It is with deep regret that the Stamford Fire Department announces the passing of retired Assistant Fire Chief William J Smith, III.  “Billy” passed away on October 27, 2022, at the age of 71. Born in Bronx, NY, Billy moved to Stamford at a young age and graduated from Stamford High prior to attending [...]

Investigations underway At 11:09 AM, the Stamford Emergency Communications (911) Center began receiving multiple calls reporting a fire in the rear of Outpost Pizza at 365 West Avenue on Stamford’s west side.  Firefighters from the West Side Fire Station were first to arrive at 11:13 and reported heavy fire in the rear of 282 Selleck [...]

TWO ALARM FIRE ON WEST SIDE QUICKLY CONTAINED BY STAMFORD FIREFIGHTERS STAMFORD, CT (September 29, 2022) - At 05:00 AM, Stamford firefighters were dispatched to multiple reports of a structure fire on Fairfield Avenue on the West Side of Stamford. Firefighters from the West Side Fire Station, located one block away from the fire arrived on location in [...]

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600 Gallons of Water Per Minute Help Suppress Challenging Fire At 11:18 AM today, the Stamford Combined 911 Dispatch Center began receiving calls of a car fire behind the Blue Ginger Restaurant at 1132 E Main Street.  Additional calls reported the car to be a Tesla.  Two engines, a truck company, and an incident commander were [...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-HN0MFO6I0&t=4s This video contains various aspects of operations that were required to contain and eventually extinguish the Tesla fire of September 15, 2022. It is being shared in the name of training.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHuFwGmIc7A Engine Company #4 of the Stamford Fire Department was first to arrive on the scene and stretched a 1-3/4' hoseline. They arrived just six minutes after the inital dispatch. And additional two hose lines were later put into service which allowed them to extinguish the fire in 43 minutes.

600 Gallons of Water Per Minute Help Suppress Challenging Fire Incident Number: 22-08855Incident Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 11:18 AMIncident Location: In Back of 1132 E Main Street At 11:18 AM today, the Stamford Combined 911 Dispatch Center began receiving calls of a car fire behind the Blue Ginger Restaurant at 1132 E Main Street.  Additional [...]

STAMFORD, CT - At 11:50 AM, Stamford firefighters were dispatched to a report of a possible kitchen fire in the basement apartment at 22 Fairfield Ave.  4 Engine Companies, 1 Truck Company, 1 Heavy Rescue Company, and the Shift Commander responded for a total of 26 fire personnel.  The first-arriving fire companies from the West Side [...]

At 01:59 the city of Stamford dispatched fire companies to a structure fire on Seaview avenue, in the Shippan section of the city.  On arrival, Engine 4 followed by Truck 1 and Engine1, found a three story wood frame multiple dwelling with heavy fire in the rear of the building. The corrected address was 3 [...]