1950: The Members of the Stamford Fire Department in Pictures
Captains Supervisors & Inspectors Firefighters
1951-05-02: Cigarette Causes Major Fire at the Augusta Building at 485-503 Atlantic Street
The picture shown below has been hanging on the wall at Fire Headquarters for years. It was donated by Deputy Chief Jack Boesen many years ago. It has a label on it that says: Unknown Fire on Atlantic Street, 1951 Jack Dillon, John Boesen and Captain Frank Fox. Jack [...]
1951-12-26: City Sells Amoskeag Sells 1906 Steam Engine To Robino’s for $325
The 1906 Amoskeag Steam Engine was sold to Robino Brothers Scrap Yard for $325.
1951: Equipment Inventory of the Stamford Fire Department
The image below shows the entire 1951 inventory of apparatus according to the Fairfield County Chief's Emergency Plan. The inventory reveals that the 1951 SFD had four pumpers, an 85' aerial, a 65' aerial with booster tank, two City Service Trucks, one Rescue Truck, one Ambulance and one Chemical Hose [...]
1952-04-24: The First of Several Two-way Radios Was Installed
The first two-way General Elec. FM radio receiver and transmitter was installed in the Chiefs Car, a 1950 Dodge - Serial Number N-5391. The radio was installed by Charles Ruby of Fairfield Marine Co., 433 Main St. and H. C. Oefinger, Supt. Of Fire Alarm. In the coming months, additional [...]
1954-09-03: Elevator Motor Fire at 1 Atlantic Street
Early in the day of September 3, 1954, Stamford Firefighters from the Central and Westside Fire Stations were called to 1 Atlantic Street for an elevator motor fire. Firefighters had to enter the building through a fourth-floor window to extinguish the fire using Truck 1's 85-foot aerial ladder. The fire [...]
1954-10-29: Lione – Mitchell Building at 209 Bedford Street Gutted in Early Morning Fire
An early morning fire gutted a two-story mercantile building at 209 Bedford Street. The fire at the Lione - Mitchell Building also threatened several adjacent buildings but was brought under control before the fire could spread. The Delf Company, a hardware store on the first floor, The Vuono Construction Company, [...]
1955-08-05: Stamford First Black Firefighter Starts Career with Five Others
David Austin, Stamford's fire black firefighter and five others; Hugh Winters, Michael B Coppola, William J McCarthy, , Martin McNamara and Barkley Berg, begin their long careers with the Stamford Fire Department.
1955-09-19: SFD Receives Maxim 750 GPM Pumper. Placed In Service as Engine #2
On September 19, 1955, at 3:00 pm, the Stamford Fire Department received their new 750 GPM Maxim. It was delivered by factory mechanic C. N. Gifford and Mr. R. Barthoemew, and O.B. Maxwell, sales representatives for Maxim Motors. The next day, the new Maxim was taken to Mill River for pumping [...]