STAMFORD, CT - The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Chill Advisory for our area and the Office of Public Safety is reminding residents to take precautions during the forecasted periods of extreme cold.  A Wind Chill Advisory means that very cold air and strong winds will combine to generate low wind chills. Wind Chill [...]

Engine 1 and Rescue 1 worked an early morning extrication of a driver and managed to wedge himself against an office building on Elm Street, [nggallery id=9]

The Stamford Fire Department regrets to announce the passing of active Stamford Firefighter Eddie Palitz. The following is his public obituary. Edward C. Palitz Sr. age 68 passed away Tuesday December 31st 2013. Eddie was a lifelong resident of Stamford Connecticut; firefighter at Glenbrook Fire Department for over 30 years and Chief Engineer. He was [...]

  A winter storm warning is in effect from 4 am Thursday to 1 pm Friday. A coastal storm will bring the potential for heavy snow, strong winds and dangerously cold wind chills from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon. Near blizzard conditions are forecast Thursday evening into Friday morning. Accumulations: There is expected to be [...]

Stamford man ticketed in New Year's morning accidentA 49-year-old Stamford man suffered minor injuries early Wednesday morning when he apparently lost control of his sport utility vehicle and tumbled into the side of a Tresser Boulevard office building. Stamford Fire & Rescue firefighters used hydraulic tools, cables and saws to free Curtis Hawkins of Severance [...]

This winter,  the Stamford Fire Department is asking residents and businesses to “adopt” their neighborhood fire hydrant and assure that it is accessible by creating a 3 foot clearance on all sides of the hydrant from snow and other obstructions. By adopting a hydrant, participants will be helping to protect themselves, their family, and their [...]

Two years after Shippan fire, firefighters still focused on preventionStamford firefighters will never forget the Christmas morning fire that killed three young sisters and their grandparents two years ago, but some officials are worried fire safety has become a fading memory for many members of the community. Firefighters entered the burning building, but were pushed [...]

Members of the Stamford Professional Firefighters Association (SPFA) helped Santa collect, wrap and deliver hundreds of gifts to children who were at the Franklin Street Shelter, the Salvation Army, the Wilson Food Pantry, the Stamford Hospital as Pediatric patients  and other selected locations. Fire Fighter Donald Lowndes, the organizer of the Stamford Fire Fighters’ toy drive, [...]

Man punches Stamford firefigher during medical callPolice are looking for a Chestnut Street man who struck a fireman in the face while he was responding to a medical call Monday morning. Firefighters called for police help at 10 a.m. after the 18-year-old man, wearing no shirt, struck the firefighter and ran out of the house [...]

Court Upholds Vote That Unified Stamford Fire DepartmentSTAMFORD, Conn. -- The state Superior Court has upheld the constitutionality of the 2012 charter revision referendum that established a unified Fire Department in Stamford, the city announced Friday. The unified department is led by a chief of the Stamford Fire Department with an assistant chief for career [...]