IPSWICH — Fire Chief Paul Parisi reports that the Ipswich Fire Department extinguished a brush fire near a home on Wednesday afternoon.
On Wednesday, July 3, at approximately 4:41 p.m., the Ipswich Fire Department was called to the area of 19 James Road, near Dix Road and the Ipswich Country Club, for a report of a brush fire.
Engine 4, under the command of Lt. Gus McInnis, was the first company to arrive and found an approximately 75-foot-by-75-foot section of brush burning near a home.
An additional engine was called to the scene. Mutual aid firefighters from Rowley responded to the scene, while firefighters from Essex and Topsfield covered Ipswich stations. Off-duty and call members of the Ipswich Fire Department responded as well.
While the brush fire was being extinguished, Ipswich Police and Action EMS responded to a motor vehicle crash in the area of 80 Linebrook Road, and to medical calls on County Road and Water Street.
“The three-tiered response system we operate under here in Ipswich with police, fire and EMS, as well as our mutual aid partners, were critical in handling these simultaneous emergencies today,” Chief Parisi said. “We thank our partners for helping us when we needed them.
