Hamden Fire Retirees Association, Inc.

Staying Connected · Preserving Our Past

Home

COVID INFO

About Us

Hamden Local 2687

Hamden Historical Society

Hamden C.E.R.T.

C.E.R.T.

Calendars

Civil Defense

CT Apparatus Database

Hamden Then & Now

H.G.S.R.A.

Mountain Rescue Team

Off Duty Time

Parades

Public Education

Rosters

Sparking Out

Special Events

Training

Videos

We Remember

Web Links

1995 World Games

ALL PAST UPDATES

ALUMNI

APPARATUS

ARCHIVED ARTICLES

COMMUNICATIONS / DISPATCH

FIRE STATIONS

FIREFIGHTING

HFRA PHOTOS

HISTORICAL NOTES

MEMBERS ONLY

← JULY 11th UPDATE


AUGUST 8th UPDATE →


Hamden Fire Retirees Association, Inc.
CLICK here for daily flag status

FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

2014 Summer Website Schedule:
The next regular HFRA website update will be Friday, August 8th.
Important announcements will be posted immediately above the masthead.

CLICK to monitor HFD radio
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

THREE NEW ITEMS HAVE BEEN ADDED
SINCE THE JULY 25TH UPDATE - SEE BELOW

Two New Hamden Firefighters
 
Chief David Berardesca looked on last Friday morning in the town hall rotunda as Town Clerk Vera Morrison swore in Hamden's newest recruits, Firefighter/EMTs Fernando Feliz and Brian Gagnon.
 
Firefighter Feliz served five years with the Willimantic Fire Department and is a United States Army Reserve veteran.  Firefighter Gagnon served six years with the Mansfield Fire Department and is also a CFA instructor.  Both firefighters are assigned to the 2nd platoon under Battalion Chief Bill Fitzmaurice.  Ff. Feliz will be assigned to Station 2 and Ff. Gagnon will go to Station 4.
 
The members of the HFRA congratulate Firefighters Feliz and Gagnon and wish them both long, safe and fulfilling careers with the Hamden Fire Department.
Posted 7/28/14

__________

Hamden Firefighters Tackle a Nasty Apartment Fire at Dogwood Hills
Sunday, July 27, 2014
 
Hamden firefighters responded to the Dogwood Hills Apartments, 200 Evergreen Avenue, around 2:30 Sunday morning for a working structure fire involving a total of nine units, damaging six.  A ninety-year old women jumped from her second floor window into the arms of three other residents before fire apparatus arrived.
 
On arrival, Platoon 2 firefighters were faced with a large amount of fire showing.  Using an aggressive interior attack coordfinated with effective ventilation, firefighters were able to make a good stop, preventing what easily could have been a disastrous situation.  The elderly woman who was forced to jump before firefighters arrived sustained injuries to her lower body.  No other injuries were reported.  The Fire Marshal is investigating the cause.
 
CLICK HERE to read the New Haven Register article about the fire at the Dogwood Hills Apartments

Posted 7/28/14
 
CLICK ON PHOTO BELOW FOR MORE PHOTOS

Photo by the Hamden Professional Firefghters Local 2687, I.A.F.F. - CLICK ON PHOTO FOR MORE PHOTOS
__________

August 9th Baseball Fundraiser for Pregnant Firefighter/EMT with ALS
 
The Website has received word from Hamden CERT Director Bob Freeman that there will be a fundraiser for Amanda Bernier, wife of Chris Bernier, who is member of the Logistics Component of the Connecticut Incident Management Team, West (CT Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security).
 
Amanda Bernier, a Madison volunteer Firefighter/EMT, is pregnant and was recently diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease).

Donations will go toward medical costs, the renovation of their home to make it more compatible to the medical needs, and a motorized wheelchair for Amanda.
 
The fundraiser is a Bridgeport Blue Fish Baseball game at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport. on Saturday, August 9th at 6:00 p.m.  Tickets are only $11.
__________
 
PLEASE NOTE: TICKETS MUST BE PRE-PURCHASED UNDER THE CODE WORD ANGELS.
 
To order: www.bridgeportbluefish.com or call (203) 210 BLUE
__________
 
Checks for pre-purchased tickets should be made out to Bridgeport Bluefish with the code word ANGELS.
 
Visit Amanda Bernier's website at www.amandas-angels.org
 
 
Posted 7/28/14

FULL DETAILS HERE - CLICK TO ENLARGE
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1942  - Hamden's 1938 Diamond-T "Emergency Squad"

__________

June 2, 2014 - The guys at Station 3 invited a couple of camera-shy retirees to an impromptu birthday party for B/C Sam Deburra. L-R: Ff. Daryl Osiecki, Ff. Dave Beaton, the Honoree, Lt. Matt Sarracco, Capt. Rick Otlowski, Ff. Paul Anderson and Ff. Doug O'Rourke (CLICK to enlarge)
__________

1976 - Supt. of Alarms & Apparatus Richie Lostritto
c. 1962 - Firefighters Paul Reutenauer and Milner Benham with three of Hamden's Finest at Brooksvale Park.
__________

June 2010 - One of the last photos of one of two matching Pierce Dash pumpers delivered in late 1984. Standard Shift! It was filling in for Engine 3 at the time. A couple of years later the pumper was scrapped along with its twin.
__________

Hamden Civil Defense in 1960
Future Fire Chief Concerned About Public Apathy
 
The article below, published in the New Haven Journal-Courier, Thursday, August 4, 1960, provided an interesting and somewhat scary Cold War snapshot of the local plans to address civil defense and public safety following an nuclear attack.
 
Batt. Chief V. Paul Leddy, Hamden Civil Defense Director, candidly expressed his own concern for what he saw as public apathy - a concern that some may see as having changed little in over 50 years.

© New Haven Journal-Courier - Thursday, August 4, 1960 (Donated by G. Donald Steele)
__________

Fire Department Softball - 1963
 
Five Hamden guys are in this end of season group shot of the Greater New Haven Firemen's Softball League at Montowese Field.  Photo courtesy of John O'Hare, who played well into the 1970s and was the coach for many years.
 
1) Salvatore "Cookie" Ferraro 2) Art Heriot 3) George Reutenauer 4) John Tramontano and 5) John O'Hare
CLICK TO ENLARGE

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

← JULY 11th UPDATE


AUGUST 8th UPDATE →


COPYRIGHT NOTICE

Unless otherwise cited or in the Public Domain,
all material on this website, including all original photos, essays, articles and commentary published herein, are Copyright © 2009-2021 by the Hamden Fire Retirees Association, Inc., and may not be copied or republished in whole or in part without prior written permission of the Hamden Fire Retirees Association, Inc.

Official website of the Hamden Fire Retirees Association, Inc.

Website powered by Network Solutions®