Watch Hill Provides Mutual Aid to Second Brush Fire in Bradford
By Chief Jason Simmons
April 26, 2013
The Watch Hill Fire Department was one of numeroud fire departments and emergency agencies which responded to a request for mutuial aid to battle a very large and rapidly spreading brush fire on Friday April 26, deep within the Woody Hill Management Area. The fire consumed approximately twenty acres in the woods between Quarry Road and Woody Hill Road. ATV's from sevral locla departments were instrumental in transporting firefighters and equipment through the woods This was the second time in just over a week that the Watch Hill Fire Department was requested to respond mutial aid to assist at a brush fire in the Bradford section of town. The fire required extensive efforts over the course of six hours and required the use of chainsaws to cut paths into the woods in order to gain access to the fire.
A special thanks to the firefighters that responded to the fire and worked very hard under extreme conditiions to gain control of the fire.
Units:
Truck 100, Squad 100, ATV 100, Car 106
Mutual Aid:
Ashaway FD, Bradford FD, Westerly FD, Dunns Corners FD, Misquamicut FD, Cross Mills FD, Charlestown Richmond FD, Carolina FD, Exeter FD, Wequetequock FD, North Stonington FD, Hope Valley FD, Union FD, Westerly Ambulance, Westerly Rescue, and Charlestown Rescue
