Other Incidents

The Sturbridge FD also provides Rescue services and EMS to the community.  Some of the other incidents which may be handled by the Sturbridge FD include: motor vehicle extrication, water/ice rescue (surface and underwater), high/low angle rescue, hazardous materials (operational level), CO emergencies, water problems, animal rescues...the list goes on and on.

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Captain Ed Bourassa (diver in the hole) debriefs his line tender FF Richard Tilton and Team leader FF Alan Brackett on what his findings were following a search of a car that was found under the ice in the Town of Brimfield, MA.  No one was found in the car.

Finished with his underwater search, Captain Bourassa makes his way towards the warmth of the Rescue Truck.  Temperatures on the day of this operation hovered around 25-30 degrees below zero with the wind chill factor.

This vehicle was hit by a full size van on Interstate 84 Eastbound, when the driver decided to stop his vehicle in the middle travel lane and get out of his vehicle to remove a piece of retread tire that was in the middle of the road.  The van's driver did not expect to see a car stopped in the middle of an interstate, plowed into the car and also struck the driver who was now in the roadway.  The driver was killed on impact.  The only passenger in the car had to be extricated, and was transported by New England Life Flight to UMass Hospital in Worcester.

This is a view of the same car, this time from the passengers side.