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January 2011


Happy New Year 2011
The First "Big One" - 1918
HFRA Winter Meeting Announcement
1969 - Lt. Joe McDermott
Radio Station WDEE Fire - January 21, 1965
Fennbrook Drive January 13, 1951
Unusual Hydrant Placement
HFRA Winter Meeting Photos
Hydrant Stuff
Larry Smith - Register Article
1976 Blood Pressure Clinic Photo

February 2011


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

March 2011


Bob Slater
They Came Off a '53 Mercury!
Walt Macdowall's Roast - November 1991
Three New Firefighters Join the Ranks
Three Veteran Firefighters Honored at Annual Dinner
Spring Meeting Annoucement
H&L Hit by Trolley - March 1941
Hamden's Three Aerials Together
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - March 25, 1911

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Weekly Website Updates Begin April 1, 2011

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April 1, 2011


Still Going Strong
"Play Ball!"
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

April 8, 2011


Fire - 113 Goodyear Street
Patch Me In
Any idea where this 1951 Hamden location is?

April 15, 2011


Firefighter Sid Trower (1915 - 2011)
1979 Corey's-HoJo Double Header

April 22, 2011


1969 Webb Street Fire

April 29, 2011


Co. 5 Centennial Begins
Hamden Paid Personnel - 1927

May 1, 2011


Midweek Update
A Very Good Day for America!

May 6, 2011


Maselli's Fireplace Fire - 1968
New Tower 1 in Service
Firehouse IDs
Alarm Room - 1954

May 13, 2011


Flipped Camaro on Dixwell - 1970
Guy White & Ray Reilly at 3's - 1978
Bob Mordecai & Richie Lostritto at Shop - 1982
Sam Jones Was a Pioneer 50 Years Ago
New Officers of 1981

May 20, 2011


'59 Maxim at CSFA Parade in Danbury
Training on Shepard Avenue
Station 6 - December 1968 Register Article

May 27, 2011


Memorial Day 1964
April 1976 - 2nd Rescue Placed in Service
Highwood Co. and New 1918 Stewart Chemical Truck

June 3, 2011


June 3, 2001 Accident on Whitney
Another Caddy Bites the Dust

June 10, 2011


1974 Photo of Apparatus at Centerville School
1957 Fire - B. Hillocks, R.K. Spencer, W. Hindinger
Tom Doherty and Joe Rahl at Co. 5 Centennial Field Day

June 17, 2011


2nd Anniversary
Where or When Mystery Photo
Station 3 Watch Desk - Then and Now

June 24, 2011


J. McDermott, W. Vining, R. Stacey - 1970
J. Reilly, H. Cubbellotti, R. Kenyon - 1971

July 1, 2011


Group Platoon 4 at Station 2 - 1980
Old Platoon 1 at Station 2 - 1964

July 8, 2011


Platoon 1 at Station 2 - 1981
Fire Marshal School Grads - 1986

July 15, 2011


HFRA Summer Meeting
Platoon 4 at Station 2 - 1982
1930 Maxim on State Street - c. 1954

July 22, 2011


New 1962 Rambler for Chief Leddy

July 29, 2011


Rhode Island Firefighters' Pensions in Jeopardy
Platoon 4 at Station 4 - 1985

August 5, 2011


New Stutz Pumper for Co. 6 - 1924
Radio System Now Installed in Fire Department - 1946
Richie Greening - 1982

August 12, 2011


Special Olympics World Games - July 1995
1938 Emergency Squad at State Street Brush Fire - c. 1954

August 19, 2011


Honorary Member Letitia Flagge
Hamden's Bicentennial Parade Sunday, May 11, 1986
Ralph Dievert - 1982
Stan Brown - c. 1960

August 26, 2011


Richie Lostritto on Case tractor - 1967
Photo of 1968 Maxim S Model at Station 2
Tim O'Flynn and Charlie Cargan - 1985
Chief Paul Wetmore,Sr. - 1985

September 2, 2011


Station 4 and Town Hall Renovations
Grace Episcopal Church Moves Across Dixwell Avenue - 1966

September 9, 2011


September 5, 1951 - Firehouse Becomes Schoolhouse
Photo of 1951 Maxim on the scene in 1954

September 11, 2011


TEN YEARS LATER

September 16, 2011


Lt. Bob Viglione, Ff. Jim Dunlop, Ff. Mark Barletta and Lt. Clark Hurlburt in Hazmat Incident
Hamden Diamond-Ts in 1977
Jack Laffin - 1982
Gil Spencer and His Jeep - 1951
Chan Brainard and HFRA Members Visit
Shelton's 1938 Ahrens-Fox Pumper at Engine 260 Muster

September 23, 2011


Paul Reutenauer with Engine 4 at the Mart - 1982
Wild Ride 25 Years Ago Eventually Leads to Chet's
Early 1950s Photo of Garage Fire Near Augur Street

September 30, 2011


Lt. Bob Mordecai, Ff. Ed DeFrancesco and Ff. "Red" Ralph Purificato - 1986
Cmdr. Joe McDermott - 1991
Station 4 - 1991
Co. 8's 1942 Diamond-T at 1982 Muster

October 7, 2011


October HFRA Meeting Photos
Humphrey Hook & Ladder Co. 2 Volunteers - 1911
Fire Prevention Box Demonstration - 1982
Fire Prevention Foam Demonstration - 1987

October 14, 2011


Commissioner Duane K. Wetmore - 1926 - 2011
Humphrey Hook & Ladder Co. Apparatus - 1911
Chief Tramontano at Pierce Factory - 1984
Caddy Convertible "Fixer-upper" by the Glenwood - c. 1957

October 21, 2011


Remembering John Mongillo, Jr. - 1947-2011
Apartment Explosion 1181 Whitney Avenue - 1977
Tomaselli Recognized Following Blast

October 28, 2011


Ff. Henry Puciato, Lt. Bob Mordecai and Ff. Ron Desroches Recognized For Saving Life - 1997
1954 Maxim in West Haven at CSFA Parade

November 4, 2011


Ff/Paramedics H. Surprise and H. Hurlburt - 1982

November 11, 2011


Co. 5 Celebrating Centennial This Week
Co. 5 Volunteers - 1929
Present and Future Career Guys at 5's - 1954
Burning the Mortgage
New Haven Fire School - September 1973

November 18, 2011


Chief Leddy and Marshal Purce at Visel's 20th - 1967
Groundbreaking for Laurel View Clubhouse - 1969
1958 Ad Featuring Hamden's New Maxim 75' Aerial Truck

November 25, 2011


"Attention, stand by for a dispatch . . ."
1955 Newspaper Photo of Co. 3's 1928 Maxim
Ff. Bill Hines Pumping at January 1955 Hoffmeister Fire

December 2, 2011


Hamden Firefighters' and Cheerleaders' Toy Drive
Local 2687 Toy Drive Photo - 1997
8 Applicants Taken Fire Department Exam - 1946

December 7, 2011


Seventy Years Ago
HFD Prepares for War

December 16, 2011


Lostritto Promoted to Supt. - 1968
Sam Jones, Man of the Year
Retiree Bob Slater Retires from Disney
50 Years Ago This Week

December 23, 2011


"Deck the [Town] Halls"
Memories of Christmas Past
Fire Truck Boost in Mt. Carmel - 1951

December 30, 2011


We Remember Al Ramelli
1970 Cal Stoner Photo of "New" Station 3
"Those Were the Days" - Sta. 3 Day Room 1978
Memorial Day 1978


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