The vacant Burdick School was at the corner of Grove and Forest Streets.  The school burned decades earlier, but this New Year Eve fire required the demolition of the building. At the time of the fire, a small part of the building was being used for storage by the Board of Education. Photographers: Frank Belfari [...]

The Rippowam as it sat in the "relic" room of the Central Fire Station Stamford 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 on the new Central Fire Station which was built in [...]

Below is a transcribed version of Chief Parker's obituary, as published in the Stamford Advocate in March, 1938. Former Fire Chief, H W Parker, dies in Bridgeport Passes suddenly this afternoon of a heart attack– 78 years old  Harry W Parker, retired Chief of the Stamford Fire Department, died suddenly at his home, 1235 Lindley [...]

George Bowman was born on May 12, 1852 in Fifeshire. Scotland. He and his parents immigrated to New York when George was just six months old. Sometime around 1877, George married Mary Davis of Connecticut. He and his wife came to Stamford around 1880 becoming employed by the Yale and Towne Factory on the South [...]

Below is a transcribed version of the Fire Department Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1903-1904, submitted by Chief George W Parker.  The SFD in 1903-1904 responded to just 28 fires, all of which were undoubtably actual fires. A PDF of the original 1903-1904 Stamford Annual Report - Fire Department Report of the Chief Engineer of [...]

Members of the Stamford Fire Department assisted Santa in delivering over 200 present to disadvantaged children in Stamford. Santa Delivers Gifts to Children on Firetruck By: Priscilla Lombardi, It's Relevant http://stamford.itsrelevant.com/content/21555/Santa-Delivers-Gifts-to-Children-on-Firetruck It's not every day you see Santa riding on the back of a fire truck, but for hundreds of children in need in Stamford, Christmas [...]

As published in Fire and Water Engineering Magaine, Volume 68, July 7th, 1920 Stamford Fire Chief Victor H Veit Chief Victor H Veit who was promoted from Deputy Chief of the Stamford Connecticut Fire Department on June 15 to succeed Chief Harry W Parker, resigned, has been a fireman for a few months more than 25 [...]

Over the past several weeks we have been collecting and organizing SPFF Local 786’s collection of historical documents, pictures and objects. We are in the process of cataloging everything and posting the catalog on the StamfordFire.com website.  If you know who donated any of the items in our catalog, please let us know, so we can give [...]