January 5, 2018
| January 4, 1983: Treadwell Industrial Park
January 6, 1958: Youthful Driver Lucky to be Alive
January 6, 1988: Youthful Firefighter Baptized by Fire
1951: Jesswig Drive
2017: Jesswig Drive
HFRA Winter Meeting Announcement
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January 12, 2018
| HFRA Meeting Agenda
January 13, 1918: Hamden Plains Methodist Church
January 12, 1968: Broadway and Ives Street
January 9, 2008: 28 Turnor Avenue
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January 19, 2018
| $50K Earmarked to Rehab West Woods Schoolhouse
for Fire Museum
January 15, 1963: Sick Benefit Assn. Elects New
Officers
O'Hare and Davin Sweeping Up at 3's
January 23, 1958: Co. 5 Revitalized
January 22, 1948: Shorter Hours for Firefighters
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January 26, 2018
| "Get well soon, Rev!"
January 27, 1905: Upper Axle Works Burns
Out-of-town Ladder Truck Has Hamden Connection
Spark Time: Plainville's Diamond-T Ladder Truck
Ice Build-up on Connecticut River
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February 2, 2018
| February 3, 1978: Daw Packing Company
May 30, 1969 - Bob Slater (Camera Shy)
January 30, 2018: YALE Bus Erupts
January 31, 1993: End of an Era
Spark Time: Mill Plain's Ward-LaFrance pumper
(Danbury)
Last Week's Hamden Connection Answered
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February 9, 2018
| "A Slice of History" - Putnam Avenue Fire Bell
February 12, 1953: Country Club Pharmacy
Don Buchele in the "Crown Vic"
Spark Time: Guilford's F.C. Spencer Hook & Ladder
Co. 1's Mack
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February 16, 2018
| February 13, 194?: Whitney and Santa Fe
"Fire Safety and Prevention" demo at SCSU
February 20, 1918: Safety Car under construction
at Dixwell and Putnam
December 13, 1968: Whitney and Day Spring "Wash
Down"
Connecticut Vanguards - New from Eric Lehman
February 13, 1949: Whitney and Santa Fe
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February 23, 2018
| February 24, 1973: Tanker Disaster on Glenbrook
Avenue
O'Callaghan Named Elks' Firefighter of the Year
February 23, 1978: Female Candidates on Civil Service
List
Spark Time: Darien Volunteer Fire Department's Early
1930s Ahrens-Fox
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March 2, 2018
| 2018 L2687 Retirement Dinner-Dance Poster
Summer 1970: Hamden's New 100' Aerial at Maxim
Factory
Hamden's One and Only Ferrara
March 1, 1861: Whitney Gun Factory Explosion on the
Eve of Civil War
Hamden's 1930 Maxim 600 g.p.m. - Fresh scans of old
negatives
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March 9, 2018
| 110 Years of Ladder Trucks
March 12, 1908: Hamden's First Ladder Truck
Placed in Service
1987: Dep. Marshal Bob Westervelt
"Car 40, 10-1" - 1975 Ford LTD
HPD Officer Mark Gery (1968-2018)
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March 16, 2018
| Hamden and the Gamewell Alarm System
1998: The end of Gamewell in Hamden
March 2, 1998: Wheeler's Garage, 2695 State Street
March 14, 2002: Hazmat Training in chronicled in
the Chronicle
St. Patrick's Day at 4's
August 21, 1954: Woodbury's Seagrave "Suburbanite"
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March 23, 2018
| March 25, 1998: 19 Larkspur Lane - House Fire
March 25, 2005: New Lt., Capt., and Batt. Chief
sworn in
Remembering George Patten (1938-2003)
March 19, 2010: Another Mountain Rescue
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March 30, 2018
| LODD: Trooper First Class Kevin M. Miller
March 30, 1968: Children's Center, 1400 Whitney
Avenue
1955: Branford's 1928 Maxim at the Children's Center
Fair
1953: Communion Breakfast at Mt. Carmel
Congregational Church
1983: Ff. Carl Backus, Ff. John O'Dea, Ff. Paul
Reutenauer and Ff. Clark Hurlburt Cited
2000-2003: Three HFD "Snapshots in Time"
LODD: FDNY Firefighter Michael Davidson
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April 6, 2018
| HFRA Spring Meeting
April 1948: Hamden Plains / Pine Rock Floods
April 3, 1963: The Office, 32 Lee Street
April 6, 1978: Tomaselli recognized for saving explosion victims
April 7, 1988 - New Rescue 1 goes in service
April 7, 1988: Wetmore, Gershman, and Murray at the Shop
80 Years Ago: Hamden's First Rescue
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April 13, 2018
| HFRA Spring Meeting
April 15, 1968: O'Donnell named to succeed Purce
Hamden Elks Donate Smoke and CO Detectors
Myth Refuted: "The Baloney Shop" was never a school.
Spark Time: Noroton's Seagrave Quad (1951 Photo)
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April 20, 2018
| Local 2687 Annual Dinner
April 22, 1958: Norman Brothers Honored
1953: Arthur Norman, HFD's first retiree
April 1983: HFD featured in Alarm Room News
April 20, 2018: Department conducts crash demonstration
Spark Time: Branford's 1942 Maxim 750 GPM (factory photo)
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April 27, 2018
| April 22, 2018: 192 Eramo Terrace - House Fire
50 Years Ago: HFD Raises $4,300 for MDA
Rescue 45 and other early radio designations
August 1950: Co. 5's Maxim on the ramp
April 26, 1963: Mt. Carmel Volunteers'
New Haven Journal-Courier Fundraiser
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May 4, 2018
| May 3-4, 1978: Fire bug plagues West Rock Ridge
March 1973: Don Steele's 1952 Greenwich Seagrave
May 5, 1973: Hamden Volies at New Haven Fire Training School
March 1955: Hamden's Civil Defense Fire Auxiliary Sworn In
May 1, 1955: 1885 State Street - firefighters remove five
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May 11, 2018
| May 1948: Hamden Paid Firemen's Sick Benefit Assn. Organized
Brief History
1971: Ladder 1 at High School - Ff. John Reilly, et. al.
May 1973: McDermott, Laffin, and Macdowall Promoted/Sworn in
April 1988: Platoon 2, Station 2
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May 20, 2018
| May 15, 2018: TORNADO slams into Mt. Carmel and West Woods
Iconic Jonathan Dickerman House and Cider Mill Damaged
New Floor Drains at Station 9
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May 25, 2018
| 2018 Memorial Day Invitation to March
May 25, 1988: Davenport Residence Fire
Why Jimmy D Missed the "Big One"
Memorial Day 1988 Photo
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June 1, 2018
| Tornado Update: Red Cross Reports 86 Homes Destroyed
Memorial Day 2018 Photos
Memorial Day 1998 Photo
Memorial Day 1978:
Refinishing the wooden ground ladders
Truck 2 in the parade
Lieut. Eitler in line of march with three future Chiefs
June 1, 1973: Pre-Mountain Rescue Team Mountain Rescue
June 6, 1963: Co. 9's 1929 Seagrave Ladder Truck
1948: Memorial Day Parade Route Outlined
1938: Chief's daughter featured in school photo
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June 8, 2018
| June 8, 1968: 5th Annual Firemen's Field Day (w/ Video)
May 27, 1948: Wintergreen Avenue Barn
1978 vs. 2018: Ladder Maintenance
June-July 1996: Historic Flags Fly at Station 4
1888: 38-star Flag at Hamden Historical Society flew on "the Giant"
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June 15, 2018
| HFRA Begins 10th Year
Firefighter Nelson Hwang Appointed to Second Inspector Slot
1975: Dolan Meets Slater - A Prophetic Fire Station Visit
November 30, 1999: Training off Shepard Avenue
June 19, 2010: Walt McCall and Chan Brainard at
SPAAMFAA Summer Muster in Colorado
June 20, 1963: Rite Box Co. Fire, 2317 Whitney Avenue
June 15, 1978: Station 3 Watch Desk
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June 22, 2018
| May 27, 2018: Doug Yocher, former CVFD Chief, in Cheshire Parade
January 13, 1951: Fennbrook Drive Brush Fire
Tornado Aftermath: A Visit Well Appreciated - Tom Doherty with HFD friends
June 19, 2018: New Haven County Emergency Plan Meeting at 8's
New Car 3 and Engine 5 Quint
Purple Dumpster Truck Tripped Up on Benham Street
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2018 Summer Bulletin Board
| Edward Charboneau Jr (1968 - 2018)
Gil Spencer Recovering
Bevins and Esposito - At Last!
Firefighters Rescue Kitten Trapped in Storm Drain
HFD Welcomes New Firefighter, Jason Stevens
Local 2687 Charity Golf Tournament (Announcement)
Happy Birthday, Chief Wetmore - The Big 8-0
Firefighters "Visit" Station 6 - First Time in 48 Years
Busy Wednesday Evening on Pine Rock Avenue
"Florida Cracker" Fire Department
2018 Hamden Summer Concerts (Schedule)
25th Anniversary HVFF Fireworks (with videos)
70th Anniversary - 57 Gorham Avenue Garage Fire - July 2, 1948
Apparatus Inventory - July 1948
Lieut. Frank Critchett's Last Shift - November 30, 2005
Fireworks at the Powder Farm - July 3, 1934
165 Years Ago (1853) - Hamden Irons Works Fire
65 Years Ago (1953) - Truck Mishap on Ives Street
Sen. John McCain (1936 - 2018)
Rep. Lawrence DeNardis (1938 - 2018)
New Index of Archives and Firefighting
Staff Sgt. John H. Canty, U.S. Army Air Force (1921 - 1944)
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September 7, 2018
| April 1979: Three retirees honored at Firehouse Restaurant
September 2, 1948 - Bowling at Whitneyville firehouse
September 6, 1958 - Barn farn on Commissioner's property
Engine 260 Muster - Today and 35 Years ago
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September 14, 2018
| October 2002 9/11 Memorial at MSG - Part 1:
Hamden Firefighters Among 343 Flag Bearers
9/11 Thoughts - N.H. Register article
April 2, 1969 - Bobby Slater at Station 6
August 1971 - Fooling Around with Foam at PW
2018 Engine 260 Muster Photos
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September 21, 2018
| 2018 - Fill the Boot!
September 21, 1938 - Great New England Hurricane
"White Powder" Scare on State Street
October 2002 9/11 Memorial at MSG - Part 2:
Hamden Firefighters Among 343 Flag Bearers
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September 28, 2018
| Chief Berardesca Retires
Lieut. Douglas Yocher (1938-2018)
Sanford Street Condo Fire
October 1, 1958 - Aerial Truck Demo
8" of Rain in Just a Few Hours
September 28, 1875 - New Haven Web Co. Fire
Chan Brainard 2013 Visit to HFD
October 2, 1993 - Fire Prevention Week
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October 5, 2018
| 37th Annual National Fallen Firefighters Memorial
Chief Berardesca's Final Week
Lightning Strikes Warner St. Apt. Bldg.
1963 Fire Prevention: Leddy, Hume and Strain
Remembering Doug Yocher (1938-2018)
1950s Boys' Week Honorees w/Spencer and Ruwet
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October 12, 2018
| October 12 - Chief Berardesca Day in Hamden
Video: Chief's Farewell Remarks
HFRA Autumn Meeting
Chief Spencer with HQ mascot "Blackie"
9-1-1 Texting Now Available
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October 19, 2018
| Firefighter Milner Benham (1928-2018)
Merwede Named Acting-Chief
Capt. Burt Hillocks
FDNY's Worst Day Before 9/11 - 1966 Disaster
1954 - Station 2 Crew Rehabs the 1938 Squad
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October 26, 2018
| Former Hamden Mayor Craig Henrici (1953-2018)
1978 - Firefighters Lead Dual Lives
1938 - Ground Ladder Training at Putnam Avenue Station
1898 -Highwood Volunteers Assembled
1982 - Fire Prevention Demo Prep - Ed Doiron
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