Stamford Fire Department

About the Stamford Fire Department

ABOUT

The City of Stamford Connecticut is 39.9 square miles in size, located approximately 35 miles East of New York City on the shores of Long Island Sound extending North to the New York State border. Stamford has a population of over 120,000 residents which increases by over 50,000 people daily as they commute into Stamford to work. Stamford is the headquarters for many Fortune 500 companies such as Xerox, GTE and Champion International.

The building boom of high rise office buildings, shopping centers, apartments, condos and single family homes started in the early 1980’s and has continued as Swiss Bank and other companies relocate with their employees to the city from New York City and other areas. Its citizens range from low income to some of the highest in the country with housing reflecting their income. Prior to 1950, the City of Stamford was actually two separate entities, The City of Stamford, and The Town of Stamford. The City area has provided full career fire protection since the late 1800’s, while in the Town district, fire protection was provided by volunteer fire departments organized by civic minded citizens aware of the need to protect lives and property in their neighborhoods.

MISSION

The mission of the Stamford Fire Departments is to protect the lives and property of all citizens in Stamford in regards to Fire, Emergency Medical and Environmental Emergencies through our education efforts, enforcement of fire code and the dedicated efforts of our highly trained and competent personnel.