Brattleboro Fire Department
103 Elliot Street * Brattleboro, VT 05301 * 802-254-4831 *
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Leonard Howard III Charles Keir III
Fire Chief Assistant Chief
Focused, Integrity, Respect, and Excellence
PRESS RELEASE
Date : 1/20/25 Nature of the call: FIRE Type of Building: Commercial
Address: 32 Justin Holden Drive Time of Call: 20:45 Number of Residents: 0
Number of Alarms: 2 Under Control Time: 21:29 Injuries:0
BFD Personnel on Scene: 15 Brattleboro Apparatus on Scene: 6
Assisting Agencies on Scene: Brattleboro Public Works
Mutual Aid on Scene: Keene, Guilford
Mutual Aid Covering Stations: _Chesterfield, Dummerston, Hinsdale, Cheshire EMS
Action Taken:
At 20:45 on January 20, 2025, the Brattleboro Fire Department was dispatched to 32 Justin Holden Drive (Fulflex) for a fire alarm activation. The first arriving crews found moderate smoke in the commercial structure. Shortly thereafter, Captain Casabona reported a fire in the machine room with a possible extension into the exhaust system. With this information, the incident was upgraded to a second alarm.
The initial crews deployed two 1.75” hose lines to the seat of the fire while a third crew laddered the roof and checked for extension. The fire was extinguished quickly, and overhaul and ventilation efforts were performed simultaneously.
The fire was deemed under control at 21:29. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire has been determined to be equipment malfunction and accidental. Because of the single-digit temperatures, mutual aid companies were held longer than usual until the Brattleboro Fire apparatus could be returned to service.
