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106 Helen Street
Thursday, August 31, 2000

                                                 Three Alarms!                                  
Posted 8/29/10


On one of his annual trips back east ten years ago, Chan Brainard took some action photos of a three-alarm fire at 106 Helen Street.  19 full-size photos are displayed below.  This was one of the last responses to a working fire by the 1965 Mack 750.  "The Mack" was placed in service 35 years earlier on August 18, 1965.  It was Engine 7 at the time of these photos.


Staff car in the foreground may be Car 4 (Training Officer), a 1988 GMC Jimmy with a storied past.
Haz-Mat unit on the left is the former Rescue 1, on a 1988 GMC chassis.
Engine 8 - 1978 Pierce 250 GPM Mini-Pumper
Engine 7 arriving on third alarm
Engine 7 - 1965 Mack 750 GPM pumper - at 35 years, it was the longest serving first line piece in the history of the Hamden Fire Department
Engine 5 was one of two 1984 Pierce Dash 1000 GPM pumpers delivered in December 1984.
Rescue 1 - a 1998 Ford 3-D
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