This two engines were warmly received by the members of the Department. The Tele-Squirt served the East side of Stamford as Engine 4, while its twin, without the squirt, served as Engine 3 for many years.
Stamford Firefighters rescued four persons from an early morning fire on June 3, 1963 utilizing an aerial ladder. The fire started on the second floor, but was quickly spreading up the outside of the dwelling when firefighters made their heroic rescues. Lt George Barnett and Firefighter James McAuliffe are credited [...]
Seventeen families were displaced on January 2, 1990 after a fire destroyed their apartment complex at 133-149 Ludlow Street on the South End of Stamford. A fire broke out in one of the second floor apartments of the red-brick townhouse type structure at around 1PM. Fire units arrived to find [...]
Two Stamford Firefighters and a milkman were injured when Truck 4, out of the Eastside Fire Station, collided with a milk truck at the intersection of Elm Street and North State Street. Truck 4 was responding to Cogmetta's Floor Covering Shop at 738 Main Street for a possible fire when [...]
Early in the day of September 3, 1954, Stamford Firefighters from the Central and Westside Fire Stations were called to 1 Atlantic Street for an elevator motor fire. Firefighters had to enter the building through a fourth-floor window to extinguish the fire using Truck 1's 85-foot aerial ladder. The fire [...]
Prudential Furniture Store at 389 West Main Street was the scene of a major blaze on Saturday, February 12, 1972. The fire took more than three hours to bring under control. Flames destroyed the furniture story and four other small stores that were attached to it. The furniture store was [...]
The SFD battled a 3-Alarm structure fire at 286 Greenwich Ave on Monday, March 3, 2007. Firefighters were dispatched to a reported structure fire shortly after noon. On arrival, heavy fire was encountered in the three-story wood-frame house. Due to the size and intensity of the fire, it quickly spread to two [...]
On January 24, 2008, Stamford Firefighters battled a two-alarm structure fire at 54 Adams Avenue. The incident was first reported at approximately 8:38 am by a caller who stated “there was a lot of black smoke coming out of the house”. When the first fire units arrived on the scene, [...]
Several family pets were killed in a house fire at 9 Martin Street. There were no human injuries as a result of the blaze. The fire broke out shortly after 2:30 PM. The pets, including a a rabbit, a ferret and a snake, were apparently overcome by the smoke of [...]
A fire fighter from the Stamford Fire Department checks out the stairs where is suspicious fire began at 59 Lafayette Street. Six families evacuated the three-story house when it was realized that smoke had filled the structure. There were no injuries. Photographer: Tom Ryan Lafayette Street
