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 [...]

  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.

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 [...]

The vacant Burdick School was at the corner of Grove and Forest Streets.  The school burned decades earlier, but this New Year Eve fire required the demolition of the building. At the time of the fire, a small part of the building was being used for storage by the Board of Education. Photographers: Frank Belfari [...]

The Rippowam as it sat in the "relic" room of the Central Fire Station Stamford first pumping apparatus was known as the "Rippowam".  Pictured above, the "Rippowam" survived the early 1900's and was on display in the "Relic" room on the third floor on the new Central Fire Station which was built in [...]

Below is a transcribed version of Chief Parker's obituary, as published in the Stamford Advocate in March, 1938. Former Fire Chief, H W Parker, dies in Bridgeport Passes suddenly this afternoon of a heart attack– 78 years old  Harry W Parker, retired Chief of the Stamford Fire Department, died suddenly at his home, 1235 Lindley [...]

George Bowman was born on May 12, 1852 in Fifeshire. Scotland. He and his parents immigrated to New York when George was just six months old. Sometime around 1877, George married Mary Davis of Connecticut. He and his wife came to Stamford around 1880 becoming employed by the Yale and Towne Factory on the South [...]

Below is a transcribed version of the Fire Department Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1903-1904, submitted by Chief George W Parker.  The SFD in 1903-1904 responded to just 28 fires, all of which were undoubtably actual fires. A PDF of the original 1903-1904 Stamford Annual Report - Fire Department Report of the Chief Engineer of [...]

Members of the Stamford Fire Department assisted Santa in delivering over 200 present to disadvantaged children in Stamford. Santa Delivers Gifts to Children on Firetruck By: Priscilla Lombardi, It's Relevant http://stamford.itsrelevant.com/content/21555/Santa-Delivers-Gifts-to-Children-on-Firetruck It's not every day you see Santa riding on the back of a fire truck, but for hundreds of children in need in Stamford, Christmas [...]