The Stamford Fire Department mourns the loss of one of its most dedicated and beloved members, Anthony T. Tomczyk, affectionately known as “Pop,” who passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 21st, 2024, at the age of 90. Born on November 9th, 1933, in Greenwich, CT, Tony lived a life marked [...]
Editors Note: The following collection of photos was provided to me by Steve Heilner, former Turn of River Fire Marshal and member of the Stamford Arson Task Force. The information on the photo envelope was that they are of an "8-3" (3-alarm fire) sometime in 1981 on South Pacific [...]
Introduction The events of January 4, 1983 and the months that followed, violently overturned the lives of four men, galvanized the state into passing a law to prevent similar tragedies, united area towns and cities in an outpouring of support, and changed the way at least one city would [...]
On October 4, 2010, a Stamford Fire Department fire engine was severely damaged after being rear-ended at high speed by a tractor-trailer while firefighters were battling a vehicle fire on Interstate 95 near exit 8 southbound. The collision, which occurred at 2:13 a.m., left the fire engine in a [...]
The Resolve shown below established the very fire Stamford Fire Company for the Village and Town, Resolve Authorizing A Fire Company in Stamford Passed, May 1829 Resolved, that the civil authority and the select-men of said Stamford, may meet, and they are here by directed to meet instead Stamford on [...]
The following newspaper article was clipped from the digital version of the Stamford Advocate (Published as FARMER'S ADVOCATE.) on December 22, 1841, page 3. It is the earliest newspaper clipping we have related toa fire in Stamford. I am sure there were ones before this, but this is the first [...]
Below is an article from the December 18, 1874 Stamford Advocate that tells the story of a barn fire on Meadow Street. Fire Apparatus from the Atlantic Hose Company needed to be hauled from the center of town to Meadow Street...twice, to roughly the area where U-Haul now stands. There [...]
A man before his time in Stamford. Yes.. the big fire did happen several years later, and it changed everything, albeit a little late. CHIEF SKELDING, of Stamford, Conn., has been having a lively scrimmage with the authorities of that town relative to the purchase of a Steam Fire Engine. [...]
Below is a scanned in map of the 1885 Borough of Stamford, showing the fire districts, hydrants, water pipes and other important landmarks. You will also see Borough roads as they existed in the old city.
On April 3, 19885, the Committee on the Fire Department published a recommendation in the Stamford Advocate for a partially paid (call) Fire Department for the Borough. According to the recommendation, it should have a Chief Engineer and Engineman who give their full time to the service and are paid [...]
