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Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Company (CT)37 viewsPopulation < 500BobBrooks00000
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Botsford Fire Department (CT)35 viewsPopulation < 2,000BobBrooks00000
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South Killingly Fire Department (CT)26 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Windham Center Volunteer Fire Department (CT)25 viewsBattle of the Frogs is a local legend (1754). Croaking of thousands of bullfrogs led the town to assume they were under attack.BobBrooks00000
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Winchester Center Fire Department (CT)37 viewsThere are some 2,000 species of fireflies in the world and about 170 in the US. WC is home to the Eastern firefly or the big dipper.BobBrooks00000
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Litchfield Fire Department (CT)45 viewsPopulation < 2,000. Original Litchfield Fire Station on patch. Built in 1890.BobBrooks00000
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Old Saybrook Fire Company No. 1 (CT)20 viewsSaybrook Breakwater Lighthouse is a sparkplug lighthouse. Located at the mouth of the Connecticut River near Old Saybrook.BobBrooks00000
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Dodgingtown Volunteer Fire Department (CA)43 views*Dodgingtown is where the board game "Scrabble" was developed.BobBrooks00000
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East Putnam Fire Department (CT)42 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Taftville Volunteer Fire Department (CT)27 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Androscoggin International Paper Mill Fire Brigade (ME)49 viewsDEFUNCT - The Androscoggin Mill was a pulp and paper mill in Jay, Maine. In February 2023, management announced that the mill would permanently close in March 2023.BobBrooks00000
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North End Hose Company 3 (CT)31 viewsBobBrooks00000
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New Haven Fire Department (CT)32 viewsHome of Yale University.BobBrooks00000
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Wequetequock Fire Department (CT)23 viewsThe name "Wequetequock" is a Pequot word that means "land of the flying wood duck. Pronounced "wickety-kwock".BobBrooks00000
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Gales Ferry Fire Company (CT)28 viewsPopulation < 2,000.BobBrooks00000
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Pfizer Fire Department (CT)25 viewsPRIVATE - American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company.BobBrooks00000
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Riverton Volunteer Fire Company (CT)31 viewsPopulation < 2,000.BobBrooks00000
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Colebrook Volunteer Fire Department (CT)32 viewsPopulation < 2,000.BobBrooks00000
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Kaman Corporation Fire Rescue (CT)52 viewsDEFUNCT - Kaman was an American aerospace mfg. company of helicopters. Sold to Motion in 2022.BobBrooks00000
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Bristol Fire Department (CT)37 viewsThe old market building’s clock, installed in 1822, has two minute hands, over10 minutes apart, to show Greenwich & Bristol time.
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Mystic Fire Department (CT)21 viewsMystic Seaport is the nation's leading maritime museum and one of the premier maritime museums in the world.BobBrooks00000
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Town of Fairfield Fire Department (CT)20 viewsIn 1639, Puritans purchased a large tract of land from the Pequonnock Indians, and the town of Fairfield was born.BobBrooks00000
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Greenwich Fire Department (CT)40 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Miry Brook Volunteer Fire Company (CT)29 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Bethel Fire Department (CT)42 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Cromwell Fire Department (CT)39 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire Company (CT)30 viewsThe Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a mass shooting in 2012, Gunman killed 26 people. Twenty were children.BobBrooks00000
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UTC Fire Brigade (CT)23 viewsDEFUNCT - Heating and Cooling. United Technologies Corporation merged with Raytheon Corporation in 2020.BobBrooks00000
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Guilford Fire Department (CT)34 viewsThe Henry Whitfield House is a historic house located in Guilford. This house dates from 1639 & is the oldest house in Connecticut.BobBrooks00000
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Branford Fire Department (CT)32 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Atwood Hose Company (CT)42 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Glenville Fire Company (CT)57 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Springdale Fire Company (CT)26 viewsBobBrooks00000
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North Farms Volunteer Fire Department (CT)37 viewsBobBrooks00000
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A.A. Young Jr. Hose & Ladder Company (CT)29 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Nichols Fire Department (CT)21 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Stony Hill Fire Department (CT)33 viewsBobBrooks00000
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South Kensington Volunteer Fire Department (CT)17 viewsBobBrooks00000
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East Hartford Fire Department (CT)34 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Norwalk Fire Department (CT)23 viewsBobBrooks00000
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North Branford Volunteer Fire Department (CT)35 viewsBobBrooks00000
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New Britain Fire Department (CT)34 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Wallingford Volunteer Fire Department CT)24 viewsBobBrooks00000
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East Granby Fire Department (CT)38 viewsThe Old "New-Gate Prison" is a former prison in East Granby. New Gate Prison was built in 1810 and restored in 2018.BobBrooks00000
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Willington Fire Department (CT)33 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Middletown Fire Department (CT)50 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Hebron Fire Department (CT)33 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Millstone Station Fire Department (CT)37 viewsDEFUNCT - Millstone Nuclear Power Plant was sold to Dominion Resources in 2000 and continues to operate.BobBrooks00000
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Burrville Volunteer Fire Department (CT)29 viewsDEFUNCT - Merged w/Torrington Fire DepartmentBobBrooks00000
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Poquetanuck Fire Department (CT)27 viewsThe Potatuck were a Native American tribe. They were related to the Paugussett people, located during & prior to the colonial era.BobBrooks00000
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Pratt & Whitney Fire Department (CT)28 viewsDEFUNCT - Pratt & Whitney designed, mfgr. and serviced aircraft engines and auxiliary power units. RTX bought P&W in 2020.BobBrooks00000
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Brainard Airport Crash Fire Rescue (CT)28 viewsDEFUNCT - The Brainard Airport is now called Hartford – Brainard Airport.BobBrooks00000
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Sterling Volunteer Fire Department (CT)28 viewsSterling is named after Dr. John Sterling. He promised the town a Library in return for this honor. He did not keep his commitment.BobBrooks00000
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Westport Fire Department (CT)37 viewsThe Minute Man statue represents the citizen soldier of 1775. The image of the statue is today the symbol of the National Guard BobBrooks00000
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Town of Farmington Fire Department (CT)26 viewsFirst Church of Christ, is a historic land mark church at 75 Main Street in Farmington, Connecticut. Built in 1771. (See patch).BobBrooks00000
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Groton City Fire Department (CT)26 viewsThe Groton Monument, sometimes called Fort Griswold Monument, is dedicated to the Battle of Groton Heights in 1781.BobBrooks00000
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East Hampton Fire Department (CT)33 viewsBevin Bell Factory since 1832. It is the only dedicated bell manufacturer remaining in the United States. BobBrooks00000
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University of Connecticut Fire Department (CT)22 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Harwinton Fire Department (CT)37 viewsThe Harwinton Historical Society has restored a one-room schoolhouse with many early artifacts (see patch).BobBrooks00000
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103 CES Fighter Wing Fire Department (CT)45 viewsThe "Flying Yankees" of the 103rd Airlift Wing are the eleventh oldest Air National Guard unit in the United States,BobBrooks00000
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Northfield Fire Department (CT)23 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Newington Fire Department (CT)26 viewsMill Pond Falls is a waterfall located in Newington. It is promoted by residents as the "smallest natural waterfall" in the USA.BobBrooks00000
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Gardner Lake Volunteer Fire Company41 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Lebanon Fire Department (CT)28 viewsTrumbull War Office - During the American Revolution, the former store and office became the headquarters for colony of Conn.BobBrooks00000
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Hartford Hospital Fire & Safety (CT)46 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Lisbon Fire Department (CT)46 viewsLibson had the first railroad tunnel in America (circa 1837) for freight and passenger use by the public.BobBrooks00000
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Byram Volunteer Fire Department (CT)42 viewsThe first fire department in Byram was called "Protection Engine & Hose Company #1".BobBrooks00000
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Mortlake Fire Company (CT)24 viewsBobBrooks00000
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New London Fire Department (CT)24 viewsNew London was one of the world's three busiest whaling ports for several decades beginning in the early 19th century.BobBrooks00000
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Stratford Fire Department (CT)24 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Portland Fire Department (CT)26 viewsThe original inhabitants of what we now call Portland belonged to a Native American tribe known as "Wangunk Indians".BobBrooks00000
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West Haven Engine & Hose 1 (CT)35 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department (CT)21 viewsOld Greenwich was known as "Sound Beach" in the 19th century for its proximity to Long Island Sound.BobBrooks00000
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East Brooklyn Fire Department (CT)24 viewsBobBrooks00000
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West Haven Fire Department (CT)20 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Glastonbury Fire Department (CT)41 viewsGlastonbury has a long tradition of being 'The Isle of Avalon' where King Arthur went after his last battle.BobBrooks00000
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Ball Pond Volunteer Fire Company (CT)46 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Deep River Volunteer Fire Department (CT)35 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Foxon Volunteer Fire Department (CT)34 viewsThe Potatuck were a Native American tribe in Connecticut durning the Colonial era (see design on patch).BobBrooks00000
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Westwoods Volunteer Fire Company (CT)18 viewsStation 9BobBrooks00000
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West Shore Fire District (CT)26 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Canaan Fire Company (CT)33 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Torringford Volunteer Fire Department (CT)31 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Town of Killingworth Volunteer Fire Company (CT)17 viewsIn the late 17th century, Killingworth became the birthplace of what would eventually become Yale University.BobBrooks00000
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Southington Fire Department (CT)24 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Colebrook Forge Volunteer Fire Department (CT)42 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Bell Town Fire Department (CT)36 viewsIn the 19th century, so many bells were made in East Hampton that the town was given the name BellTown.BobBrooks00000
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Waterbury Fire Department (CT)19 viewsTown motto, "Quid Aere Perennius", means "What is More Lasting Than Brass", and is inscribed in marble above the City Hall bldg.BobBrooks00000
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CYTEC Fire Department (CT)28 viewsDEFUNCT - Developed, manufactuered, and sold chemical and material solutions. Merged w/Solvay in 2015.BobBrooks00000
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Muddy Brook Fire Department (CT)28 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Wilton Fire Department (CT)31 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Old Lyme Fire Department (CT)21 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Baltic Fire Department (CT)30 viewsPopulation < 2,000BobBrooks00000
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UTC Carrier Fire Department (CT)32 viewsDEFUNCT - Heating and Cooling. United Technologies merged with Raytheon Corporation in 2020.BobBrooks00000
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Noank Volunteer Fire Company #1 (CT)30 viewsPopulation < 2,000. "Noank Sloop" is a generic term for a type of sailing inshore and near-offshore fishing boats built 19th century.BobBrooks00000
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Kent Fire Department (CT)42 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department (CT)16 viewsWethersfield VFD and is the oldest volunteer fire department in continuous existence in Connecticut, and New England.BobBrooks00000
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Occum Fire Department (CT)24 viewsUnder a 1942 general ordinance, roosters are forbidden unless the owner has five acres of land.BobBrooks00000
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Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Company (CT)37 viewsBobBrooks00000
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Bozrah Fire Company 2 (CT)37 viewsBozrah means sheepfold or enclosure in Hebrew and was a pastoral city in Edom southeast of the Dead Sea.BobBrooks00000
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