State Of Conneticut

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All of these departments have limited hydrants and rely heavilly on tanker shuttles and drafting. All of these towns are rural in nature, with large 'McMansions' being built up on former farmland and wooded properties creating wildland/urban interface problems. Up until recently, Guilford, Clinton and Old Saybrook were the only towns that had aerial devices. Essex and Deep River just added aerials recently and Haddam might be next. Most of these departments with the exception of Lyme, Old Lyme and Durham are dispatched through the Valley Shore Emergency Communications Center, hence some of the rigs bear a three digit number. The first number is the town, the second is what type of apparatus, and the third is the unit number. For Example, 1-5-2 is Guilford's Engine 2, 3-7-1 is Old Saybrook's tower, 9-6-2 is Clinton's Tanker 2.