• A Firefighters View of Fighting a Fire (Using a Helmet Camera)

    By Published On: January 19, 2015Categories: Safety FactsTags: Views: 346

    Have you every wondered what it is like to be a firefighter attacking a fire from the inside of a house?  The video below was not shot in Stamford, but does represent is a good handling of a routine "room and contents" fire with some extension. The house is a vacant 2 story residential building under [...]

  • 1/13/2015 -1 Alarm Apartment Fire at 933 Summer Street

    By Published On: January 14, 2015Categories: Photo GalleryTags: Views: 397

    This apartment fire was reported by off-duty Firefighter Kyle Houser, who was in the Midtown News Store, below the apartment, after he smelled smoke in the store. Photographs by Retired Firefighter Rich Gillespie [wonderplugin_gridgallery id="3"]

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    Off-Duty Stamford Firefighter Kyle Houser Discovers Fire, Calls 911

    By Published On: January 14, 2015Categories: In The NewsTags: Views: 282

    Off-duty Stamford Firefighter Kyle Houser was picking up a soda at the Midtown News Store when he smelled smoke and called 911.  He then alerted an occupant of an adjacent apartment above Midtown News of the danger and evacuated him. Kyle is a firefighter at East Side Fire Station (Shippan).   Way to go Kyle! [...]

  • 1/7/15 – 31 Rolling Wood Drive Residential Structure Fire

    By Published On: January 12, 2015Categories: Photo GalleryTags: Views: 377

    The Stamford, Turn of River and Belltown Fire Departments were dispatched to a reported fire in a house.   The caller reported that everybody was out of the house.  SFD Engine 8 was the first Engine to arrive on the scene and found a two and a half story, wood frame residential home with a [...]

  • 1/9/15 – 2nd Alarm Residential Structure Fire at 9 Woodland Avenue

    By Published On: January 11, 2015Categories: Photo GalleryTags: Views: 335

    Station 2 firefighters were the first to arrive at 9 Woodland Ave for a reported structure fire. Firefighters found fire showing from third floor so they stretched 2 " hand line through front door to third floor. Upon reaching third floor rear apartment, only a slight smoke condition was noticed in the room. Firefighters pull [...]

  • Stamford Residents Urged to Take Precautions During Extreme Cold, City Opens Warming Centers

    By Published On: January 7, 2015Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 359

    Colder than normal temperatures and wind chills are projected for Connecticut through Saturday.  Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he has activated the State’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol in anticipation of temperatures in the teens and single digits and wind chills below zero over the next few days and nights, effective beginning today, January [...]

  • 1885 Borough of Stamford Fire Districts, Hydrants & Water Pipes

    By Published On: January 2, 2015Categories: The SFD In HistoryViews: 409

      Below is a scanned in map of the 1885 Borough of Stamford, showing the fire districts, hydrants, water pipes and other important landmarks.  You will also see Borough roads as they existed in the old city.

  • The Story Behind The 1936 Line of Duty Death of Thomas J Meehan

    By Published On: January 1, 2015Categories: The SFD In HistoryViews: 376

    Thomas J Meehan, 45 years old and was appointed to the SFD on July 10, 1918.  He was assigned to SFD Station No. 2, when he died in the line of duty on April 6, 1932.  His death was a result of being ejected off the apparatus and through the glass window of a business at the [...]