1989 02 24 – Deputy Chief Chief Milone Sitting In the DC Office
1989-01-23: The New State of the Art Stamford Combined Dispatch Center Began Taking 911 Calls
In the early days, each of the volunteer companies, Stamford Fire Department and Stamford Police Department, each had their own seven-digit number that residents were supposed to call in the event of an emergency. The volunteer companies would dispatch their own units to incidents. Over the years the Stamford Fire [...]
1989-02: The First Stamford Fire Department Ski Team
In 1989, five rookies got together and formed the first Stamford Fire Department Ski Team. They raced a giant slalom course at Hunter Mountain against team from all over the East Coast. They were Paul Neman, Phil Hayes, Greg Montague, Mar Shannon and Scott McColl. After the race, there was [...]
1989: Mack CF/Ranger 1000/400/50′ Tele-Squirt (E4) & Mack CF/Ranger 1000/500 (E3)
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.
1989: Stamford Receives 1989 Mack CF Ranger 1000 GPM & 50′ Tele-Squirt Pumper
This 1989 Mack CF Ranger 1000 GPM Pumper was built using the refurbished Telesquirt from the original 1974 Pierce Oshkosh Engine 4 Telesquirt.
1990-01-02: Fire Destroys Southend Apartment House on Ludlow Street
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 [...]
1990-11-19: Boat Fire in Stamford Harbor
An explosion and fire in Stamford Harbor knocked a boater into the water. He was rescued by nearby witnesses. The boater was fueling his boat using an electric drill when the explosion occurred. Firefighters used foam to suppress the fire.
1991-01-08: Fire Destroys 16 Apartments at 1 Division Street Leaving 21 Homeless
About 21 people were left homeless when a kitchen fire destroyed most of a three-story apartment house on Division St. on Tuesday, January 8, 1991. According to the Stamford Advocate, the fire initially started at about 10:45 AM when food cooking in a second floor kitchen burst into flames and [...]
1992-06-02: The End of an Era for the SFD, The Beginning of Another for Stamford EMS, Inc
On June 2, 1992, Stamford Firefighters ended a long-standing tradition of providing BLS ambulance service to citizens of Stamford. On this date, Stamford, Glenbrook, and Springdale firefighters as well as members of Stamford Ambulance Corp turned over their ambulances to the newly formed Stamford EMS, Inc., a spin-off of the [...]
1993 12 13 – Heroic Stamford Firefighters Save Lives: A Christmas Miracle
Christmas is a time of joy and celebration, but for two young children and their mother, it could have been a time of unimaginable tragedy. However, thanks to the bravery and selflessness of four Stamford firefighters, the holiday season turned into a true Christmas miracle. Lieutenant Trevor Roach, Firefighter [...]