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1955: Maxim 85’ Aerial Ladder Truck
Service History: Truck 4 9/21/1955: Arrived from factory at 4:24pm with company engineer Fred Haskins and R. Bartholemew sales [...]
1956-10-08: Blast at Boulevard Motors Causes General Alarm at 99-111 Main Street
As Published In Fire & Water Engineering Magazinbe A general alarm fire gave firefighters at Stamford, Conn., an [...]
1959-01-10: Freight Train Collides with Mail Train… Fire Ensues
As published in the Daily Advocate (Published as STAMFORD ADVOCATE) on January 10, 1959, pages 1 and 8 Freight [...]
1961-09: The 1960-1961 Annual Report of the SFD
The fire losses in the area served by this department showed an increase from $512,796.42 in 1959–60 to [...]
1962-10-02: Stamford Received a 1962 750 GPM Mack Pumper
This picture was taken in 1988. This 750 GPM Mack pumper was received on October 2, [...]
1963-06-03: Stamford Firefighters Rescue Four Persons from their Third Floor Apartment on Madison Place
Stamford Firefighters rescued four persons from an early morning fire on June 3, 1963 utilizing an aerial ladder. [...]
1963-12-31: Truck 4 Accident at Elm Street & South Frontage Road
Two Stamford Firefighters and a milkman were injured when Truck 4, out of the Eastside Fire Station, collided [...]
1964-09-14: 24th Annual Stamford Firefighters Memorial Tribute
From 1940 to at least 1964, Stamford Firefighters from the Stamford Fire Department and the Big Five Fire [...]
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