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1917-07-31: SFD Acts Swiftly To Contain Explosive Fire At Southfield Avenue Factory
An explosion at the American Synthetic Color Company, caused by acids or some other chemical occurred at 5:30 [...]
1918-07-28: Soldiers Come to the Aid of Stamford Firefighters Battling Stobborn Atlantic Street Blaze
By now Retired Firefighter Joseph F. Lombardo I July 28, 1918, was a warm summer day in the [...]
1919-02-19: The Stamford Manufacturing Company Cove Mills Plant Completely Destroyed By Massive Fire
An artists vision of the Stamford Mills Factory in Stamford, CT Source: Stamford History Center (edited by Captain [...]
1919-05-31: Stamford’s “Greatest” Memorial Parade Day Pays Tribute To The Fallen Vets of the Country
With the end of World War I, just barely six months behind them, the organizers of Stamford's Memorial [...]
1920-1954: Fire Chief Victor H Veit
Served as Fire Chief (1920 - 1954) Fire Chief Victor H. Veit, Chief of the department for 33 [...]
1922 – Station 3 Becomes Fully Motorized
The horse, drawn carriage, and steamer pumpers at Stamford Fire Station #3 on Fairfield Avenue, replaced by [...]
1922-02-03: The Stamford Fire Department in 1922… A Pictorial and Roster
The Stamford Fire Department has grown to fifty-eight personnel in 1922, staffing three fire stations. Chief Victor Veit [...]
1922-02-04: Massive Explosion Rocks Richards & Co. Factory at 845 Canal Street. Two workers killed.
On February 4, 1922, a massive explosion of a railroad tank car carrying mixed acids was felt as [...]
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