By DIANE VALDEN
STOCKPORT—Columbia 911 dispatched the Stockport Fire Department and the Greenport Rescue Squad for a reported structure fire at 1094 Route 9, Tuesday, February 20 at 1:39 p.m.
Responding to provide mutual aid were Stottville, Stuyvesant, Stuvyesant Falls, West Ghent, Hudson, Claverack and Valatie fire departments.
From a distance, smoke can be seen from a structure fire in a garage on Route 9, Stockport. Photo courtesy of the Stuyvesant Fire Company #1 Facebook Page
Columbia County Fire Coordinators and Stockport Police assisted on scene. The Department of Environmental Conservation forest ranger was requested to scene.
Firefighters were still on scene at 5:27 p.m.
According to information posted on the Stuyvesant Fire Company’s Facebook page, units arriving first on the fire scene found a fully-involved garage along with surrounding smaller outbuildings also burning.
A second garage and a home were also identified as immediate exposure hazards.
Members from departments operating on scene of the garage fire were able to quickly knock down the heavy fire from the garage and prevented significant damage to the larger exposures.
While operating on the Stockport fire scene, Stuyvesant members were dispatched for a reported brush fire at 3 Rectory Lane in their district. An engine and tanker cleared from the scene in Stockport and responded to the brush fire. Two utility vehicles that were standing by in Stuyvesant quarters at the time, also responded.
Arriving units found a working brush fire that was advancing into a wooded area, firefighters reported on their Facebook page.
Quick arrival of apparatus prevented the brush fire from spreading further into the woods. About a quarter acre burned. Also operating on the brush fire scene were Stuyvesant Falls, Valatie and the Kinderhook fire departments.
To contact Diane Valden email dvalden@columbiapaper.com
State Police arrest 139 for DWI during Super Bowl weekend
LIVINGSTON—New York State Police announced that troopers issued 6,876 tickets during a special STOP DWI traffic enforcement period over Super Bowl Weekend. During the campaign, which started Friday, February 9 and ran through Sunday, February 11, State Police increased patrols and conducted sobriety checkpoints to deter, identify and arrest impaired drivers. The initiative was funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC) and was also carried out by local law enforcement agencies across the state.
During this enforcement period, State Troopers arrested 139 people for DWI, and investigated 245 crashes, which injured 37 people. State Police did not respond to any fatal crashes during the weekend.
As part of the enforcement, Troopers also targeted drivers speeding and aggressive drivers across the state. Following is a sampling of the total tickets that were issued: speeding 2,180; distracted driving 192; seatbelt violations 231; move over law 58.
During last year’s Super Bowl enforcement State Police issued 8,311 tickets and arrested 141 people for DWI.
