respond mutual aid to the Town of Williston for a residential structure fire at 202 Nob Hill Road. Engine 7 responded with three personnel and established a fill site for the tanker task force at the intersection of Saint George Road and Hurricane Lane.Ladder 3 responded with four personnel and arrived on the scene, being directed by fire command to park the apparatus and proceed to the scen...

On Tuesday, September 22 at approximately 2230 hours, the Essex Junction Fire Department was dispatched to respond mutual aid to 170 Boyer Circle in the Town of Williston for a structure fire.Ladder 3 and Car 9 responded with a total of 7 personnel. Crews arrived to find a large, 20'x20' structure with fire throughout the ceiling, attic and eaves. The fire was particularly difficult to access due to the construction of the ceiling as the building is a pump house for a very large commerci...

On Friday, September 4 at approximately 0315 hours, the Essex Junction Fire Department was dispatched to respond mutual aid to the Williston Fire Department on a second alarm for a structure fire at 586 Marshall Avenue in the Town of Williston. Ladder 3 responded with six personnel and arrived to find Williston fire personnel operating at the scene of a large shed fire with immediate exposure issues. Williston firefighters had knocked the fire down prior to EJFD arrival. EJFD personnel...

On Friday, August 14 at approximately 1451, the Essex Junction Fire Department was requested to respond mutual aid with Ladder 3 to All Metals Recycling on Redmond Road in the Town of Williston for a commercial structure fire. Ladder 3 responded with a total of five personnel and were initially tasked with establishing a water supply in order to fill tankers as this section of Williston is not protected by a hydrant system. The crew of Ladder 3 was then split, with half the crew proceeding ...

On June 10 at approximately 2011, the Essex Junction Fire Department was dispatched to Roscoe Court for a brush fire.Engine 5 and Car 9 were first to respond and arrived on the scene to find a large brush fire in the back yard of a Roscoe Court residence. The fire was spreading rapidly through a fence and into a neighboring yard on Loubier Drive. The crew from Engine 5 immediately stretched an attack line and headed into the thick brush to cut the fire off. The fire was quickly knocked down and ...

Around 1600 hours on Saturday, June 6, EJFD and EFD responded to the Baymont Inn on Susie Wilson Road for a report of a fire on a stove.Assistant Chief Wear arrived on the scene to find smoke showing from a fourth floor window. Ladder 3 arrived moments later and made entry to the building, proceeding to the fourth floor. The crew from Ladder 3 encountered a moderate smoke condition in the hallway. The crew then made entry into the room, finding near zero visibility smoke condition. A firefighter...

On Tuesday, May 26 at approximately 1750 hours, the Essex and Essex Junction Fire Departments were dispatched to respond to 20 Morse Drive in the Town of Essex for a dumpster and brush fire. Engine 7 and Ladder 3 responded and arrived on the scene to find a dumpster on fire as well as some construction debris and an approximately 20 ft by 20 ft area of brush. The crew from Engine 7 deployed the front bumper attack line and went to work on the fire. The crew from Ladder 3 worked on overhauli...

On Thursday, May 14 at approximately 1123, the Essex Junction Fire Department was dispatched to respond mutual aid to Williston Fire for a brush fire on Old Stage Road in the Town of Williston. Engine 5 responded with a total of five personnel and arrived to find a large fire in a field involving multiple small trees. The fire was located approximately 800 feet from the roadway, making the fire only accessible by brush truck. The Richmond Fire Department and Essex Fire Department responded ...

On Wednesday, May 6 at approximately 0856, the Essex Junction Fire Department was dispatched to respond to 34 Brickyard Road in the Village of Essex Junction for a small fire involving a porch.Fire Chief Gaboriault arrived on the scene to find a smoldering fire involving a shed and about three foot area of porch decking. Ladder 3 responded and arrived on the scene, deploying a hand line to the rear of the structure. The crew from Ladder 3 worked on the scene overhauling the shed and porch a...

On Saturday, April 25 at approximately 0234 hrs, the Essex and Essex Junction Fire Departments were dispatched to 24 Villa Drive in the Village of Essex Junction for a vehicle on fire in the driveway, close to the residence. Police officers arrived on the scene shortly after and advised that the vehicle was fully involved and was starting to spread to the residence.Car 9 and Engine 7 responded and arrived on the scene first to find a pickup truck in the driveway fully involved with the side of a...

On Thursday morning at around 0300 hrs, the Essex Junction Fire Department was dispatched to respond mutual aid to the Town of Williston for a porch on fire at 212 Day Lane. Williston Fire was requesting EJFD Ladder 3 to respond to the scene.Ladder 3 and Car 9 responded with a total of seven personnel and arrived to find Williston Fire personnel working to extinguish a fire on several porches of a multi family apartment building. The fire had extended from a dividing wall onto the porches and si...

This afternoon shortly after 1400 hrs, the Essex Junction Fire Department was dispatched to respond to the area of Stevens Park on South Street for a brush fire.Members responding to the firehouse observed a large amount of smoke coming from the area and Essex Fire was requested to respond as well.Engine 5 responded with Engine 7 not far behind. The crews from E5 and E7 stretched an attack line from each engine into the wooded area, finding an approximately 100 by 100 foot area of brush burning ...

On Wednesday, March 26 at approximately 1716 hrs, Essex Fire and Essex Junction Fire were dispatched to respond mutual aid to the Green Mountain Nursing Home on Ethan Allen Avenue in Colchester for smoke in the boiler room.Ladder 3, Engine 7 and Car 9 responded to the scene with a total of 12 personnel.Ladder 3 arrived on the scene and was assigned to take the rear of the building with St Michaels Fire Engine 9. Ladder 3 operator setup the aerial and assisted Engine 9 operator with establis...

On Saturday, March 14 at approximately 1245, the Essex Junction Fire Department was requested to respond mutual aid with Ladder 3 to Barber Farm Road in the Town of Jericho for a chimney fire. Ladder 3 responded with six personnel and operated on the scene for roughly two hours. EJFD personnel utilized the aerial to gain access to the chimney. Once access to the chimney was obtained, firefighters used equipment to clear the blockage in the chimney. EJFD firefighters worked alongside firefighters...