December 2007
I know we are all FIRE buffs, but Hartford PD has just placed into service a new Bomb Squad from Pierce!
New Britain EMS has some sharp looking newer rigs out there as well.
Check out: the Hartford Fire Ants Pro Inline Hockey Team.
November 2007
Hearing of several recent deliveries in CT Enfield has a new Pierce Rescue. Danbury has 2 new engines also from Pierce. New London has a Seagrave Tiller to check out. So get out there take a road trip and do some shooting!
CT Fire-EMS Forums is starting to gain some steam and it sure seems like a good place for info on all aspects of firefighting and buffing.
CFPA Members Ed Harvey & Jessica Van Deusen were married on October 06, 2007
Click here to see our wedding page
SPAAMFAA President Paul Romano posted this photo of a New Haven Fire Lines badges on YoungstownFire.com a while back and with his permission it is being added to our website for our members to enjoy.
08/01/07
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The website Cancel the Ladder out of Glastonbury has an excellent online scanner featuring several CT Fire and Rescue Dispatch Systems
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The CT Fire
Museum has just released a book about the Springfield (MA) Fire
Department. Bert and Nancy Johanson complied the history from the archives
of the Connecticut Fire Museum, the Connecticut Valley Historical Society
and from descendents of Noah Pooler, who served as a captain on the
Springfield Fire Department. They were also assisted by Fred Rodriguez, a
29 year veteran of the department. Books will be available from the CTM
gift shop.
Link for more info
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Connecticut Fire Apparatus Photo Album Vol. 3 by Kevin McKeon. 354 b&w photos of apparatus in all 169 cities and towns in CT. $10.00 plus $5.00 for priority mail postage. Send check or money order to: Kevin McKeon, 46 Daniel Rd., West Haven, CT 06516-6522
You can also order the book online via Kevin's Website:
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In 2005 the CFPA donated funds to purchase a memorial brick to help
makes up the Hartford Circus Fire Memorial. The memorial
commemorates the deadly fire that destroyed the Ringling Brothers big
top in Hartford on July 6th, 1944.
Photo: Ken
Beliveau