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January 4, 2019


Centerville-Mount Carmel Post Office - Friday, January 7, 1994
Hamden's Brand New 1965 Mack
Next Meeting Wednesday, January 9th at 9:00 AM

January 11, 2019


Chief Merwede Keynote Speaker for MLK Observance this Friday
Winter Meeting
New Rescue Units In Service

January 18, 2019


Chief Merwede's Appointment Confirmed
25 Years Ago - Sutton Tower, 760 Mix Avenue, Thursday, January 13, 1994
45 Years Ago - January 17, 1974 - HFD Goes Diesel
5 Years Ago - Gary Merwede Named Deputy Fire Chief

January 26, 2019


Commissioner Richard Reilly
D/C McDermott doing just fine
Last week Hamden Fire Department responded to 192 calls
New Man at the Helm - Busy week for Chief Merwede
60 Years Ago - North Haven Brick Co., State St. (Hamden), Saturday, Jan. 31, 1959
75 Years Ago - Purce named Fire Marshal
Posterity Project - 1982 - Platoon 4 - Station 2

February 1, 2019


Three Rescued from Newhall Street House Fire
Firefighter Vogt Issued Badge No. 1
List of Previous Most Senior Firefighters
Kevin Recca Named Elks Firefighter of the Year
45 Years Ago - Bargaining Unit's First Encounter with New Administration

February 8, 2019


30 Years Ago - HFD Training Division Pioneers Video as Training Aid
"BUILDING UP TO A DISASTER"
1989 - Training Videos Featured in Hamden Chronicle

February 15, 2019


35 Years Ago - Tramontano Appointed Hamden's Fourth Fire Chief
35 Years Ago - Smokey Job on Laurel Road, Saturday Night, February 18, 1984
Spark Time - Danbury's 1952 open-cab Maxim 750 GPM pumper

February 22, 2019


House Fully Involved - on Fallon Drive
20 Years Ago - Department Acquires Thermal Imaging Camera
75 Years Ago - Fire Sweeps Through Church St. School, February 20, 1944
105 Years Ago - Church Street School Students
70 Years Ago - Grenade Tossed into House
70 Yeasr Ago - Town may end fire service for No. Haven
65 Years Ago - Town Donates Sterilizers to Visiting Nurses

March 1, 2019


O'Callaghan to Serve as Assistant Chief in West Hartford
50 Years Ago - Arch Street House Fire, Tuesday, March 4, 1969
Commissioner Irving Saslow - (1919 - 2006)
Spark Time - 1939 Ahrens-Fox One-of-a-Kind "Quint" - Fairview [NY] Fire Dept.

March 8, 2019


Capt. Hugh O'Callaghan's Last Shift
All in a Day's Work
1930s Gamewell Hamden Fire Alarm Directory
December 2001 - Ff. Kevin O'Hare, Capt. Don LaBanca and Ff. Ray Dobbs at Sta. 9
65 Years Ago - Some Historical Observations from a bona fide "Old-Timer"
Spark Time - Seagrave/International 750 GPM pumper

March 15, 2019


2019 Hamden Elks Firefighter of the Year
65 Years Ago - March 15, 1954, Rescue & Haz-Mat, 1954 Style
55 Years Ago - Fire on Greenway Street, March 17, 1964
52 Years Ago - Attack on Car Fire Caught by Unknown Photographer

March 22, 2019


Happy Birthday, Rev.
47 Years Ago - Richie Lostritto Goes to Hamden High
Remembering Lieut. Danny "Doc" O'Connell (1924 - 1990)
Baby Day at the HFD (with TV news video)
Bobby "Vee" (Viglione)

March 29, 2019


HFRA Spring Meeting Announcement
Local 2687's Annual Retirement Dinner
40 Years of Local 2687 - 1979 - Local 2687 Charter
New Engine 9, Smeal 1500/1000, Placed in service
70 Years Ago - The Carwin Chemical Co., 41 Stiles Lane, North Haven, Wednesday, March 30, 1949

April 5, 2019


HFRA Spring Meeting - Next Thursday, April 11th at 5:00 p.m.
10 Years Ago - HFRA takes first step
c. 1971 - Ff. Bob Slater gives future Marshal Dolan a tour of Ladder 2
55 Years Ago - "Search and Communications Drill"
"Post-Repair" water test on E5 - Great photo of E5 and Tower 1

April 12, 2019


New password coming
Eric Anthony Slater (1966-2019)
Deck Fire at Town Walk Drive Apartment
Spring 2019 HFRA Meeting - Thursday, April 11th
Marine Reservist Christopher Slutman, FDNY Firefighter, killed in Afghanistan
1972 - Ray Dobbs gives his new Datsun 240-Z a bath at 3s
1967 - Asst. Supt. Lostritto operating the 1940 Case at 2s
Paul Petrillo's daughter hits big on "Wheel of Fortune"
Spark Time - Hamden's 1951 Maxim 750 GPM pumper at Station 3 in 1952

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