Middletown Firefighter Part of Connecticut Fire Crew Back From Canada

Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection announced that the members of Connecticut’s fire crew returned home to Connecticut late last week at Eastern District Headquarters, 209 Hebron Road, Marlborough.

The 19-member crew (nine DEEP employees and 10 private-sector firefighters) left Connecticut on July 20 and were sent to northern Quebec where they were fighting a 30,000 acre wildfire located in the far eastern side of the Province near Baie-Comeau, Quebec.

The crew assisted Canada under the auspices of the Northeast Forest Fire Compact.  The Compact is a mutual aid agreement between several northeastern states and Eastern Canadian Provinces. 

Connecticut’s crew members received excellent reviews from the Northeast Forest Fire Compact. 

CT DEEP Members of Connecticut Fire Crew: 

Jason Bjornberg                 Lyme

Thomas Bourret                 Killingworth

Eric Gileau                            Preston

Adam Hendrick                   Middletown

Dave Keating                       Waterbury

Raymon Knoop                   Essex

Richard Scalora                   Berlin

Michael Senyk                     Glastonbury

Margo Ward                        Mystic

Other members:

Ben Arnold                           Dayville

David Cummings                Coventry

Christopher Fuchs              Gaylordsville

Zachary Hovanec               North Windham

Michael Kronick                  Trumbull

Scott Moro                           Naugatuck

Alex Moshier                       Hampton

Alan Olenick                        Lebanon

Corey Pelletier                    Mansfield Center

Christopher Renshaw       Tolland