The Stamford Fire and Rescue Department (SFRD) provides fire suppression and rescue, as well as first-responder emergency medical services alongside five volunteer fire departments(Glenbrook, Belltown, Springdale, Turn of River, and Long Ridge) to the City of Stamford, Connecticut. The paid Stamford Fire and Rescue Department and the five all-volunteer fire departments protect a growing population of 125,109 residents living in 38 square miles.
Famous quotes containing the words fire and/or rescue:
“Your eyes were frosted starlight,
Your heart fire and snow.
Who was it said, “I love you”?
Alice: Mother, let me go!”
—Robert Graves (1895–1985)
“I positively like the sense, when I dine out, and stoop to rescue a falling handkerchief, that I am not going to rub my shoulder against a heart. What are hearts doing on sleeves?”
—Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1879–1944)