January 1, 2016
| Pledge to Pledge
60 Years Ago: Fire at QC Dorm in Spring Glen
1961: New Chief, New Changes
Transitions: Those We Lost, Retirements, Promotions, New Faces of 2015
2015 Retirement Dinner Honorees
Posterity Project: Chief David A. Berardesca
More Highlights of 2015
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January 8, 2016
| 75 Years Ago: Firefighters' Tough Week
January 1941: HFD Apparatus Inventory
Posterity Project: Platoon 1, Station 4
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January 15, 2016
| Understanding Benefits
Smart Named Elks Firefighter of '16
Hamden's 1926 Maxim Ladder Factory Photo
Posterity Project: Platoon 4, Station 2
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January 22, 2016
| January 25, 1971: Sam Mednicow's Used Cars
1978: "Howie Sr." & the Minipumper
2016: Cold Water Rescue Training
2002: Cold Water Rescue Training
Jeanine's Boy
Posterity Project: Marshal's Office
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January 29, 2016
| High Expansion Foam Training 40 Years Ago
75 Years Ago: Another Busy Week for the HFD
January 31, 1941: Mutual Aid to North Haven
Hamden's 2nd Motorized Pumping Engine - Only Known Photo
ONLINE VIDEOS OF BENEFITS Q&A NOW AVAILABLE
Posterity Project (1952): Platoon 3, Station 4
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February 5, 2016
| Two Newest Hamden Firefighters Sworn In
February 1972: LIFE photo of Hamden Winter Water Rescue
Hamden Elks Firefighter of the Year
Posterity Project: Platoon 4, Station 4
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February 12, 2016
| 35 Years Ago: Hamden's Civilian Fire Dispatchers
Marty Barletta: A Nice Backstory
Posterity Project: Maintenance Division
Summer 1971: Training at Willimantic Fire School
15 Years Ago: Instant Convertible
Clark's Pond, One Year Later
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February 19, 2016
| 75 Years Ago: Hamden Landmark Destroyed
Town Hall: A Little History
1925: Memorial Town Hall Dedication
Station 4 Through the Years
Posterity Project: Platoon 1, Station 3 (Tower 1)
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February 26, 2016
| c. 1968: Firefighter Walt Macdowall at Old 3's
1969: HFD Parade Honor Guard
Testing Hose (always a lot of fun!)
NICE! Polishing Station 9
Posterity Project: Platoon 1, Station 9
Spark Time: 1944 Maxim Pumper with a Canopy Cab
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March 4, 2016
| Squad 1 Nails Fully Involved Pick-up Truck
30 Years Ago: HFD Goes LDH
Read Across America
"Hamden" Fire Marks
HFRA featured in Post-Chronicle
Ch - Ch - Ch - Changes!: Magic Mile 1965 and Now
Posterity Project: Platoon 2, Station 2
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March 11, 2016
| Margaret "Marty" Barletta
55 Years Ago: Joe McDermott Commended for Saving Young Life
1961: New Car for Deputy Chiefs (Shift Commanders)
1966: Another New Car for Deputies
Those Apparatus Radio Designations
Posterity Project: Platoon 1, Station 3 (Engine 3)
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March 18, 2016
| Early Dunbar Hill Photo Found
Happy Birthday, "Rev."
Driver Extricated from School Bus Following Crash
c. 1968: Firefighter Sam Jones at Old 3's
Posterity Project: Platoon 1, Car 3
1982: Lt. Bill Coppola at Station 4
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March 25, 2016
| 50 Years Ago: Rocket Fuel Fire Damages Bolton Street Home
Car vs. House Last Tuesday
90 Years Ago: New Maxim Pumper and Truck for Highwood
1941: 1926 Maxim Truck vs. Trolley (Truck Loses)
Then and Now: Dixwell Avenue near Mather Street
New Photos Show Extent of Interior Damage to School Bus
Posterity Project (1951): Platoon 2, Station 2
Rotary Club Donations for HVFF Fireworks and CERT
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April 1, 2016
| HFRA Spring Meeting on the 12th
Jay Leno's 1914 Christie Tractor & Steamer
30 Years Ago: Hamden-Bethany Mutual Aid Pact
Posterity Project: Platoon 4, Station 9
Maryjane Grelle-McGaffin (1957 - 2016)
Five Years a "Weekly"
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April 8, 2016
| April 10, 1970: 26-28 Dudley Street
Hamden's First Hydrant
Posterity Project: Training Officer, Capt. John Grasso
Connecticut Firemen's Historical Society Re-opening
2016 Harley Davidson to be Raffled!
Spark Time: Temple Terrace, FL Quint
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April 15, 2016
| Quick Response Saves Centerville Greenhouse
Two dozen turn out for the Association's 30th meeting
Posterity Project: Platoon 2, Station 9
April 1976: Second Rescue is Placed in Service
1951 Maxim Dedication Plaques
Howard Hurlburt, Jr. Memorial Plaque Presentation
1957 British Firefighters' Training Film (YouTube)
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April 22, 2016
| April 26, 1956: Tragic Fire Follows Birthday Celebration
Talkin' Trash: Memorable HFD Trash Fires
Posterity Project: Deputy Fire Chief Gary Merwede
History of HFD's "Second-in-Command"
Then and Now: Thornton Street
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April 29, 2016
| Four Honored at Local 2687 Annual Retirement Dinner
Training: Confined Space Rescue
Training: Confined Space Rescue '95 (YouTube)
Posterity Project: Platoon 2, Station 4
Same Crew in a Different Venue
55 Years Ago: A Very Dangerous Time!
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May 6, 2016
| May 8, 1946: Blaze Damages Himmel Bros. Building
1986: Hamden Parade Launches Town Bicentennial Celebration
80-Year-Old Hamden Parade Film Coming Soon
Posterity Project: Platoon 1 Station 5
Multi-agency Rescue Exercise at Sleeping Giant
Honorary Member Mary Lane
Do You Have a Flashlight App on Your iPhone?
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May 13, 2016
| What's the Connection with the HFD?
May 13, 1966: Drunk Driver on Parkway Kills Three Sacred Heart Seniors
Parkway Tragedy Leads to Rev. Sanderson's Intro to HFD
May 1966: HFD Apparatus Inventory
Hamden High Fire in Nursery Area Extinguished Quickly
Posterity Project: Platoon 3, Station 2
May 15, 1973: Three Promotions
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May 20, 2016
| Helping Our "Best Friend": HFD Called to the Giant
Taking a break in '02
May 1946: Gag's Pepper Pot
HFD Responds to Report of Overturned Kayak
Members Honored by Yale-NH Hospital Sponsor Hospital Program
Posterity Project: Platoon 3, Station 5
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May 27, 2016
| Remembering Firefighter Edward G. Charbonneau, Who Died Serving
His Country
YouTube Photographic Tribute to America
May 26, 1956: Hamden Cooperative Poultry Auction Assn.
Posterity Project: Platoon 2, Station 5
May 1986: Live Fire Training on Arch Street
1970s Radio Designation Tag - "Engine 35"
1973: Ffs. John O'Hare and Joe Mulligan with 4 Co. 5 Vols on Engine 5
Website Announcement
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June 3, 2016
| Announcements: HGSRA Election and Upcoming HFRA Meeting
Station 3 in '93
Seat belts and guardrail save two very fortunate car occupants
June 3, 1956: HFD Training Cited in N.H. Register
Posterity Project: Platoon 3, Station 3
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June 10, 2016
| Orlando Nightclub Tragedy: Gov. Malloy Orders Flags Lowered
June 12, 1966: Hamden Field Day Features Competition, Hotdogs
and (later) Doughnuts
June 12, 1966: Connecticut Doughnut Co. Destroyed
Doughnut Company Photo Retrospective
Posterity Project: Platoon 3, Car 3
June 10, 1976: Maisano's Package Store
1986 Hamden Bicentennial Fire Muster
Bicentennial Outing at Brooksvale
1936 Hamden Parade Film Coming Next Week!
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June 17, 2016
| Website 7th Anniversary!
The Rest of the Story: Reunion Between Joe McDermott and the Child
He Saved in 1961
June 16, 1936: Hamden Sesquicentennial Parade Film (YouTube)
June 18, 1956: Fire at 1144 Whitney Avenue Garage
Posterity Project: Platoon 3, Station 4
HFRA Summer Meeting Date Change Reminder
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June 24, 2016
| June 26, 1956: Magnesium Fire Challenges Hamden Firefighters
Hamden High School's "Pledge 2 Pledge" (YouTube)
June 1982: Platoon 2 crew sprucing up Engine 4
1954: Emergency Squad in Action off State Street
Posterity Project: Platoon 4, Car 4
HFRA Acquires Co. 1 Badge of "The Historian of Highwood"
Emergency Plan Kicks Off 80th Year at 8's
Spark Time: c. 1910 NHFD Truck Co. in Action on Church Street
Brush 8
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2016 Summer Bulletin Board
| Firefighters Rescue Dangling Worker from Sports Complex Roof at QU (w/video)
Honorary Member Janet Butterworth
Lieutenant Robert Edward Kelo (1939 - 2016)
Deputy Chief Donald Hasbrouck Hamden Police Department (Ret.)
Sunday, August 14th: 75 Beacon Street House Fire
Al Gorman (1943 - 2016)
Firefighter Ralph DiFonzo Named Inspector
Posterity Project: Platoon 2, Station 3
New Engine 3 Placed in Service
31st HFRA Meeting on July 21st
Happy #240 America!
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September 9, 2016
| 2016 Engine 260 Muster
September 11, 2016: Flag Status
Local 2687 Golf Tourney Announcement
Class of July 1969 Sworn In
1951: Firehouse Becomes Schoolhouse
Miss Fitzgerald, Teacher
Richie Lostritto Manning the Case Tractor
Lieutenant Robert Edward Kelo
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September 16, 2016
| "Hey, Ralph!"
Star of the 45th Engine 260 Muster
1930 Maxim at June Klingberg Auto Show
September 21, 1938
"The View" of Lake Whitney from East Rock - Then and Now
1951: Oil Truck Overturns in Mt. Carmel
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September 23, 2016
| September 1976: The "Log Cabin" Fire on State Street
2295 State Street Today
1976: Apparatus Inventory
HFRA October Meeting Announcement
Chief Spencer's 1956 "Poncho"
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September 30, 2016
| 35th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend: Oct. 8-9
Two Hurt During "Hurricane Belle" Pumper Crash
50 Years Ago: Centerville Demolition for 1st Municipal Parking Lot
How it Looks Today
50 Years Ago: Grace Episcopal Church, a Moving Experience
Spark Time: Horse-drawn Ladder Truck in 1954 West Haven Parade
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October 7, 2016
| 1957: Color photo of 1938 Emergency Squad
Connecticut Motorized Fire Apparatus Database
Autumn Meeting Notice of the HFRA
October 6, 1958: West Todd St. barn fire
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October 14, 2016
| Robert Callahan, Jr. - R.I.P.
Two new firefighter/medics to be sworn in
Association's 32nd Meeting Well Attended: Sam Jones Honored
HFD's 1930 Maxim - Where did it end up?
October 17, 1956: Four new company officers sworn in
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October 21, 2016
| Tradition Revived: Ff. Jay Connolly Assigned Badge No. 1
October 24, 1951: Barn Fire
Dave Wood Promoted to Lieutenant
Hamden's Newest Firefighters Sworn In
October 21, 1995: Thanks from Olive Oyl's Boyfriend
"The Rev" to be honored by Knights of St. Patrick
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October 28, 2016
| John O'Hare Hits the Big 9-0
1961: Annual Ball Committee
1953: Hamden's 1952 Maxim in CSFA Convention Parade
64 Years Ago: Ball Committee
1988: Ff. Buechele and New Rescue 1 at Station 4
1974: Forcible Entry Training Behind Station 5
1924: View Looking North on Whitney at Dixwell
Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Honors Firefighting
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November 4, 2016
| HFRA Remembers Lieutenant Bob Kelo
October 18, 1985: Awards Night - Ff. Buechele, Lt. Kelo and Ff. Surprise
Election Night 1965 fire at Bristol's Whitney Avenue barn
"The Mack"
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November 11, 2016
| John Raymond "Bear" Corbett III - R.I.P.
Off. Robert Reutenauer, HPD (Ret.) - R.I.P.
Remember Our Veterans Today
Fire: July 11, 1981 at 37 Dix Street
Fire: November 9th at 787 Choate Avenue
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November 19, 2016
| November 21, 2016: Barn fire at 680 Evergreen Avenue
November 21, 1966 - Fire damages mansion at "Edge Hill"
35 Years of Central Communications
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November 25, 2016
| November 2016: Major Fire at Seramonte Apartments
Hamden Police & Firefighter Appreciation Day
1982: Car 3
1946: Eight Applicants
Spark Time: Groton's Ward-LaFrance
Barn Fire: 680 Evergreen Avenue
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December 2, 2016
| Guardian Services Honored
"Our" Vera's Namesake in the Fire Service
Spark Time: Thomaston's Open-cab Maxim
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December 7, 2016
| Dec. 7, 1941: HFD Prepares for the Worst
April 1942: Spencer Named Chief
120 Years of Hamden Fire Service
Honorary Member Rita Harrington
Godspeed, John Glenn (1921-2016)
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December 16, 2016
| Spring Glen Co-op Fire December 1949
Spring Glen Co-op Fire December 1976
Milner [Benham] Retired the Second Longest
2016 Newsletter
December 1968: Supt Wetmore Retires
December 1968: Supt. Lostritto Appointed
New Town Historian
December 1946: Very Busy Week for HFD
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December 23, 2016
| December 17, 1993: 36 Central Avenue
1981 Local 2687 Christmas Drive
Recollections of a Department Store Santa
Merry Christmas from Signal Hill
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December 30, 2016
| Firefighter Walter Vining (1939-2016)
Dec. 1965 - Two Two-Baggers in Two Days
- 1188 Dixwell Avenue - Empire Kitchens
- 39 Ives Street - House fire
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