• The History of Stamford’s Steam Fire Engines

    By Published On: February 13, 2015Categories: The SFD In HistoryTags: Views: 903

    During a violent afternoon storm on August 7, 1882, lightning struck the wooden steeple  of the Presbyterian Church and set it afire. The church then was on the north side of Broad St. between Bedford and Summer. Atlantic Hose Co. quickly laid hose to the belfry but hydrant pressure was not sufficient.  The Gulf Stream [...]

  • Stamford Fire Department Responds To Boat In Distress

    By Published On: February 2, 2015Categories: Media ReleasesTags: Views: 311

    Stamford – At 17:11 this evening the Stamford Emergency Communications Center received a call from a boat in distress located outside of the storm barrier in Stamford Harbor.   The boater stated that there was no steering on the vessel and that the vessel was up against the storm barrier wall.  Stamford Fire Department Engine [...]

  • December 18, 1874 – Meadow Street Barn Fire

    By Published On: February 1, 2015Categories: The SFD In HistoryViews: 455

    Below is a an article from the December 18, 1874 Stamford Advocate that tells the story of a barn fire on Meadow Street.  Fire Apparatus from the Atlantic Hose Company needed to be hauled from the center of town to Meadow Street...twice, to roughly the area where U-Haul now stands.  There was no mention of [...]