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30 Years Ago
January 6, 1988
Youngest Hamden Firefighter "Baptized" by Fire
 
Firefighter-Paramedic John Spencer, assigned to Rescue 2 on Platoon 1, sustained second degrees burns to his face during a valiant attempt by first due firefighters to rescue a 14-year old youth believed to be trapped on the second floor of a Bradley Avenue house in January 1988.  It turned out that the youth was actually at school.
 
Firefighter Spencer, now Battalion Chief Spencer, at the time was the youngest member of the department, having been appointed a year earlier.  Spencer's helmet is graphic evidence of the intense heat to which he was exposed.
 
Originally posted 1/2/2015

The New Haven Register, January 7, 1988
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