(Stamford, CT) A one-alarm shed fire, which extended to an occupied house, occurred at 76 Highland Road this afternoon. The 9-1-1 center received a call at 5:22 pm reporting a garage fire. Four engines, one truck, one rescue and the deputy chief responded to the alarm arriving within three minutes. Upon arrival a shed was [...]

Fred E. Johnson Fred E. Johnson, 90, affectionately known as "Brother in law", transitioned peacefully on Monday, June 8, 2015. He was born on June 26, 1926 in Millsboro, Delaware, son of the late William Pierce and Wilhelminor Johnson Pierce. He was preceded in death by his wife Verlette Nicholson Johnson. Mr. Johnson [...]

Firefighters Render Care After Scene Is Secured By Stamford Police 1633 Washington Blvd At 0326 hours, a limited box assignment of two Engines, a Truck and an Incident Commander were dispatched to 1633 Washington Blvd. for a reported activated fire alarm. 1633 Washington Blvd is directly across the street from the Fire Station [...]

Stamford. CT- On March 20th, 2015 at 12:24 PM, the Stamford Combine 911 Dispatch Center received a radio call from a Stamford Police Officer in the area that a bus full of students had hit a telephone pole and a house in the area of 117 Vine Road.  Units from the Stamford Fire Department, Turn [...]

Off-duty Stamford firefighter Rocco Terenzio helped rescue a homeowner Monday after an explosion in the man's garage.  The explosion set the house on fire. Way to go Rocco! Fire, explosion rock Northridge home

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 – 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 [...]

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 [...]

The article below was published in a March 1913 edition of The Advocate. It tells the sad story of how the Spot, the Luther Street Station Dalmatian was run over by an apparatus being backed into the fire station.  There were two motorized apparatus purchased in the years just prior to Spots death.  The one [...]