Captain Wayne Ricks, Jr. puts on his boots and prepares to board Engine 6 at the Dixwell Fire Station.
Friday, Jan. 5, 2017 -
The call came in to the Dixwell Fire Station at 3:43 p.m.: a box alarm at 55 Lock St.
“Let’s go,” Captain Wayne Ricks, Jr. said as he and a team of four fellow New Haven firefighters rushed from the station’s office into the cavernous garage that looks out onto Goffe Street and Webster Street.