• Midday House Fire in The Cove

    By Published On: April 24, 2016Categories: Media ReleasesTags: Views: 390

    Incident Number: 16-03669 Incident Date: Sunday, April 24, 2016, at 11:54 AM Incident Location: 118 Webb Avenue Stamford fire crews battled a house fire today in the Cove section of the city. A total of 26 firefighters responded at 11:54 am and quickly brought the flames under control at 118 Webb Ave. The fire originated [...]

  • Quick Action of Passerby Helps To Prevent A Large Scale Fire in Abandoned Building

    By Published On: December 22, 2015Categories: Media ReleasesTags: Views: 458

    Three engines, a truck company, a rescue company, an Incident Commander and a Rapid Intervention Team were dispatched to the area of Manhattan Street and Pacific Street for a fire in a building this evening. According to a 911 caller, who was a pedestrian on Dock Street, there was a small fire in the second [...]

  • Quick Action of Firefighters Prevents Spread of Fire

    By Published On: November 23, 2015Categories: Media ReleasesTags: , , Views: 426

    Quick actions by Stamford Firefighters prevented the spread of a fire in the walls at 637 Cove Road tonight. A full box assignment of three engine companies, a ladder company, a rescue company, an Incident Commander and a Rapid Intervention Team were dispatched to the two story condominium complex after a resident called and reported [...]

  • Roof Fire at Hedge Fund Headquarters Destroys AC Unit and Damages Building

    By Published On: November 7, 2015Categories: Media ReleasesTags: , , Views: 698

    At 8:13 Saturday morning, Stamford’s Combined Dispatch Center began receiving multiple calls, reporting heavy black smoke coming from the roof of 72 Cummings Point Road. Some callers reported occupants fleeing the building. A first alarm assignment of three engines, a ladder truck, a rescue company, a Rapid Intervention Team and an Incident Commander responded. The [...]

  • Carbon Monoxide Mishap in Occupied Building Averted

    Stamford Firefighters from the Woodside Fire Station, Engine Company 5, responded to 293 Bridge Street for a carbon monoxide alarm investigation. On arrival, the Firefighters tested the atmosphere in the attached residential apartment complex and found extraordinary amounts of the lethal gas in the apartment. Additional fire apparatus from the Woodside, Westside and Central Fire [...]

  • Quick Response Minimizes Fire Damage To Multi-Family House on West Side

    By Published On: October 18, 2015Categories: Media ReleasesTags: , , , Views: 353

    STAMFORD - Stamford firefighters responded to a one-alarm fire in an occupied multiple family dwelling at 106 West Broad Street, early this morning. Arriving units found a heavy smoke condition in the rear of the structure originating from the basement. The rescue company performed a primary search of the structure and found no trapped occupants. [...]

  • Stamford Firefighters Respond to a Motorcyclist Down on High Ridge Road

    By Published On: October 18, 2015Categories: Media ReleasesTags: , , , Views: 386

    Stamford Firefighters responded to a motorcyclist down and in the roadway this morning on High Ridge Road, near the intersection of Marva Lane. Firefighters from Stamford Fire Department Engine 8 arrived on scene within three minutes of being dispatched and found the injured operator of a motorcycle lying in the roadway on High Ridge Road. The motorcycle was [...]

  • Stamford Firefighter Receives Life Saving Award

    By Published On: September 20, 2015Categories: Media Releases, Member NewsTags: , , , Views: 513

    (Stamford, Connecticut) City of Stamford Firefighter Rocco Terenzio, assigned to the West Side Fire Station, has been awarded the Police and Firemen's Insurance Association's Heroes Hall of Fame award. The award recognizes acts of bravery on or off duty that leads to the saving of another's life. The incident for which he is receiving the [...]

  • Stamford Firefighters Rescue Entrapped Occupant of Motor Vehicle Crash

    By Published On: September 19, 2015Categories: Media ReleasesTags: Views: 362

    Stamford Fire units from the South End Station and The Woodside Station responded to Southfield Ave near the entrance of the Crab Shell for a vehicle flipped over with an occupant still trapped in the vehicle. Crews worked to stabilize both the occupant and vehicle, then used specialized cutting equipment to remove the roof of [...]