• Firefighters respond to near drowning in Stamford Harbor

    By Published On: November 3, 2020Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 522

    Stamford firefighters responded to the area of 257 Ocean Dr West this morning, for a report of an overturned kayaker in the water.  Apparatus from fire headquarters, the dive team from Woodside Station, and the marine unit located in Shippan, all responded to the call.  While enroute, further information was received that an unconscious victim had [...]

  • Fire Breaks Out in Two Family Home in Cove Area

    By Published On: October 12, 2020Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 738

    Firefighters Quickly Extinguish Blaze. At 9:08 PM, The City of Stamford Combined 911 Center received a report of a dryer on fire inside the house at 136 Houston Terrace. Three engines, a Truck Company, a Rescue Company, an Incident Commander, and a Rapid Intervention Team were dispatched and responded.   Engine 6 from the Glenbrook Fire [...]

  • Stamford Firefighters Quickly Contain Fire on Cold Spring Road

    By Published On: October 8, 2020Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 865

    Fire Damage Limited to the Exterior of the Residence. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stamford Firefighters Quickly Contain Fire on Cold Spring Road STAMFORD, CT (October 8, 2020) - At 12:24 PM, Stamford Firefighters were alerted to a report of a telephone pole and wires that were smoking on Cold Spring Road, near the intersection of Severance [...]

  • Westside apartment fire displaces 9

    By Published On: October 6, 2020Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 737

    At 9:52 am the Stamford Fire Dept. responded to a reported fire at 16 Greenwood Hill St. The first arriving engine reported heavy fire from the second floor of a multi-family residence. The fire had also advanced to the third floor, and attic space of the building as well. Fire units performed a rapid search [...]

  • Multiple Boats Catch Fire in Stamford Harbor’s West Branch

    By Published On: October 4, 2020Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 863

    (Stamford, CT) – At 3:37 pm, the Stamford Fire Department responded to the Hinckley boat yard at 2 Selleck Street for a boat on fire at the gas dock. Engine 3 from the West Side firehouse was first to arrive and reported a fully involved boat fire close to the dock. Engine 3 began to [...]

  • Multiple Boats Catch Fire in Stamford Harbor’s West Branch

    By Published On: October 4, 2020Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 1717

    (Stamford, CT) – At 3:37 pm, the Stamford Fire Department responded to the Hinckley boat yard at 2 Selleck Street for a boat on fire at the gas dock. Engine 3 from the West Side firehouse was first to arrive and reported a fully involved boat fire close to the dock. Engine 3 began to [...]

  • Shippan Home Damaged by Fire

    By Published On: September 26, 2020Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 869

    (Stamford, CT) – At 7:40 PM the Stamford Fire Department responded to a 9-1-1 call from a neighbor reporting a house on fire on Fairview Ave. Engine 4 from the Shippan firehouse arrived first and found fire venting through the roof of a residential house at 128 Fairview Ave. A working fire was declared bringing [...]

  • Neighbors Alert Lockwood Ave. Residents of House Fire

    By Published On: September 21, 2020Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 643

    (Stamford, CT) – At 10:46 am the Stamford Fire Department was dispatched to 150 Lockwood Ave for multiple 9-1-1 calls reporting a house on fire. Engine 4 from the Shippan firehouse was first to arrive and found fire showing from the second floor exterior porch of a multifamily residential dwelling. Residents had been alerted to [...]

  • Stamford Firefighters Respond to Vehicle in the Rippowam River

    By Published On: September 14, 2020Categories: Media ReleasesViews: 590

    One Occupant Removed with Minor Injuries FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT - Stamford firefighters responded to a single vehicle collision in downtown Stamford that involved a vehicle submerged in the Rippowam River. Due to the nature of this incident, a Technical Rescue response, including the Fire Department Dive Team arrived on the scene [...]