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Articles and photos added during
November 2010
Regular weekly Friday website updates commenced on April 1, 2011.
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| Class of July 1970 - CLICK to view more (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelo) |
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Bob Kelo sent in this great group photo taken at Station 9, when he and 14 other recruit firefighters were in training with Dep. Chief Hume in the summer of 1970. This was the final group hired to fill out the four platoons required by the 42-hour work week that was scheduled to begin three months later. CLICK on the photo to view the other photos taken the same day.
Front (L-R): John Calamo, John Corbett, Tony D'Agostino, Dep. Chief Daniel Hume, Tom Mikolinski, and Bill Giaquinto.
Rear (L-R): Frank Dorman, Bill Coppola, Steve Hitchcock, Jeff Stoehr, Dennis Cosgrove, Ray Chase, Howie Hurlburt, Jr., Bob Kelo, Bob, Kenney, and Jim Hagerty.
The last of these men to retire was Bill Coppola, who retired as a Battalion Chief in 2006.
Posted 11/14/10
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Many of our retirees knew Larry Smith when he was a Hamden police captain. Now a beloved small-town baker and avid cyclist in South Dakota, Larry has had Parkinson's disease for nearly 20 years. This spring we will follow him as he bikes across his state to raise awareness about the benefits of recumbent cycling and Parkinson's.
Larry refuses to give up or submit to the prognosis of a wheel chair. Instead, Larry demonstrates the power of keeping your body active and mind positive, proving that sometimes the best cure is living life to its fullest. As Larry’s wife Betty states: “if you love life, and have a life that you love, you’ll fight for it.”
"Ride With Larry" is a short, inspirational documentary about an amazing guy many of us knew when he was a Hamden cop.
Posted 11/24/10
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| August 1968 - Lt. Joe McDermott in rescue boat donated by Hamden Red Cross in 1948. (Photo by Ed Doiron, Sr.) |
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| November 10, 2010 - Happy 235th Birthday USMC! |
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Veterans' Day 2010
Hamden Firefighters Have Served in
World War I - World War II Korea - Vietnam - The Gulf Afghanistan - Iraq
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Thank you!
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| CLICK to visit new website for the Mt. Carmel Volunteer Fire Co. 5, celebrating 100 years in 2011 |
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1912 - Mt. Carmel Volunteer Fire Co. Officers and New Hose Cart - L-R: Capt. James Strain, Sr., Bud Fitch, and Arthur Pelton. Small boy is James Strain, Jr., who would serve as a career member from 1942 to 1973, retiring as a D/C shift commander.
(Photo courtesy of the Strain family)
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| Flag Demo Goes on the Road |
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| Chief Leddy Appointed 50 Years Ago |
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| November 17, 1949 |
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| June 1961 - Harry Cubbellotti and Richie Lostritto |
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| Memorial Plaque for Mary Critchett |
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| CLICK ON THIS ALARM BOX LIST FOR MORE INFORMATION ON EARLY HAMDEN ALARM & COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS |
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