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:
“Over Sir John’s hill,
The hawk on fire hangs still;
In a hoisted cloud, at drop of dusk, he pulls to his claws
And gallows, up the rays of his eyes the small birds of the bay....”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“In the event of an oxygen shortage on airplanes, mothers of young children are always reminded to put on their own oxygen mask first, to better assist the children with theirs. The same tactic is necessary on terra firma. There’s no way of sustaining our children if we don’t first rescue ourselves. I don’t call that selfish behavior. I call it love.”
—Joyce Maynard (20th century)