January to March, 2011
| Happy New Year 2011
January 13, 1918: The First "Big One"
HFRA Winter Meeting Announcement
1969 - Lt. Joe McDermott
January 21, 1965: Radio Station WDEE Fire
January 13, 1951: Fennbrook Drive
Unusual Hydrant Placement
HFRA Winter Meeting Photos
Hydrant Stuff
Larry Smith - Register Article
1976: Blood Pressure Clinic Photo
1973: Tanker Disaster on Glenbrook Avenue
Snow Removal - Station 3's Roof!
New Tower 1 Under Construction
The Cold War Comes to Hamden
Joe Was There!
1945: Joint Hamden-New Haven Drill on Ives Street
Bob Slater
They Came Off a '53 Mercury!
November 1991: Walt Macdowall's Roast
Three New Firefighters Join the Ranks
Three Veteran Firefighters Honored at Annual Dinner
Spring Meeting Annoucement
March 1941: Ladder Truck Hit by Trolley
Hamden's Three Aerials Together
March 25, 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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April 1, 2011
| Still Going Strong
"Play Ball!"
March 25, 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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April 8, 2011
| May 10, 1985: 113 Goodyear Street - House fire
Patch Me In
Any idea where this 1951 Hamden location is?
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April 15, 2011
| Firefighter Sid Trower (1915 - 2011)
April 20-21, 1979: Corey's Lumber Co. & Howard Johnson's
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May 1, 2011
| Midweek Update
A Very Good Day for America!
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May 6, 2011
| May 1, 1968: Maselli's Fireplace Fire
New Tower 1 in Service
Firehouse IDs
1954: Alarm Room
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May 13, 2011
| 1970: Flipped Camaro on Dixwell
1978: Guy White & Ray Reilly at 3's - 1978
1982: Bob Mordecai & Richie Lostritto at Shop - 1982
Sam Jones Was a Pioneer 50 Years Ago
1981: New Officers
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May 20, 2011
| '59 Maxim at CSFA Parade in Danbury
Training on Shepard Avenue
December 1968: Register Article About Station 6
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May 27, 2011
| Memorial Day 1964
April 1976: 2nd Rescue Placed in Service
Highwood Co. and New 1918 Stewart Chemical Truck
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June 3, 2011
| June 3, 2001: Fatal MVA on Whitney
Another Caddy Bites the Dust
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June 10, 2011
| 1974: Apparatus at Centerville School
1957: Eastern Atlantic Lumber Fire Photo
June 2011: Tom Doherty and Joe Rahl at Co. 5 Centennial Field Day
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June 17, 2011
| 2nd Anniversary
Where or When Mystery Photo
Station 3 Watch Desk - Then and Now
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June 24, 2011
| 1970: J. McDermott, W. Vining, R. Stacey
1971: J. Reilly, H. Cubbellotti, R. Kenyon
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July 1, 2011
| 1980: Platoon 4 crew at Station 2
1964: Platoon 1 at Station 2
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July 8, 2011
| 1981: Platoon 1 at Station 2
1986: Fire Marshal School Grads
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July 15, 2011
| HFRA Summer Meeting
1982: Platoon 4 at Station 2
c. 1954: 1930 Maxim on State Street
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July 29, 2011
| Rhode Island Firefighters' Pensions in Jeopardy
1985: Platoon 4 at Station 4
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August 5, 2011
| 1924: New Stutz Pumper for Merritt Street
1946: New Fire Department Radio System
1982: Richie Greening
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August 12, 2011
| July 1995: Special Olympics World Games
c. 1954: 1938 Squad at State Street Brush Fire
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August 19, 2011
| Honorary Member Letitia Flagge
May 11, 1986: Hamden's Bicentennial Parade
1982: Ralph Dievert
c. 1960: Stan Brown
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August 26, 2011
| 1967: Richie Lostritto on Case tractor
1968 Maxim S Model at Station 2
1985: Tim O'Flynn and Charlie Cargan
1995: Chief Paul Wetmore Sr.
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September 2, 2011
| Station 4 and Town Hall Renovations
September 1966: Grace Episcopal Church Moves Across Dixwell Avenue
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September 9, 2011
| September 5, 1951: Firehouse Becomes Schoolhouse
1954: 1951 Maxim at State Street barn fire
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September 16, 2011
| Lt. Bob Viglione, Ff. Jim Dunlop, Ff. Mark Barletta and
Lt. Clark Hurlburt in Hazmat Incident
1977: Hamden Diamond-Ts
1982: Capt. Jack Laffin
1951: Gil Spencer and His Jeep
Chan Brainard and HFRA Members Visit
Shelton's 1938 Ahrens-Fox Pumper at Engine 260 Muster
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September 23, 2011
| 1982: Paul Reutenauer with Engine 4 at the Mart
1986: Wild Ride Eventually Leads to Chet's
Early 1950s Garage Fire Near Augur Street
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September 30, 2011
| 1986: Lt. Bob Mordecai, Ff. Ed DeFrancesco and
Ff. "Red" Ralph Purificato
1991: Cmdr. Joe McDermott
1991: Station 4
1982: Co. 8's 1942 Diamond-T at Engine 260 Muster
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October 7, 2011
| October HFRA Meeting Photos
1911: Humphrey Hook & Ladder Volunteers
1962: Fire Prevention Box Demonstration
1987: Fire Prevention Foam Demonstration
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October 14, 2011
| Commissioner Duane K. Wetmore (1926-2011)
1911: Humphrey Hook & Ladder Co. Hose Wagon
1984: Chief Tramontano at Pierce Factory
c. 1957: Caddy Convertible "Fixer-upper" by the Glenwood
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October 21, 2011
| Remembering John Mongillo, Jr. (1947-2011)
October 18, 1977: Apartment Explosion 1181 Whitney Avenue
Tomaselli Recognized Following Blast
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October 28, 2011
| 1997: Ff. Henry Puciato, Lt. Bob Mordecai and Ff. Ron Desroches
Recognized For Saving Life
1954: Hamden's New Maxim in West Haven at CSFA Parade
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November 11, 2011
| Co. 5 Celebrating Centennial This Week
September 1929: Co. 5 Volunteers
September 1954: Present and Future Career Guys at 5's
Burning the Mortgage
September 1973: New Haven Fire School
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November 18, 2011
| 1967: Chief Leddy and Marshal Purce at Visel's 20th
1969: Groundbreaking for Laurel View Clubhouse
1958 Ad Featuring Hamden's New Maxim 75' Aerial Truck
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November 25, 2011
| "Attention, stand by for a dispatch . . ."
1955: Newspaper Photo of Co. 3's 1928 Maxim
January 1955: Ff. Bill Hines Pumping at Hoffmeister Fire
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December 2, 2011
| Hamden Firefighters' and Cheerleaders' Toy Drive
1997: Local 2687 Toy Drive Photo
1946: 8 Applicants Taken Fire Department Exam
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December 16, 2011
| 1968: Lostritto Promoted to Supt.
Sam Jones, Man of the Year
Retiree Bob Slater Retires from Disney
50 Years Ago This Week
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December 23, 2011
| "Deck the [Town] Halls"
Memories of Christmas Past
1951: Fire Truck Boost in Mt. Carmel
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December 30, 2011
| We Remember Al Ramelli
1970: Cal Stoner Photo of "New" Station 3
1978: "Those Were the Days" - Sta. 3 Day Room
1978: Memorial Day
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