Simsbury Police Department

Simsbury Volunteer Ambulance

Avon Volunteer Fire Department

Town of Canton Fire & EMS

Bradley Airport Fire Department

Hartford Fire Department

Windsor Locks Fire Department

Granby Ambulance Association

Life Star Air Ambulance

Ellington Volunteer Ambulance

Hartford County Fire Emergency Plan &
Regional Fire School

Connecticut Statewide Honor Guard

Our purpose is to assist in the identification and remediation of Hazardous Materials incidents within Region 3. We are also available for response by request to all locations. Our team will respond with personnel trained to the hazardous materials technician level, providing comprehensive metering and monitoring, as well as rescue and product control. Our team is self sufficient, bringing complete decon and medical monitoring abilities with us.

DHS was created in the wake of 9/11, and is the parent federal agency of FEMA, USFA, and several others. Their mission is to prevent and deter terrorist attacks and protect against and respond to threats and hazards to the nation. This website contain much information regarding threats to our country and disasters, and how to prepare and respond to them.

FEMA is the federal agency charged with building and supporting the nation's emergency management system. This website contains extensive information about planning for and getting assistance for various disasters and emergencies.

The mission of the USFA is to reduce life and economic losses due to fire and related emergencies, through leadership, advocacy, coordination, and support. This website also contains a vast amount of information useful to the general public, fire service, or anyone interested in fire prevention and public safety.

The National Volunteer Fire Council is a non-profit membership association representing the interests of the volunteer fire, EMS and rescue services. The NVFC serves as the information source regarding legislation, standards and regulatory issues.

Established in 1896, NFPA serves as the world's leading advocate of fire prevention and is an authoritative source on public safety. This website contains a vast amount of information useful to the general public, fire service, or anyone interested in fire prevention and public safety.

A division of the Glatfelter Insurance Group, Volunteer Fireman's Insurance Services is the largest provider of insurance, education and consulting services to Emergency Service Organizations, with over 10,000 clients in the United States and Canada.

National Fire Academy

Through its courses and programs, the National Fire Academy works to enhance the ability of fire and emergency services and allied professionals to deal more effectively with fire and related emergencies.

The Fire Department Instructors Conference is the premiere fire training conference consisting of workshops and hands-on training evolutions.

For over 122 years, Fire Engineering magazine has provided training, education, and management information for fire and emergency services personnel worldwide. Articles are written by experts in the fire service and focus on lessons-learned. The online version of Fire Engineering provides daily international business and industry-related news, current issue articles, and access to years of searchable editorial archives.

Online publication and magazine, both of which offer articles by fire officers from across the country and overseas covering a wide variety of areas that are important to today's fire chief. Fire Chief's features examine issues that are of particular importance to the chief officers who lead and manage fire departments.

With a history dating back to 1932, FFP continues to produce IFSTA-validated manuals, training videos and CD-ROMs for the fire service, with a mission of providing high-quality, technically accurate, and affordable training material and excellent customer service to the fire and emergency services.

Fire Engineering Books is your first stop for training. Our focus is to provide materials that the modern fire service needs to train and operate properly, whether the concern is about basic firefighting or managing the department’s budget. Written by top experts in the fire service, our books are widely adopted by training instructors around the world.

The online versions for these monthly publications, both of which offer an incredible amount of content covering many subjects pertaining to the fire and EMS services such as local and national news, jobs and careers, and health and training, just to name a few. There are many features, columns, photographs, and even discussion forums.

Formed in 1975, the primary mission is to assist the fire service by documenting the amazing work preformed by the state's firefighters.

New Jersey is known in the fire buff world as a state where the fire load is heavy, and the potential fire load is plentiful, and an abundance of apparatus of all sizes and styles. In the 17 years of its existence, the NJMFPA has grown from an original membership of twelve, to a present count of over ONE HUNDRED members and growing.

New York on Fire,
by Weegee and friends

Images of fires and the firefighting culture mainly from the 1930's to 1940's in New York by renowned journalistic photographer Arthur Fellig who was better known as "Weegee," a nickname he derived from the phonetic rendering of Ouija, due to his frequent arrival at scenes only minutes after crimes, fires or other emergencies were reported to authorities.

The Visiting Fireman is a annual publication that ties the many diverse interests of Enthusiasts and Buffs together in a common forum - the sharing of information, and photos. The website contains links to many areas of interest to buffs.

The IFBA's mission is to serve as a common ground for fire buffs, active in promoting the general welfare of Fire Departments, allied emergency services, their officers and members.

SPAAMFAA is an organization of over three thousand members and over fifty chapters located all over the globe but primarily in the United States. SPAAMFAA members share a common interest in collecting and/or enjoying antique fire apparatus.

HFDRadio.com

Streaming audio of the Hartford Fire Department. This website was designed to give interested persons a small insight into the everyday operation of The Hartford Fire Department, and so retired brothers and a few sisters that have moved out of the area can hear what the job is doing regardless of where they are enjoying their well earned retirement. This site is not affiliated with the Hartford Fire Department .

Live broadcasts of FDNY's dispatch channels for each borough and Citywide. Started by two brothers who are firefighters (one in New York City, the other in Providence, RI), as a way of keeping tabs on each other while at work. This website is also now an online retailer of many fire service products.

This page found at Fordyce.org is the internet's oldest and most complete scanning resource for Long Island and the Northeast. Not just emergency frequencies here, but also government, utilities, business, transportation and more. Also included are some Mid-Atlantic states.

Located in Manchester, CT, the Fire Museum is housed in a retired 1901 fire station that saw the transition from hand drawn to horse drawn, then to motorized apparatus.  In addition to a working Gamewell Fire Alarm System, the collection includes hundreds of fine examples of early American craftsmanship related to firefighting.

Located in Manchester, CT, a retailer specializing in Fire, Police and EMS products. Custom embroidery and screen printing services available with all work done on-site.

The Authority in Public Safety Equipment and Apparel. In business for over 30 years, Galls provides high quality public safety equipment to over 1,000,000 men and women each year.

Serving the Public Safety and Surveying industries, and the general public with high-quality supplies spanning hundreds of the industry's most respected manufacturers.

W.S. Darley & Co has been an industry leader for over 90 years. In addition to offering one of the largest selections of firefighting equipment, we also manufacture pumps, apparatus, Poly Bodies and compressed air foam systems (CAFS).

Witmer Associates, Inc. has been ‘doing business as’ P & R Products Company since 1996 when they broke into the fire industry with Gearmaster turnout gear racks and lockers, and then started HelmetPartsSource.com. By 1997 the product line consisted of much more than replacement helmet parts so TheFireStore.com was introduced, and with great success.

The web's total marketplace for firefighting, rescue & EMS. An extensive list of retailers and products.

Mine Safety Appliances Company is a global company producing safety products that help protect lives in more than 120 countries. Their line includes products for fire, rescue and homeland security such as thermal imaging cameras, SCBA and confined space equipment. MSA's product line also now includes Cairns Helmets and the legendary leather New Yorker.

If you bought your own helmet, chances are you bought a Paul Conway shield for the front of it. This website also now offers various other products such as helmets, boots, tools and turnout, just to name a few.

For over 25 years, Streamlight has provided Fire, EMS and Police professionals both here and abroad with a constantly evolving line of personal lights.

Emergency Medical Products, Inc. has been servicing the emergency medical supply and equipment needs of pre-hospital professionals for 30 years. Over 100,000 EMS Fire/Rescue, Public Safety and Emergency Healthcare agencies and professionals rely on EMP.