Early Morning Fire Guts Single Family Home on Hamilton Avenue
By John PritchardPublished On: December 3, 2022Categories: Media ReleasesTags: structure fireViews: 2727Residents Escaped The Flames Prior to Fire Department Arrival At 00:37 Saturday morning, the Stamford 911 Center began receiving multiple reports of a structure fire at 310 Hamilton Avenue. Three engines, a truck company, a rescue company, an Incident Commander and units from Glenbrook Fire Department were dispatched to the given address. On arrival, the first [...]
Two-Alarm Fire Causes Signifiant Damage to Unoccupied House on Large Estate
By Deputy Chief Philip HayesPublished On: October 3, 2021Categories: Media ReleasesTags: House fire, Long Ridge, structure fireViews: 1721The Stamford Combined 911 Center received the first call of heavy smoke, possibly a large open burn, in the area of 579 Erskine Road at 18:50. The first arriving unit from the Long Ridge Fire Department arrived on the scene and discovered a large unoccupied house with heavy fire showing from the attic and roof [...]
Commercial Structure Fire in Belltown
By Deputy Chief Matt PalmerPublished On: September 25, 2021Categories: Media ReleasesTags: Belltown, Belltown Volunteer Fire Department, Connecticut, Fire Department, Firefighting, Press Release, Stamford Fire Department, structure fireViews: 1257Firefighters Quickly Contain Fast Moving Fire Above Local Businesses COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE FIRE QUICKLY CONTAINED BY STAMFORD AND BELLTOWN FIREFIGHTERS. STAMFORD, CT (September 25, 2021) - At 03:54 PM, Stamford and Belltown firefighters were dispatched to a report of a fire in a restaurant at 18 Belltown Road in the Belltown neighborhood of Stamford. 4 Engine Companies, 1 [...]
Worker Injured at South End Construction Site
By Deputy Chief Philip HayesPublished On: September 17, 2018Categories: Media ReleasesTags: RescueViews: 663Victim removed by S.F.D. Tower Ladder (Stamford, CT. 09/17/2018) At 1:23 pm a 9-1-1 call reporting that a construction worker had fallen was received by the Emergency Communications Center. The location was a building being demolished at 860 Canal Street in the city's southend. Stamford Police, Fire, and EMS units were dispatched to the scene [...]
Fire in South End, Multi-family house quickly extinguished.
By Deputy Chief Philip HayesPublished On: September 11, 2018Categories: Media ReleasesTags: structure fireViews: 495Units responded to 273 Washington Blvd @2044 for a walk-in, report of a fire on the third floor. One of the occupants of the building walked in to South End Fire Station and reported that his building was on fire. Units from the South End Fire Station #2 responded along with additional units from Headquarters, [...]
Firefighters Remove Injured Construction Worker From Collapse of Temporary Shoring
By Deputy Chief Philip HayesPublished On: August 30, 2018Categories: Media ReleasesTags: RescueViews: 683Worker Was Disentangled Then Removed With Aerial Device Earlier today, a construction worker was injured as structural shoring being removed gave way, falling on a worker who was positioned below it.. The incident happened on the 2nd floor of the property at 1 Greyrock Place. Units from Stamford Fire Department and Stamford Emergency Medical Services [...]
Smoke Detectors Are The True Hero’s In Early Morning Fire
By Deputy Chief Philip HayesPublished On: November 3, 2016Categories: Media ReleasesTags: structure fireViews: 587Once again, fully operational smoke detectors become the true hero at an early morning fire in The Cove section of the city. At 3;20am this morning, the Stamford Fire Department responded with 4 Engines, 1 Ladder, 1 Rescue and an Incident Commander to 82 Warren Street for a report of smoke in the house. Engine [...]
3 Alarm Fire Quickly Contained by Stamford Fire Fighters
By Deputy Chief Philip HayesPublished On: October 20, 2016Categories: Media ReleasesTags: Featured, structure fireViews: 625Fast Spreading Fire in Condominium Complex Contained to Two Units Stamford Firefighters were able to quickly contain a large fire that threatened an entire condominium complex on Southfield Avenue. Firefighters were initially dispatched to a brush fire outside of the building in the Waterside Green complex, located at 1 Southfield Avenue. First arriving fire companies [...]
Boat Fire Puts Itself Out at Stamford Dock
By Deputy Chief Philip HayesPublished On: October 12, 2016Categories: Media ReleasesTags: Marine FireViews: 717The Stamford Combined 911 Dispatch Center received a call at 15:11 reporting smoke coming from the hatch of a docked sailboat at Stamford Landing on Southfield Avenue. The boat was reported to be in the area of the Marina and Prime Resturant. Three Engines, a Truck Company, a Rescue Company, an Incident Commander as well [...]