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January to March, 2011


Happy New Year 2011
January 13, 1918:  The First "Big One"
HFRA Winter Meeting Announcement
1969 - Lt. Joe McDermott
January 21, 1965:  Radio Station WDEE Fire
January 13, 1951:  Fennbrook Drive
Unusual Hydrant Placement
HFRA Winter Meeting Photos
Hydrant Stuff
Larry Smith - Register Article
1976:  Blood Pressure Clinic Photo
1973:  Tanker Disaster on Glenbrook Avenue
Snow Removal - Station 3's Roof!
New Tower 1 Under Construction
The Cold War Comes to Hamden
Joe Was There!
1945:  Joint Hamden-New Haven Drill on Ives Street
Bob Slater
They Came Off a '53 Mercury!
November 1991:  Walt Macdowall's Roast
Three New Firefighters Join the Ranks
Three Veteran Firefighters Honored at Annual Dinner
Spring Meeting Annoucement
March 1941:  Ladder Truck Hit by Trolley
Hamden's Three Aerials Together
March 25, 1911:  Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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Weekly Website Updates Begin April 1, 2011

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April 1, 2011


Still Going Strong
"Play Ball!"
March 25, 1911:  Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

April 8, 2011


May 10, 1985:  113 Goodyear Street - House fire
Patch Me In
Any idea where this 1951 Hamden location is?

April 15, 2011


Firefighter Sid Trower (1915 - 2011)
April 20-21, 1979:  Corey's Lumber Co. & Howard Johnson's

April 22, 2011


April 20-21, 1969:  H&D Paper Products on Webb Street

April 29, 2011


Co. 5 Centennial Begins
1927:  Hamden Paid Personnel

May 1, 2011


Midweek Update
A Very Good Day for America!

May 6, 2011


May 1, 1968:  Maselli's Fireplace Fire
New Tower 1 in Service
Firehouse IDs
1954:  Alarm Room

May 13, 2011


1970:  Flipped Camaro on Dixwell
1978:  Guy White & Ray Reilly at 3's - 1978
1982:  Bob Mordecai & Richie Lostritto at Shop - 1982
Sam Jones Was a Pioneer 50 Years Ago
1981:  New Officers

May 20, 2011


'59 Maxim at CSFA Parade in Danbury
Training on Shepard Avenue
December 1968:  Register Article About Station 6

May 27, 2011


Memorial Day 1964
April 1976:  2nd Rescue Placed in Service
Highwood Co. and New 1918 Stewart Chemical Truck

June 3, 2011


June 3, 2001:  Fatal MVA on Whitney
Another Caddy Bites the Dust

June 10, 2011


1974:  Apparatus at Centerville School
1957:  Eastern Atlantic Lumber Fire Photo
June 2011:  Tom Doherty and Joe Rahl at Co. 5 Centennial Field Day

June 17, 2011


2nd Anniversary
Where or When Mystery Photo
Station 3 Watch Desk - Then and Now

June 24, 2011


1970:  J. McDermott, W. Vining, R. Stacey
1971:  J. Reilly, H. Cubbellotti, R. Kenyon

July 1, 2011


1980:  Platoon 4 crew at Station 2
1964:  Platoon 1 at Station 2

July 8, 2011


1981:  Platoon 1 at Station 2
1986:  Fire Marshal School Grads

July 15, 2011


HFRA Summer Meeting
1982:  Platoon 4 at Station 2
c. 1954:  1930 Maxim on State Street

July 22, 2011


New 1962 Rambler for Chief Leddy

July 29, 2011


Rhode Island Firefighters' Pensions in Jeopardy 
1985:  Platoon 4 at Station 4

August 5, 2011


1924:  New Stutz Pumper for Merritt Street
1946:  New Fire Department Radio System
1982:  Richie Greening

August 12, 2011


July 1995:  Special Olympics World Games
c. 1954:  1938 Squad at State Street Brush Fire

August 19, 2011


Honorary Member Letitia Flagge
May 11, 1986:  Hamden's Bicentennial Parade
1982:  Ralph Dievert
c. 1960:  Stan Brown

August 26, 2011


1967:  Richie Lostritto on Case tractor
1968 Maxim S Model at Station 2
1985:  Tim O'Flynn and Charlie Cargan
1995:  Chief Paul Wetmore Sr.

September 2, 2011


Station 4 and Town Hall Renovations
September 1966:  Grace Episcopal Church Moves Across Dixwell Avenue

September 9, 2011


September 5, 1951:  Firehouse Becomes Schoolhouse
1954:  1951 Maxim at State Street barn fire

September 11, 2011


TEN YEARS LATER

September 16, 2011


Lt. Bob Viglione, Ff. Jim Dunlop, Ff. Mark Barletta and
      Lt. Clark Hurlburt in Hazmat Incident
1977:  Hamden Diamond-Ts
1982:  Capt. Jack Laffin
1951:  Gil Spencer and His Jeep
Chan Brainard and HFRA Members Visit
Shelton's 1938 Ahrens-Fox Pumper at Engine 260 Muster

September 23, 2011


1982:  Paul Reutenauer with Engine 4 at the Mart
1986:  Wild Ride Eventually Leads to Chet's
Early 1950s Garage Fire Near Augur Street

September 30, 2011


1986:  Lt. Bob Mordecai, Ff. Ed DeFrancesco and
     Ff. "Red" Ralph Purificato
1991:  Cmdr. Joe McDermott
1991:  Station 4
1982:  Co. 8's 1942 Diamond-T at Engine 260 Muster

October 7, 2011


October HFRA Meeting Photos
1911:  Humphrey Hook & Ladder Volunteers
1962:  Fire Prevention Box Demonstration
1987:  Fire Prevention Foam Demonstration

October 14, 2011


Commissioner Duane K. Wetmore (1926-2011)
1911:  Humphrey Hook & Ladder Co. Hose Wagon
1984:  Chief Tramontano at Pierce Factory
c. 1957:  Caddy Convertible "Fixer-upper" by the Glenwood

October 21, 2011


Remembering John Mongillo, Jr. (1947-2011)
October 18, 1977:  Apartment Explosion 1181 Whitney Avenue
Tomaselli Recognized Following Blast

October 28, 2011


1997:  Ff. Henry Puciato, Lt. Bob Mordecai and Ff. Ron Desroches
     Recognized For Saving Life
1954:  Hamden's New Maxim in West Haven at CSFA Parade

November 4, 2011


1982:  Ff/Paramedics H. Surprise and H. Hurlburt

November 11, 2011


Co. 5 Celebrating Centennial This Week
September 1929:  Co. 5 Volunteers
September 1954:  Present and Future Career Guys at 5's
Burning the Mortgage
September 1973:  New Haven Fire School

November 18, 2011


1967:  Chief Leddy and Marshal Purce at Visel's 20th
1969:  Groundbreaking for Laurel View Clubhouse
1958 Ad Featuring Hamden's New Maxim 75' Aerial Truck

November 25, 2011


"Attention, stand by for a dispatch . . ."
1955:  Newspaper Photo of Co. 3's 1928 Maxim
January 1955:  Ff. Bill Hines Pumping at Hoffmeister Fire

December 2, 2011


Hamden Firefighters' and Cheerleaders' Toy Drive
1997:  Local 2687 Toy Drive Photo
1946:  8 Applicants Taken Fire Department Exam

December 7, 2011


70 Years Ago:  Pearl Harbor Attacked
Hamden Prepares for War

December 16, 2011


1968:  Lostritto Promoted to Supt.
Sam Jones, Man of the Year
Retiree Bob Slater Retires from Disney
50 Years Ago This Week

December 23, 2011


"Deck the [Town] Halls"
Memories of Christmas Past
1951:  Fire Truck Boost in Mt. Carmel

December 30, 2011


We Remember Al Ramelli
1970:  Cal Stoner Photo of "New" Station 3
1978:  "Those Were the Days" - Sta. 3 Day Room
1978:  Memorial Day

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