January 3, 2014
| Letitia M. Flagge (1913 - 2014)
HFRA Winter Meeting
"Hands on" Chief Tramontano Trained His Troops
1956 Dawns with a Nasty Cold Weather Fire
Cmdr. Jack Laffin and Ff. Gary Couture
Firefighter John Corbett
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January 10, 2014
| Many Hands Make Light Work
January HFRA Meeting Photos
1988: Ffs. Ray Ramelli and Mike Murray
"We Remember 2014" Video Now on YouTube
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January 17, 2014
| Gary Merwede Named Deputy Fire Chief
40 Years Ago HFD Goes Diesel
Firefighters Saved a Classic Hamden Eatery
January 1965: Another Hamden Restaurant Bites the Dust
1944: Purce Named Fire Marshal
1939 Diamond-T Dedication Plaque
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January 24, 2014
| Deputy Chief Gary Merwede Sworn In
Another Mystery Photo
IMPROMPTU REUNION - CLASS OF '78
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January 31, 2014
| Honorary Member Nancy Saccani Hurlburt
Ralph & Ralph
100 Years Ago: Coutts Brothers
Coutts Brothers' Whitneyville Badges Donated
1850s Fire Tower
"History" is today, too
Changing Hose on Engine 9
January 31, 1959: North Haven Brick Co.
Photo No Longer a Mystery
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February 7, 2014
| California Firefighter Meets Barney Fife
July 1973: Station 5
Mt. Carmel School
1974: Sick Benefit Assn. Elects New Officers
1982: Laying Supply Lines Before LDH
February 9, 1944: Belle's Blessed Event at Station 3
February 9, 1964: Home Inspections During Ed Sullivan(?)
Barletta Honors Presidents Day with Historic U.S. Flag
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February 14, 2014
| Firefighter Hugh McLean, Jr. (1924 - 2014)
July 31, 1987: Superior Printing Ink Co.
February 15, 1954: Moose Hall, 961 Dixwell
February 15, 1954: 622 Newhall Street
Retirement Dinner Announcement
Patches to Trade?
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February 21, 2014
| February 20, 1944: Church Street School Fire
Firefighter's Wife Saves Children (Newscast)
Laying Supply Lines Before LDH - Pt. 2
Memorial Plaque to Commissioner William D. Daymon
1954: Firemen Present Sterilizers to VNA
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February 28, 2014
| 1962: Firefighters Gathered at Hull's Rathskellar
1888: Fire at Hull's Brewery
Hull's Breweriana
Box 22's New Haven Firefighters
Fire Districts Proposed 50 Years Ago
Bowling at Whitneyville 60 Years Ago
Meanwhile, Upstairs at Station 3
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March 7, 2014
| "It's Bo-Bo Time!"
New Haven's Hull's Brewery: Two Fires, 90 Years Apart
Fishing for a squirrel?
April 1988 - Repair Shop Crew
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March 14, 2014
| Old Third Platoon Demonstrates "The Net"
Leddy Stressed Inadequacies, Urged Improvements
1957: Corey's Wayside Market Fire - Before & After
December 1, 1983 Roster - 118 Line Personnel
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March 21, 2014
| March 25, 1971: 132 Santa Fe Avenue
March 14, 1977: New Haven Parks Dept., Park Road
Happy Birthday, Rev. Sanderson
March 25, 1957: Co. 9 Gets Old Schoolhouse
CERT - The New & Improved EM44
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March 28, 2014
| 1949: The Carwin Chemical Co.
1962: Fuel Oil Leaks into Lake Whitney
1941: Hamden's 1926 H&L vs. Trolley
1963: Diamond-T Ladder Truck Sold!
1966: "There, but for that telephone pole, go I"
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April 4, 2014
| The HFRA started with an Invitation
HFRA Spring Quarterly Meeting
'73 Maxim at Station 9 sometime in the late 1980s
1964: "Search and Communications Drill"
1964: Stan Brown photo of Station 2
Mark Pratt driving Engine 2 to the Shop
January 1, 1999 Roster
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April 11, 2014
| HFRA Spring Meeting
Whistles Replaced Sirens During WWII
2014 Local 2687 Annual Dinner
Newest Firefighter Sworn In
BMW + Fire Hydrant = PRICELESS!
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April 18, 2014
| 1984: "Hamden at Work"
1979: Altieri and Mulcahy at Station 2
1969: Mill River Water Rescue at Ives Street
Seasonal Delivery for the Kids
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April 25, 2014
| April 30, 1984: An end to one era; start of another
HFD's Mountain Rescue Team 30 Years Ago
Fire Commissioners Name V. Paul Leddy Chief
Reynolds Jaycees "Outstanding Fireman of 1974"
1979: Lt. John Tramontano at Station 2
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May 2, 2014
| Lt. Bill Fitzmaurice / Prescher Photo Bombs Chase
100 Years Ago: The Humphrey Drum Corps
ROBBIE'S JAM
May 2, 1964: West Todd near Hillfield
May 7, 1974: Driverless NoHFD Engine Takes Off
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May 16, 2014
| 1949: The Center of Hamden
Fireworks Fundraiser
May 1967: Lt. Joe McDermott at old Station 3
The Hamden Chronicle
May 21, 1977 at Station 3
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May 23, 2014
| Whitneyville Badge Donated by Member's Daughter
c. 1930: Merritt Streeet Volunteers Parade Ready
May 1964: This Week's Special a 1961 Caddy (Slightly Used)
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May 30, 2014
| Firefighter Joseph Yoga (1942 - 2014)
Fire School Sixty Years Ago
2014: Memorial Day
Hamden's WWI and WWII Rolls of Honor
1970: Memorial Day
War Vet & Hamden Vol. Alumnus now a Lt. in SC Fire Dept.
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June 6, 2014
| June 6, 1944: Remembering the Fallen
June 8, 1969: Hamden's "Firemen's Field Day" (video)
Haz-Mat Highway to Hell Video
June 2, 1969: O'Connell's Lawn Mower Shop
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June 13, 2014
| Website 5th Anniversary
1943: First Color Apparatus Photo
June 14th is FLAG DAY
August 29, 1958: Wallace-Davis Company
1898: Whitney and Dixwell Avenues
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June 20, 2014
| Hamden's Forgotten Fire Company
Grave Markers - Once a Tradition
1946: Firemen Want Shorter Week
Fireworks Next Week
1954: 1930 Maxim on State Street
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June 27, 2014
| Hamden's Forgotten Fire Company - Pt. 2
The North Hamden Fire Company
July 1, 1974: Change of Radio Designations
Ffs. Carmen Amarante and Jim Moore assist student CPR training
1973 Maxim Telesqurt
1924: Apparatus Inventory
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July 11, 2014
| 2014 Summer Meeting
July 10, 1989: TORNADO - 25th Anniversary
Various TV News Accounts, Past & Present
Souvenir for Service
Commemorative T-Shirt
Day After the Hamden Tornado
Sears Building Proved a Safe Haven in '89
July 7 2014: 11 Notkins Street
Remember this guy?
2014 FIREWORKS!
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July 25, 2014
| Two New Hamden Firefighters
July 27, 2014: Nasty Apartment Fire at Dogwood Hills
Fundraiser for Pregnant Firefighter/EMT with ALS
1938 Diamond-T "Emergency Squad"
Birthday at Station 3
1976: Supt. of Alarms & Apparatus Richie Lostritto
c. 1962: Ffs. Paul Reutenauer and Milner Benham
1984 Pierce at Station 3
1960: Hamden Civil Defense
1963: Fire Department Softball
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August 8, 2014
| A Visit from An Old Friend
Another Jack?
August 8, 1962: 1708 Dixwell Avenue - Spectacular Blaze
1947: Station 3
1961-65: Apparatus Inventory
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August 22, 2014
| November 4, 1987: Platoon 4, Station 3
1949: Humphrey Station Turned Over to Town
May 1991: Lt. Howie Hurlburt, Jr.
Substitute Firefighters
1932: Dextone Fire - Worst Hamden Financial Fire Loss
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September 5, 2014
| Hamden's New 1990 Ladder Truck
1966: Field Day Photo
1963: Winchester Powder Farm Fire Training
1966: Fatal Corvair Crash at Carmel & Whitney
1980: Engine 260 - Christie Tractor Steamer Pumping
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September 12, 2014
| 2014: Engine 260 Muster Photos
1941: Diamond-T Ladder at New Milford & Elsewhere
1984: Saxony Coat Company Fire
1960s: Apparatus on Kaye Vue Drive
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September 19, 2014
| Calling All Maxims! - Maxim Centennial
Hamden's 15 Maxims
Other Connecticut Maxims (Branford)
Local 2687 Annual Golf Tournament
35 Years Ago Hamden FFs Picket Town Hall
Old Station 3 Days Remembered - BOWLING!
September 24, 1964: Station 6 Register Article & Photo
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September 26, 2014
| October Quarterly Meeting to Honor Deceased Members
September 1970: New Officers
1982: D/C Tramontano in Central Communications
Pump Acceptance Test for 1926 Pumper
Another Connecticut Maxim: Branford
Honorary Member Geraldine Bourneuf Tobin
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October 3, 2014
| Hamden's First Retirement Plan 65 Years Ago
Brainard at HQ: 1954 - 2014
Station 9 Today
New Rescue 1 at Station 4
Cheshire's 1913 Ford
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October 10, 2014
| Hartford Firefighter Dies in the Line of Duty
HFRA Honors Memories of Ten of Their Own
2015 HFRA Officers Elected
By-law Change Proposed to Lengthen Terms
October 1950: First HFD Chaplains Appointed
Darien's 1949 Ward-LaFrance Quad
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October 17, 2014
| Trench collapses on 4 workers at SCSU; HFD responds with Tactical Rescue Unit
Sixties Station Scenes Served as Student's Snapshot Subjects
House of Heroes - Connecticut
HFD Conducts a Fire Extinguisher "In Service"
Nice looking Mack pumper
Links to media coverage of the plaque presentations
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October 24, 2014
| The Gov Visits 3s!
IAFF General Prez Addresses Local 2687 Members at 3s
The "Repair Shop"
October 24, 1951: Mysterious Fire
1990s Photos of Station 2 Apparatus
1974 New Haven Columbus Day Parade
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October 31, 2014
| Update Dedicated to Ff. Sidney Trower (1915 - 2011)
Aerial View of Hamden Plains
BOO!
c. 1960: Alarm Room
1958: Platoon 1 Aerial Ladder Crew
Seymour's Seagrave Quint
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November 7, 2014
| 1984: Seven New Officers Promoted
Two late 1984 Rosters
November 1999: Tower One Training
1973 Aerial Ladder Practice
Southington's 1959 Open Cab Cab-Forward Maxim
Mystery Dispatcher: Bantz or Benham?
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November 14, 2014
| Two Veterans Retiring
November 11, 1957: Eastern Atlantic Lumber Yard
A Tale of Two Hats
Fooling Around at the Firehouse? Never!
1910s: Mount Carmel
"America's Best" by James Foley (HPD Ret.)
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November 21, 2014
| Firfighter Dennis Baker
Trash Truck Catches Fire
1964: Lieut. Luke Tobin
1961: HFD Ball Program
1968: Firemen's Ball
West Haven's Maxim Open Cab Aerial Ladder Truck
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November 28, 2014
| Saying "Goodbye" to Buechele and Harrison
1967: Fireside Restaurant
1967: Department Inventory
1973: Leonard Pipe Fire
West Haven Maxim Aerial Ladder - Year Clarified
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December 5, 2014
| 1964: Weather Vane Restaurant
1984: Fire Training at Wallingford
Ff. Jim Dunlop Gives Youngster Tour of Truck
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December 12, 2014
| Marshal and Lieutenant Promotions
1964: Dramatic Below Grade Rescue
Firefighters Honored for Below Grade Rescue
Ball Program Advertisers Share Dubious Distinction
Studebakers!
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December 19, 2014
| MERRY CHRISTMAS!
1968: Platoon 2, Station 4
2014: Platoon 2, Station 4
Chief Tramontano Visits 4s
Classic 1935 Ford Chief's Car
Chief Leddy Inspects His Final Order
HFD Featured in IAFF Magazine
Website photo rekindles fond memory of old pick-up truck
Cargan, McDermott, Dinneen & Petrillo at WFD
1983: Christmas Party Pix
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December 26, 2014
| Hamden Elks' Firefighter of the Year Dave Beaton
1964: Reilly's Restaurant Fire
1984: Westervelt First Asst. Marshal Sworn In
1965: Ffs. John O'Hare and Charlie Esposito
O'Hare's Classic Chrysler
"Batman's" Batty Christmas Ornament
Jeanne McLean Obituary (and Link)
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