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...