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Articles and photos added during
January 2010
Regular weekly Friday website updates commenced on April 1, 2011.
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| French-Italian Fire - January 24, 1985 |
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25 Years Ago
French-Italian Fire
1206-1216 Dixwell Avenue
Thursday, January 24, 1985
CLICK on the photo at LEFT to view a new webpage devoted to the fire twenty-five years ago at the "French-Italian" Building.
Posted 1/24/10
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| January 24, 1985 Newscasts |
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| Adam West, Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale, and . . . |
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| April 1988 - Mark "Batman" Barletta (Photo by Dave Johnson) |
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Through the years the Hamden Fire Department has been blessed with a few individuals who have genuine expertise in certain areas that some people find difficult to deal with. Starting in the late 1980s, Mark "Batman" Barletta was the head of the department's official "Bat Relocation Team," which was often called upon to intervene in situations involving the flying rodents that many folks associate with bites, rabies and Bela Lugosi.
Some of us remember when we dealt with bats using a prolonged frigid spray from a CO2 extinguisher. Mark had the knowledge and experience to know how to properly rid a residence of these creatures without hurting them.
Mark went on to become Deputy Fire Marshal and then Fire Marshal. He is now the Chairman of the Hamden Fire Retirees' Association.
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| Centerville Co. 4 (on left) built in 1907 - Demolished in 1924 for new Town Hall (Hamden Historical Society photo) |
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| "An unscheduled way to participate in the Hamden Parade" was the newspaper caption for this 1967 Memorial Day photo. (I.A. Sneiderman) |
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| Old Station 3 dayroom - January 1966 - Sid Trower, Lt. Joe McDermott and Ray Bantz (Photo by Ed Doiron) |
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HFRA Winter Meeting at the Elks
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Our 5th meeting was held at the Hamden Elks Lodge, with 23 members attending.
CLICK at left for photos.
CLICK at right for meeting minutes.
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Factory Photos
All fire apparatus manufacturers take photos of their apparatus before they leave the factory. Chan Brainard has provided two factory photos of Hamden pumpers from the Maxim Co. of Middleboro, Massachusetts. The 1954 Maxim was the last of three 750 GPM pumpers of the postwar design, the first two being 1951 and 1952 models. It was also the last red apparatus Hamden would purchase new for the next 11 years. The 1959 Maxim was the first of the "cab-forward" design manufactured by Maxim. This honor went to Hamden because Maxim's first pumping engine was delivered to Whitneyville in 1915. Virtually all fire apparatus today is of the "cab-forward" design.
Posted 1/1/10
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| Factory Photo - 1954 Maxim 750 |
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| Factory Photo - 1959 Maxim "Cab-Forward" |
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| Dick Stacey in the foreground and Carmen Amarante in the background rolling hose at Station 2 with two unidentified firefighters in the mid-1960s (Photo by Stan Brown, courtesy of Chan Brainard) |
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| (Photo courtesy of John O'Hare) |
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This late-1950s photo shows the trophy presentation following a benefit softball game between Hamden's fire and police departments. Left to right: John O'Hare and B/C Everett Doherty from the fire department, and Dan Liston, Chief Bob Thatcher and Jack Sarracco from the police department.
Posted 1/18/10
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| 1985 Fire Department Annual Report |
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| 1985 - Ff. Tom Conway demonstrates ABC extinguisher at Fire Prevention Day |
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You will always see lots of firefighters and fire apparatus in a parade.
A new "Parades" webpage has been added for the new parade photos that are coming in all the time.
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Rick Kenyon sent us the link to this YouTube video demonstrating a new method of CPR for certain types of situations. We are posting this for your information.
Mayo Clinic Presentation of Continuous Chest Compression CPR - Cardiocerebral Resuscitation Cardiocerebral resuscitation (CCR) is a new approach to patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest that has been shown to improve rates of neurologically intact survival by 250%--300% over the approach advocated by the 2000 American Heart Association guidelines. And EMS systems can realize these improvements without having to buy a single new gadget or device.
CLICK on the photo to view the video.
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82 members signed up as of 1/12/10
January 12, 2010: The largest turn out of retirees so far attended the luncheon at the Hamden Elk's Hall on Tuesday, January 12th. Minutes of the meeting will be posted on the website in the next day or two.
NEXT MEETING will be a BRUNCH
Wednesday, April 21st at 11 AM, at the Hamden Elks Club, 175 School Street.
Details will be posted later and postcard reminders will be sent to everyone.
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