06.10.2021 News Large fire damages boatyard buildings overnight in Southold Members of the Suffolk County Police Arson Squad are investigating a fire that destroyed a large storage building and garage in Southold early Thursday morning. According to Southold Fire...
03.21.2021 Community Southold Fire Department collects items for distribution to assist area food banks When its community sounds the alarm, Southold Fire Department answers the call. This time it was the fire department asking for help, and the community responded in a big...
06.16.2016 Community George Berry, 80, honored as Suffolk County’s Firefighter of the Year Last month, Southold Fire Department learned one of its longtime members, Ed Boyd, had been named Suffolk County’s top emergency medical technician. Now the department can count the county’s...
10.10.2015 Health Health column: This one document can save EMTs valuable time If you experience a medical emergency, you may not be able to tell first responders what health conditions you have or what medications you’re taking. You may not be...
08.17.2015 News North Fork fire departments christen Southold’s new trucks When each of the North Fork’s volunteer fire departments get together for a celebration, there is sure to be a little friendly shenanigans.
07.15.2014 Police Man saved by EMTs: ‘Miracles do happen. I’m living proof’ Joseph O’Byrne doesn’t remember what happened on May 21. The 58-year-old man doesn’t remember the heart attack, or being pulled from the passenger seat, or even when the team...
04.10.2014 News Peggy Killian’s journey to become Southold’s first female fire chief She’s been a Southold EMT, a rescue squad leader, a lieutenant in the fire department, then captain, then assistant chief. But Peggy Killian was quick to downplay her own...