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1988-09-25: 15 Families Left homeless by Early Morning Blaze at 10 Lafayette St

April 27, 2021|Categories: 1900's, 1980-1989, Residential Fire, Timeline|Tags: |

Group 2 fought an early morning blaze that began just before 6:30 am. The blaze destroyed the upper [...]

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1988-09: Group 2, Fire Headquarters

May 1, 2021|Categories: 1900's, 1980-1989, Timeline|Tags: , , , , , , |

These pictures were all taken between September 1988 and November 1988. Captain Chichester was the Captain in charge [...]

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1988-10-29: Brand New Engine 3 Stolen and Heavily Damaged!

May 1, 2021|Categories: 1900's, 1980-1989, Apparatus in Action, Timeline|Tags: |

As the story goes, a drug crazed man climbed through the driver's window of Engine 3, across the [...]

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1989-01-23: The New State of the Art Stamford Combined Dispatch Center Began Taking 911 Calls

May 26, 2021|Categories: 1900's, 1980-1989, Dispatch / 911, Timeline|

In the early days, each of the volunteer companies, Stamford Fire Department and Stamford Police Department,  each had [...]

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1989-02: The First Stamford Fire Department Ski Team

May 1, 2021|Categories: 1900's, 1980-1989, Off-Duty, Timeline|Tags: |

In 1989, five rookies got together and formed the first Stamford Fire Department Ski Team. They raced a [...]

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1989: Mack CF/Ranger 1000/400/50′ Tele-Squirt (E4) & Mack CF/Ranger 1000/500 (E3)

April 3, 2021|Categories: 1900's, 1980-1989, Apparatus, New Apparatus, Timeline|

This two engines were warmly received by the members of the Department. The Tele-Squirt served the East side [...]

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