video from the 3-Alarm fire in Wellesley, ON – May 27, 2018
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New Hamburg was toned out at 17:45 for a fire in the shop at 1527 Holland Mills Road. Baden was requested on a second alarm once New Hamburg confirmed with dispatch that there was a fire. New Hamburg arrived on scene reporting heavy smoke showing from a 100 x 100’ butcher shop. Numerous small and large lines were pulled around the building. A severe thunder storm rolled through the area just as the crews were fighting the fire.
Dispatch asked command if any Baden units were available on scene. They had a report of a building collapse with a trapped victim on Settlement Road in the northern end of their township. Command couldn’t free up any units. Wellesley Township, Wellesley station was dispatched to the call, reporting a 40 x 80’ building down 50’ feet from its foundation. The victim was out of the building on arrival. Due to the severe weather, firefighters were pulled from the roof until the storm passed.
New Dundee Fire was at a wires down call, just a few miles down the road. They advised they could free up the tanker and manpower if needed. Command requested their tanker and any manpower they could send. They sent their spare pumper and tanker to the scene. Firefighters worked interior and on the roof for hours trying to knock the fire down. A high hoe was brought in to pull the roof apart. The fire was declared out at 2:00. Box 690 provided rehab serving dinner and 200 cold drinks to the 35 firefighters on scene.
Units on scene:
New Hamburg Pump 31 Rescue 37 Tanker 35 Aerial 39
Baden Pump 1 Rescue 7 Tanker 5 Tanker 6
New Dundee Pump 22 Tanker 25 Baden Pump 2
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New Hamburg, Ontario firefighters were dispatched to an automatic alarm at Forest Glen School July 13, 2016 at 5:15. Two attached portables at the rear of the school were on fire, prompting command to request a full response from Baden to the scene. The bulk of the fire was knocked down quickly but firefighters spent five hours rotating two attack teams on air to pull the siding, interior walls, flooring and ceiling apart to get to hot spots. New Dundee was requested to the scene at 6:30 for additional manpower. This was the second serious suspicious fire in four days in New Hamburg. The Ontario Fire Marshal and Regional Detectives are investigating the fire. Box 690 provided rehab for the 40 firefighters on scene. Firefighters consumed 170 cold drinks at the fire. Photos were taken during overhaul.
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20 November 2015, Baden Ontario firefighters were dispatched for a grain bin fire at 3702 Sandhills Road at 10:00. Enroute to the fire they called for a full response from New Dundee plus a tanker and quint from New Hamburg. Once on scene they reported a smoldering fire in a large new grain bin. Firefighters had to cut holes in the side of the bin to access the fire. The fire was under control in two hours, but crews were rotated to the scene throughout the day until the fire was declared out at 23:30 once the bin was totally emptied.
Box 690 on scene for two hours at the beginning of the fire and was called back to supply lunch for crews at 13:30.
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The Wellesley Township FD – St Clements station was dispatched to a large field fire at 3811 Weimar Line May 3 at 13:00. The fire was called in by a Linwood firefighter riding his bike on the next road north of the fire. St Clements requested a full turnout from the Wellesley station while responding to the call. St Clements arrived to a fast moving fire, approximately 30 acres in size, and fire spreading quickly into heavy bush.
Command requested Linwood’s tanker and pumper to the scene, leaving their pumper in Linwood to cover the township. Command requested Mutual Aid from Woolwich Township – St Jacobs station, asking for a tanker and their Argo and placing the St Jacobs station on standby in case of any other calls in Wellesley Township.
Wilmot Township – Baden station was also put on standby by command. The St Jacobs Argo just added a 90-gallon inflatable water tank and small high-pressure pump to the unit this week. Water was shuttled from Paradise Lake approximately 3 miles from the scene. Crews worked the fire for two and a half hours before declaring the fire under control. The St Clements pumper and Argo were on scene tending to hot spots until 16:20. Box 690 Canteen was on scene three hours providing rehab for the tired crews.
All photos by Gary Dinkel, Box 690
Eastern flank of fire, fire has been contained, one hour into the call. Gary Dinkel photo
St. Clements pumper and tanker. Gary Dinkel photo
The fire started in this unattended pile of brush being burned. Gary Dinkel photo
Wellesley aerial set up and provided a line to the western edge of the fire. Gary Dinkel photo
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The Argo returning for water. Gary Dinkel photo
Spot fires burning in brush approximately 1.5 hours into the call. Gary Dinkel photo
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Fire jumps the line crated by a farm tractor moves into the next property. Gary Dinkel photo
Firefighters fill the 90 Imperial gallon tank. Gary Dinkel photo
Wellesley and Linwood’s 2,500 Imperial Gallon tankers (3,000 US). Gary Dinkel photo
First working fire for the new St. Jacobs 2,500-gallon tanker. Gary Dinkel photo