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FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012

Website is updated every Friday - Important interim updates will be posted when necessary

 

MINUTES OF THE April 10th MEETING
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To Our Website Visitors:
 
Starting now, only those items posted within the past FOUR weeks will be kept on the current Home Page.
 
Earlier home pages, beginning with April 1, 2011, can now be viewed just as they appeared when they were first published.  Tabs for links to the "2011 Home Pages" and "2012 Home Pages" are now on the above menu, right next to the HOME tab.  Articles about fires and other major incidents can be retrieved by using the "Action!" tab.  Other articles may be retrieved by going to the "Past Articles" tab.
 
We hope to eventually post Home pages published between June 2009 and March 2011.

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HFRA Spring Meeting at the Elks
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Our 14th meeting was held at the Hamden Elks Lodge, with 22 members attending.

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Where and When was this photo taken? We finally got an answer.
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Lieut. Adam Barletta
 
The HFRA congratulates Hamden firefighter Adam Barletta on his recent promotion to the rank of Lieutenant.  Adam, a nine year veteran of the Department, is the son of retired Fire Marshal and current HFRA president Mark Barletta and his wife, Margaret.
 
The swearing-in ceremony will take place at the Hamden Government Center on Monday, April 16th at 2:30 p.m.
 
Posted 4/13/12

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1962 - At the height of the Cold War, Ff. Dick Carney foots the step ladder for Ff. Kenneth Harrington as he mounts a Civil Defense Fallout Shelter sign to the side of the New Haven Savings Bank building on Dixwell Avenue, across from the Acme Wire Co. (now the Acme Mall). Also pictured (L-R) are Dep. Chief Daniel Hume, Chief V. Paul Leddy, First Selectman John DeNicola, Sr., and an unidentified gentleman. (Photo courtesy of Dick Carney)
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Jim Wetmore provided this nice photo of the 1965 Mack 750 pumper after it was assigned as Engine 7 in 1985.
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