Sunday morning June 4th saw a contingent of brave and hearty SFD members join forces to raise breast cancer awareness with the "More Good" Foundation in honor of Cindy, a good friend of our crew and "an incredible Special Education teacher from Greenport High School". Braving cold temperatures and blustery winds our intrepid team from Southold FD consisted of EMT's Vicki Berry and Michelle Wilinski, ... (Full Story & Photos)

Jack Goscinski, Eagle Scout member of Boy Scout Troop 6, built and provided another scale building which our training officers, Chief David Surozenski and John Rumpler burned in an extremely effective demonstration of fire behavior as it relates to airflow passing through a structure. By opening different areas of the building, 'doors and windows' for instance, David and JR were able to demonstrate ... (Full Story & Photos)

Members from Cutchogue, Greenport and Southold Fire Departments practiced water rescue techniques on Sunday May 21, 2023. The session began with a briefing with an 'overboard kayaker in distress' as the scenario. The rescue teams took turns practicing skills required to safely retrieve a man overboard, including launching crafts, donning protective suits for frigid temps and safely retrieving a man ... (Full Story & Photos)

For those of us who are confused by the new street paintings in the hamlets of Southold and Cutchogue (with more to come), they are intended to promote bicycle safety by highlighting areas that are to be shared by automobile and bicycle traffic. Here is just one of several articles explaining the "thinking" behind these markings: https://www.bicycling.com/news/a20044419/what-are-sharrows-used-for/... (Full Story & Photos)

Yaphank provided another great training opportunity on Wednesday as a contingent of firefighters, both new and experienced, brought their skills and expertise to a "taxpayer" scenario, a simulated scene of a row of stores with front and rear entrances. Typically, firefighters need to push-through a fire scene and search for victims while putting large amounts of water on the fire and make their way ... (Full Story & Photos)