On December 6, 1974, at 11:33 PM, Stamford Firefighters Water Finch and Frank Maciolek were among the first firefighters to arrive on the scene of a Box Alarm at 55 Lafayette Street . Flames could be seen coming out of […]
Based upon a recommendation from Fire Marshal Barry Callahan, who acknowledges DFM Aguilars outstanding accomplishments and his pursuit of excellence in inspecting over 90% of the structures within his district, Deputy Fire Marshal Aguilar received the “Mayor’s Citation in July […]
Firefighter Thomas E. Brown was honored by the Exchange Club of Stamford as the Stamford Fire Department’s Firefighter of the year for his community service. Firefighter Brown has dedicated the past 22 years as a camp counselor, which began his […]
Captain Paul Newman was hired by the SFRD as a Firefighter, March 30, 1987. Prior to his career in the SFRD he was a Paramedic in Yonkers New York. During his Career with the SFRD Captain Newman was promoted to […]
The Stamford Fire Department has grown to fifty-eight personnel in 1922, staffing three fire stations. Chief Victor Veit is in charge. During the previous year, 1921, the Department received and responded to 94 Bell Alarms, 140 Telephone Alarms and 18 […]
Chief Harry W Parker submitted his resignation on May 24, asking to be placed on the retired list. The request was granted by the Stamford Board of Alderman on June 1. Chief Parker left the Fire Department after 38 years […]
b. 12 May 1852 in Fifeshire, Scotlandd. 14 September 1903 in New York StateServed as Fire Chief: 1887 – 1903 Chief George Bowman, the first Fire Chief of the Stamford Fire Department, served as Fire Chief for sixteen years. Chief […]
This is an interesting story that nobody in Stamford seems to know anything about. I asked some old timers about it and found nobody that was familiar with this story. The following article was published in the New York Press on […]
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. Facebook Comments Box
Service History: Truck 4 9/21/1955: Arrived from factory at 4:24pm with company engineer Fred Haskins and R. Bartholemew sales representative. This truck officially #4 Truck.9/22/1955: #4 Maxim Aerial Ladder Truck after testing and breaking drivers went in commission at #4 Station […]
Handtub “a fire-fighting apparatus consisting of an often tub-shaped reservoir of water pumped out through a hose by means of a pump with brakes that are rocked up and down by a number of men on each side of the […]
Stamford’s first pumping apparatus was known as the “Rippowam.” Pictured above, the “Rippowam” survived the early 1900’s and was on display in the “Relic” room on the third floor of the new Central Fire Station which was built in 1915. The Rippowam […]
122 Montague StBrooklyn, NY June 9 1911 H. W Parker, Esq.Chief of Fire DepartmentStamford, Conn. My Dear Sir, Since I was at Stamford two weeks ago, I have been endeavoring to obtain information relative to the hand fire engines; Rippowam […]
This is a PDF of an original program for the 1892 Firemans Entertainment and Ball. It was held on Thursday evening, January 28, 1892. Facebook Comments Box
This is a PDF of an original program for the 1895 Firemans Entertainment and Ball. It was held on Thursday evening, January 31. You should recognize some of the names on the committee page such as George Bowman (Fire Chief) […]
On December 2, 2014, Deputy Chief Tim Conroy (now retired) presented me with a very old photograph of the Luther Street Fire Station and members of the SFD. As I remember it, he told me he found it in one […]