Monday, May 6, 2013
Incidents and emergencies handled by the Belmont Fire Department.
By the way, about all those back issues of the "New Yorker" ... May Day: At a quarter 'til nine, all Belmont companies were dispatched to a Bradford Road single-family after a call that a smokey odor was filling the inside of the house. Engine 1 crews quickly discovered that the smell was coming from the door bell which had shorted. Companies removed the fuse from the electrical panel in order to disconnect power to the door bell while the homeower was told to contact a qualified electrician to service the system. While there, fire officials spoke with the owner regarding a large amount of combustibles near his basement heating unit and the lack of any working smoke detectors in his home. The material was removed from the burner for …
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Belmont Fire Deptartment Headquarters
299 Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Hawthorne Street man faces OUI and drug charges following his March 25 arrest in Lexington.
Massachusetts State Police arrested a Belmont man for operating under the influence of drugs last night following a short pursuit on Route 128 in Lexington. The incident began around 8:25 p.m. on Monday, March 25, when troopers assigned to the Concord Barracks received several reports of a red BMW operating erratically on Rte. 128/95 in Burlington, according to a Massachusetts State Police press release. Several troopers responded to the area to search for the vehicle, which was reportedly continuously striking the guardrail as it traveled northbound. The vehicle exited the highway and looped back onto Rte. 128/95 south, where a trooper located it in Lexington, according to MSP. Following a brief pursuit, the BMW finally stopped in the …
Monday, March 11, 2013
Incidents and emergencies handled by the Belmont Fire Department.
That's not smoke you're smelling March 3 – Early in the morning, at a quarter to 5 a.m., the entire Belmont Fire Department – Engine 1 and 2, Ladder 1, Rescue 1 and command cars – rushed to a house on Brighton Street for a reported strong odor of smoke inside the building. Engine 2 was the first to arrive on scene and the crew soon determined that what they were smelling was not from a fire. The firefighters descended into the basement and very quickly concluded that the odor was not from a blaze but a very smelly skunk. Firefighters will do a lot for residents – fight fires, rescue people, rush people to the hospital and unlock cars – but a skunk is an issue to be resolved by the homeowner. Another leaks March 4 – Ten minutes after 3 p.m…
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Belmont Fire Deptartment Headquarters
299 Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Incidents and emergencies handled by the Belmont Fire Department.
Cooking from afar Feb. 17 – Just after 11 a.m., Ladder 1 was sent to Weber Road to help a tenant who locked themselves out of their house all the while having food cooking on the stove top. A few crew members forced open the door and a smoking frying pan was placed out into the backyard. Malfunctioning burner burns Feb. 18 – A little past a quarter after 8 a.m., all companies – Engines 1 and 2, Ladder 1 and Rescue 1 – were sent to Gilbert Road for a fire in a fuel burner/boiler due to a malfunction. Engine 1 shut down the unit and Ladder 1 assisted in removing smoke with a fan. Outside looking in Feb. 19 – Seven minutes past 4 p.m., fire personnel came to a Channing Road house to help a person who locked themselves outside. Cooking with …
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Incidents and accidents handled by the Belmont Fire Department.
Alarms would have helped Feb. 6 – Eleven minutes past 3 p.m., every piece of fire equipment was sent a two-family on Pleasant Street for smoke inside the building. Crews from Engine 2 and Ladder 1 arrived to find the property owner who told the firefighters he smelled smoke while visiting the unoccupied townhouse. He opened the door for the crews where Engine 2 reported a cooking fire confined to the stove top and smoke filling the first floor which Engine 2 personnel extinguished. In addition to leaving food cooking while away, the tenant's apartment didn't have smoke or CO detectors. The property owner was told it would be best to place the devices throughout the townhouse. Gas on the menu Feb. 7 – Engine 1 took off a little past 9 a.m…
Monday, February 4, 2013
Incidents and emergencies handled by the Belmont Fire Department.
Gas on the street Jan. 29 – Fire personnel arrived on a location on Horace Road a quarter past 1 p.m. for a gas leak on the street. National Grid arrived to fix the problem. Out of date Jan. 29 – A homeowner on Harvard Drive called Belmont Fire at 3:37 p.m. after the alarm of a new carbon monoxide detector began going off. The crew from Engine 1 could not find any elevated levels of gas. Further investigation discovered that the CO detector was manufactured in 2005 and past its effective date. The homeowner was told to purchase a new CO detector but make sure the unit is not more than half-a-decade old. Who doesn't love the "Big Easy"? Jan. 30 – At a quarter past 3 p.m. (that is 15:15 using the 24-hour clock), Engine 1 was sent to a …
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299 Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
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Monday, January 7, 2013
Incidents and medical emergencies handled by the Belmont Fire Department.
Maximum Overdrive Dec. 30 – Just before 10 p.m., a kitchen utility on Channing Road was acting up and started flaring. The fire personnel that arrived shut off the offending stove by switching off the circuit breaker. Outside, not inside Jan. 3 – It was an early-morning call to lower Common Street when a resident discovered that they had locked themselves out of their own house. The fire department did wait until the police could verify the person on the outside should be let back inside. Alarms going off? Turn them off! Jan. 3 – Just 10 minutes 'til midnight, Engine 1 took a left out of Fire Headquarters heading to the town's tallest residential building in Cushing Square for an incident involving a natural gas leak in an apartment on …
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299 Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
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Douglas Rd & Louise Rd, Belmont, MA
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Emerson St & Louise Rd, Belmont, MA
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Incidents handled by the Belmont Police. Just because you're arrested doesn't mean you've been convicted of anything.
Assault by alcohol Dec. 23 – In the pre-dawn hours of a Belmont morning, officers were called at 5 a.m. by a Hull Street resident after he said he was assaulted. But arriving patrolmen discovered very early on in their investigation that the caller was clearly in an intoxicated state and the alleged attack didn't actually occur. The officers did decide to take the resident into protective custody, for his own good. Not that important Dec. 23 – Just before noon, a Lake Street resident arrived at the police station to file a complaint that someone had fraudulently been using his credit cards. But when an officer arrived to the front foyer to take the report, the man decided to leave. Lock the front door? Why? Christmas Eve – A Wilson Avenue…
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Belmont Police Department
460 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Incidents and emergencies handled by the Belmont Fire Department.
Gas by heating Dec. 3 – Just after 10 a.m., Engine 2 responded to a Watson Road two family because a carbon monoxide alarm was going off. And sure enough, the Engine 2 crew recorded CO readings of 15 parts-per-million on the second floor which is a bit elevated. The rooms were ventilated and the heating system shut down. Soon the crew could not detect any carbon monoxide in the house. The building's owner was told to contact a technician for needed service. Too long on the stove top Dec. 3 – At a quarter 'til 5 p.m., Engine 1 was sent up to the McLean Hospital for a smoke detector alarm. They soon discovered the source of the problem; burnt food on the stove top. Stove top overcooking Dec. 7 – A little after 3:38 p.m., all of Belmont's …
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Belmont Fire Deptartment Headquarters
299 Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Incidents and emergencies handled by the Belmont Fire Department.
I can't get out! Nov. 25 – At half past 10 in the morning, firefighters went to a Hawthorne Street address to get a resident out who had locked themselves into their condo. It happens. An afternoon activity involving open flame Nov. 25 – Just a minute before 1 p.m., Engine 2 was dispatched to a Raleigh Road home for a reported outdoor fire. Turns out the homeowner was burning a good supply of wood in a "chiminia" in the back yard. The chiminia – it's a freestanding front-loading fireplace or oven with a bulbous body and usually a vertical smoke vent – was also in rather close proximity to the neighbor's garage so the firefighters asked the resident to extinguish the fire which he did so with some water prior to the BFD's departure. He was…
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299 Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
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