THE STAMFORD ADVOCATE -- The burn begins around the 10th story. That's usually when the lactic acid hits the leg muscles of the four city firefighters who make up the Stamford Fire & Rescue Department stair-climbing team. After that it's all willpower, for 20 or sometimes 40 more stories, the firefighters say. Stair climbing is a grueling and little-known [...]

Stamford Fire Fighters in conjunction with The Bennett Cancer Center at Stamford Hospital will be hosting a "Paint the Town Pink" benefit to support breast cancer research. Saturday, May 7, 2011 from 3-7 PM at Tiernan's Pub and Restaurant located at 187 Main Street in downtown Stamford. There will be a live DJ, raffle, prizes, 50/50 [...]

On Thursday, September 30th, Buffalo Wild Wings Restaurant in Stamford, CT is holding a wing-eating contest fundraiser between the Stamford FD and Stamford PD.  10% of the profit will go to the American Lung Association. […]

Stamford Firefighters are wearing pink department-wide today to show their support for “Breast Cancer Awareness.”  The program is sponsored by Stamford Firefighters Local 786. […]

Source: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_13645064 STAMFORD -- A Hilton hotel driver escaped unscathed after being trapped in his van Sunday morning by fallen wires caused by a transformer fire Sunday morning on Greenwich Avenue near 1 Stamford Place, Stamford Police Lt. Sean Cooney said. The fire was caused by a squirrel that became trapped in the transformer equipment, [...]

Source: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_13640505 STAMFORD -- A vacant structure slated for demolition on Washington Boulevard was destroyed early Sunday morning in a fire. No injuries were reported, according to Stamford Fire & Rescue, which responded to the fire. A spokesman for the fire department would not comment on the suspected cause of the blaze, saying only the fire [...]

Members of Springdale Fire Station 7 collect donations on Hope Street For the MDA

(WTNH) - It was a little hot under the collar and elsewhere in a segment of the Rachel Ray Show Wednesday which featured a group of Connecticut firefighters. Three Stamford firefighters were testing sweat resistant products found on the Internet for a segment the talk show calls the 'human lab.' One firefighter tried out Kleinert's [...]

Just weeks after UST and its USSTC subsidiary moved their headquarters in September 2007 from Greenwich, CT to nearby Stamford, the company demonstrated to the community its commitment to philanthropy by donating Polaris Rangers to both the Stamford Police and Fire departments. The presentation of the two vehicles by USSTC President Dan Butler (left in [...]