Fire Log: Lots of False Alarms

Traffic accidents, cooking fires and lots of false alarms kept New Canaan firefighters busy last week. Here's the log of their activity:

Sunday, August 2:

• At 9:21 a.m. New Canaan Fire Company No. 1 responded to a report from a man whose mother had fallen while trying to get out of bed and was complaining of back pain. EMS was dispatched to a Summer Street address.
• On Sunday, the crew also responded to a fire alarm set off by a barbeque grill on Wahackme Lane, a report of smoke at a home on Ponus Ridge Rd., and a suspected lightning strike at on South Ave.
• The fire department also got calls for four false alarms.

Saturday, August 1:

• At 9:47 p.m., New Canaan Fire Company No. 1 responded to a traffic accident. A car had crashed into a stone wall near the intersection of Oenoke Ridge Road and Oenoke Lane.
• At 1:17 p.m., the J. Crew store at 24 Elm St. called to report that the store's fire alarm was sounding.

Friday, July 31:

• At 3:56 p.m. a power surge activated the fire pumps at New Canaan Country School at 545 Ponus Ridge Rd. The alarm was reset.
• The fire department received false alarm calls to a Reeder Lane and a Weed Road address where the alarm was to be disarmed during ongoing construction.

Thursday, July 30:

• New Canaan Fire Company No. 1 responded to a motor vehicle accident at 2:29 p.m. involving a car and a van at 293 Jeliff Mill Rd. Two people were transported to the hospital.
• Construction workers at the Congregational Church and Nursery School at 23 Park St. set off the fire alarm; a faulty detector at New Canaan High School at 11 Farm Road set off the alarm there; and the fire department received another false alarm call from a Chichester Road address.

Wednesday, July 29:

• New Canaan Fire Company No. 1 received a call from the Waveny Care Center at 3 Farm Rd. due to a faulty detector in the café.
• A fire alarm at a Gower Road address was set off by smoke from cooking.
• The fire department received false alarm calls from homes at on Dans Highway and Tobys Lane. 

Tuesday, July 28:

• New Canaan Fire Company No. 1 responded to a report of sparking wires at an office building on South Avenue near Oak Street at 5:04 p.m. The sparking was caused by an electrical wire that had melted. Connecticut Light & Power was notified.
• The fire department got a false alarm call from a Running Brook Lane residence.

Monday, July 27:

• New Canaan Fire Company No. 1 responded to a traffic accident caused when a truck and a car tried to pass under the bridge on Old Stamford Road at the same time. No injuries were reported.