At 0334 hours Southold Fire Department was alerted for a Signal 13 on Goose Creek Lane Extension. First arriving chiefs confirmed a 13/35 and called for assistance from the Cutchogue and Greenport fire departments to the scene. Additional mutual aid was provided by the Mattituck, East Marion and Jamesport fire departments. The house, which was unoccupied at the time of the fire, was heavily damaged ... (Full Story & Photos)

At Thursday evenings department meeting, now Ex-Ex-Chief Ty Cochran presided over his last official meeting as Chief and called upon ex-Chief Ed Boyd to read the results of Thursdays voting after which Commissioner Bill Salmon swore in the new chiefs line, Chief Engineer-David Surozenski (30), First Assistant Chief-Pindar Damianos (31) and Second Assistant Chief-John Rumpler (32). Terry Rich was, ... (Full Story & Photos)

Chief Ty Cochran, in one of his last acts as Chief, presenting four of Southold Fire Departments newest members, their certificates for completing the Engine Company Operations class. The new Chief line, David Surozenski (30), Pindar Damianos (31) and John Rumpler (32), look on.

Left to right, Matt Dadonna, Mike Guanci, JT McCarthy & Liam Mullen. Parker Bukowski also received his certificate.... (Full Story & Photos)

At 1338 on Pi Day Southold Fire Department was dispatched to a call of "smoke in the area" on Soundview Avenue near Clark Road. First arriving Chief Cochran found not only smoke but a working fire in an unoccupied residential structure. Responding units secured a water supply using LDH from a local hydrant to 8-4-2 and 8-4-3 which allowed a quick knock down of the main body of fire. Although the structure ... (Full Story & Photos)

Thomas P. Grattan, Tom to all of us, is a 62 year member of Southold Fire Dept. He came up through the ranks and served as Captain of Protection from 1971 to 1972. Some of you with long memories might recall that Tom was on the Tug of War team or as being a delegate to North Fork Volunteers. In 2004 Tom became a Commissioner of the Southold Fire District, a position he has been re-elected to for ... (Full Story & Photos)