• Evening Fire Damages West Side Multi-Family Home

    By Published On: March 10, 2024Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 1355

    Stamford, CT – At 7:19 pm on Sunday 3/10, the Stamford 911 center received multiple calls reporting a house fire at 26 Taff Avenue. Engine 3 from the Stamford Fire Department’s West Side firehouse were first to arrive and found fire venting from the top floor rear of a three story multi-family house. A hose line [...]

  • Evening basement fire quickly controlled by Stamford Firefighters

    By Published On: June 20, 2023Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 890

    At approximately 6:40pm on Tuesday, June 20th 2023, the City of Stamford Combined Dispatch Center (911 Center) received a report of a dryer fire in the basement of a private residence at 9 Culloden Road. Fire Companies from the Eastside, Central, Glenbrook, and Woodside Stations responded to the scene. First arriving crews were met with moderate [...]

  • Early afternoon fire contained to laundry room.

    By Published On: June 8, 2023Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 907

    Remember to clean out lint traps on clothes dryers. At approximately 12:24 pm on Thursday, June 8th 2023, the City of Stamford Combined Dispatch Center (911 Center) received a report  of a laundry room fire in a private residence at 77 Wake Robin Lane located in the Turn of River area of Stamford.  Fire Companies from the [...]

  • Collapse at Stamford Train Station

    By Published On: May 31, 2023Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 1518

    At approximately 5:23pm on Wednesday, May 31st 2023, the City of Stamford Combined Dispatch Center (911 Center) began receiving reports of a building collapse at the Stamford Train Station.  Responding Stamford Fire Department units were directed to the Station Place side of the station (Tracks 4 and 2) and specifically to the stairway between the platform [...]

  • Fuel tanker spill closes Stamford West Side intersection

    By Published On: March 29, 2023Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 1157

    At approximately 9:21 PM on Tuesday, March 28th the City of Stamford Combined Dispatch Center (911 center) began receiving reports of a truck that struck a utility pole at the intersection of West Main St. and West Ave. Subsequently it was reported that the truck was leaking gas.  First arriving Stamford Fire Department units arrived to find [...]

  • Early Morning Fire Guts Single Family Home on Hamilton Avenue

    By Published On: December 3, 2022Categories: Media ReleasesTags: Views: 2420

    Residents Escaped The Flames Prior to Fire Department Arrival At 00:37 Saturday morning, the Stamford 911 Center began receiving multiple reports of a structure fire at 310 Hamilton Avenue.  Three engines, a truck company, a rescue company, an Incident Commander and units from Glenbrook Fire Department were dispatched to the given address.  On arrival, the first [...]

  • Second 2-Alarm Fire Strikes West Side Hours Apart

    By Published On: September 29, 2022Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 1642

    Investigations underway At 11:09 AM, the Stamford Emergency Communications (911) Center began receiving multiple calls reporting a fire in the rear of Outpost Pizza at 365 West Avenue on Stamford’s west side.  Firefighters from the West Side Fire Station were first to arrive at 11:13 and reported heavy fire in the rear of 282 Selleck [...]

  • Two Elderly Disabled Victims Rescued From West Side Apartment Fire

    By Published On: June 25, 2022Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 737

    Both Victims Being Treated at Stamford Hospital At 6:14 this morning, a first alarm assignment of fire units was dispatched to a report of a structure fire at 482 West Main Street.  First arriving units from the Westside Fire Station found the alarm system activated, indicating a fire on the fourth floor of the seven-story apartment building.  [...]

  • North Stamford home explosion

    By Published On: June 20, 2020Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 373

    Home partially collapsed At 07:20 this morning the Stamford 9-1-1 Dispatch Center received a call reporting that the house next door to the callers on Woodbine Road had exploded and was on fire.  The caller further reported that 2 people and multiple pets were in the house attempting to get out.  Stamford Fire Department Engine [...]