Firefighters from the Kingston & Union Fire Districts as well as other surrounding communities responded to a large house fire on Glenn Rock Road yesterday evening. Crews battled heavy flames and bitterly cold weather. Two people were taken to the hospital. Fire officials are currently investigating the cause of the fire.
A South Kingstown police officer was among five people hurt in a multi-vehicle car crash Saturday night. Rescue Company 6 of the Kingston Fire District and Special Hazards 1 of the Union Fire District responded to the intersection of Routes 1 and 138 to extricate several entrapped patients. During extrication efforts of the patient in the initial single car-crash, a [...]
On Tuesday, July 19th at approximately 1:20pm, KFD Rescue 6 was dispatched to Kingston Auto Sales on Kingstown Road for a motor vehicle accident, car into a building. Upon arrival there was a single car into the front of Kingston Auto Sales. The car was resting inside of the building. Rescue 6 crew worked with UFD [...]
6-6-14 | 0520 | Engine 8, Ladder 2, and Chief 8 responded to a box alarm activation at the Tower Hill Landings on Rolens Drive. Crews encountered smoke showing from a second floor apartment upon arrival. E8's crew stretched a line while L2's crew searched the fire room. E8 was able to achieve a quick [...]
On Saturday, April 5th just after 12:30, an alarm was sounded for mutual aid to the town of Narragansett for a 2 alarm fire at 80 Dean Knauss Drive. Ladder 2 was returning from getting lunch for the duty crew and signed on immediately with 4 personnel. A 3rd alarm was struck by Narragansett command [...]
3-24-14 | 2217 | Engine 8, Engine 9, Ladder 2, Chief 8, and Chief 9 responded to a reported structure fire on Parkwood Drive. First arriving companies reported nothing showing from the exterior of a 1 1/2 story wood-frame structure and proceeded to make an interior investigation. L2's crew found fire in the back of [...]
Thursday: At approximately 10:00 Rescue 6 was dispatched to the the intersection of Woodruff Ave and Robinson St for an MVA with entrapment. Rescue 6 and UFD Special Hazards 1 worked to remove the driver's door to free the patient. Friday: Around 21:00 Rescue 6 was dispatched Message 1 (highest priority response; immediate threat to [...]
On Sunday, August 4th, just before 1900, Rescue Boat 4 was dispatched with UFD Rescue Boats 7 and 8 to Worden's Pond to assist in a search for a father and son. The duo had launched from Taylor's Landing heading South on the Chipuxet River towards Worden's Pond. They never arrived at the Worden's Pond [...]
On Wednesday, July 24, South Kingstown Dispatch received a call from a resident at 62 Gould Street reporting a fire in the basement. The first alarm was struck at 13:56 for UFD Stations 1, 2, 3, 6 and KFD Ladder 2. Upon arrival Car 21 reported a 2 story, wood frame dwelling with smoke showing. [...]
May 5 - At 11:50 Rescue 6 was dispatched for an MVA with entrapment. Initial reports indicated 2 separate accidents in the same area, 1 MVA involving a bus and 1 involving an SUV. Rescue 6 was able to determine upon arrival that the MVAs were related and the bus and SUV were involved in [...]
