| Station 2 - Humphrey - 71 Circular Avenue |
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The historical outline below is taken from the program for
the Second Annual Hamden Firemen's Memorial Service,
held at Memorial Town Hall on June 10, 1934.
The History Committee for the event consisted of
Messrs. Ralph Eno, Michael J. Whalen, and Harold G. Emerson.
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| Station 2 opened January 1, 1913. This photo was taken after the delivery of the 1938 Seagrave Canopy Cab 600 g.p.m. pumper pictured here, but before the 1951 renovation to its present three-bay configuration. |
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| Station 2 Status Board |
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The original status board from Station 2 was once an ice cream parlor display sign. Each of the sliding slats that formerly displayed a flavor of ice cream was repainted with the name of a Hamden fire company.
When a fire company was out of service due to an alarm or maintenance, the man on watch simply pulled the slat out far enough to reveal the word "OUT." Simple as that.
Chan Brainard rescued this unique piece of Hamden Fire Department history when it was discarded following the 1951 renovation of Station 2, when a new electric light annunicator panel was installed.
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Why a status board? Some newer Hamden firefighters may not know why. Check the Gamewell Boxes page.
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| December 28, 1951 - Station 2 at the watch desk. Seated - Lieut. Dan Hume. Standing L-R: Art Smith, Frank Nolan, Tim Cummins, Ken Harrington, and Bob "Whitey" Williams. Hume would become the Department's first training officer five years later. Harrington would succeed Hume in 1973. (Photo by Chandler Brainard) |
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| 1958 - Platoon One at Station 2 - Standing L-R: Dick Stacey, B/C Daniel Hume (Drillmaster), Dave Herrmann, Mickey Cantarella, Capt. James Strain. Kneeling: Joe McDermott, Sid Trower, and Hugh McLean (Photo courtesy of Joe McDermott) |
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Looking down the hallway toward the apparatus floor, you can barely see that the rear wheels of Truck 1 are resting atop two small ramps. The ramps raised the back end of the truck just enough so that the aerial ladder overhang was too high to whack someone on the head. Well, almost everyone was safe. But if you were taller than 6' 3" you had to be very careful.
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| c. 1959 - Stan Brown set his camera on a tripod, set it in timer mode, and snapped this photo of himself beside Engine 1, the 1938 Seagrave 600 GPM canopy cab on the ramp at Station 2 (Photo by Stan Brown, courtesy of Chan Brainard)) |
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| 1964 - Station 2 (Photo courtesy of Joe McDermott) |
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| 1964 - Crews of Engine 3 and Rescue 1, photographed i.f.o. Station 2 (CLICK to enlarge) |
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| 1971 - Platoon 4, Station 2 (CLICK to enlarge) |
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| 1976 - Lt. Walt Macdowall (CLICK to enlarge photo) |
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| April 9, 1976 - Ronnie Altieri at the watch desk at Station 2 |
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| March 1976 - Station 2 shortly before Truck 1 was reassigned to Station 5 |
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| Bob Macauley and Ronnie Altieri at Station 2 |
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| "Wanna play Hearts?" - March 1985 - Chief John Tramontano, Eddy Doiron and Fred Knudsen in the kitchen at Station 2. |
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| June 1982 - Ron Altieri (Photo by John Tramontano) |
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| October 1985 - Lt. Bob Viglione at Station 2 beside a brand new Engine 2 (Photo courtesy of John Tramontano) |
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| April 1985 - Note the "RESCUE 2" designation that replaced the "TRUCK 1" designation over the center bay in 1976, when Engine 2 was in the right hand bay. By the time this photo was taken nearly ten years later, Engine 2 was the '84 Pierce and would fit only in the left hand bay. |
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April 1988 - L_R: Tom Mikolinski, Tony D'Agostino, Jim Dunlop, Lt. Clark Hurlburt, Richie Greening, and Harold Prescher
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| 1976 - The Night Shift is OVER! - Augie Williams giving his patented "Heyyyy!" Ronnie Altieri is already taking off in his '67 Olds ragtop. |
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| April 1988 - Mike DiStefano, Lt. Paul Wetmore, Jr., and Mark "Batman" Barletta next to Engine 1 on the ramp at Station 2 (CLICK to enlarge) |
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All photos on this website not otherwise in the Public Domain, as well as all commentary,
are © Copyright 2009-10 by the Hamden Fire Retirees' Assn.
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