SBVFD News and Events
- Passing of William Carroll
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008: It is with a heavy heart and profound sense of sadness that the Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department announces the passing of William Nathaniel Carroll.
- Cunningham Promoted to Assistant Fire Chief
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Thursday, February 14, 2008: The Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department is pleased to announce the promotion of T. John Cunningham to the position of Assistant Fire Chief. Mr. Cunningham has been with the Department for more than a decade and has previously held the positions of Lieutenant and Captain.
- SBVFD Receives Grant Through FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
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Friday, January 18, 2008: On Friday, December 21, 2007, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded a $98,280 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) to the Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
- Volunteer Firefighters Receive Awards
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007: The Officer's of the Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department are pleased to announce this year's recipients of distinguished service awards. The awards were announced and distributed this past Saturday at the Department's Service Board and Awards Dinner held at the Sound Beach Firehouse.
- Fire Department 2007 Open House and Fire Safety Day
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Monday, October 15, 2007: The Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department will be holding its annual open house for the public on Sunday, October 21, 2007 from 10AM - 2PM. The open house is open to people of all ages!
- Fire Department SCUBA Team Responds to Mianus River
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007: Members of the Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department's SCUBA team were dispatched to 36 Cary Road the evening of Monday, August 27, 2007 at around 11:17PM on a report of a missing person. Divers located the body of Joseph J. Moore, 54, in approximately 10 feet of water.
- Firefighters Practice Cold Water Rescue Techniques
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Sunday, February 24, 2008: The cold weather didn't stop over 35 volunteer firefighters from throughout Greenwich from taking to the Mianus River today to practice life-saving rescue skills. Donning cold water rescue suits to protect them from the water and cold, firefighters took turns entering the ice-covered river to perform simulated rescues.
Greenwich Time Headlines
- Children's Opera Troupe comes to Greenwich
- For a few brief moments, Chen Shuai charmed the small crowd of children and adults gathered in the Povinelli's backyard.
- Shore stop sign approved
- Despite concerns from shoreline residents about more traffic congestion near Greenwich Point, the Board of Selectmen yesterday approved a temporary plan to install three-way stop signs and crosswalks at Sound Beach Avenue at Shore Road to improve pedestrian safety.
- Dems prep for state office runs
- Staring at a two-week deadline to nominate candidates, Greenwich Democrats said they are optimistic they will field candidates in each of the four local races for General Assembly.
- Tipper Gore in town
- Tipper Gore isn't tipping her hand.
The woman who stood to become first lady in 2000, if not for a few hanging chads, said in an interview last night that she and her famous husband aren't ready yet to endorse either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
- Man spreads Oprah's money
- At the end of eight weeks of traveling across the country helping those in need, Stephen Paletta said he had a simple question before him.
Firehouse.com Headlines
- Colorado Department Regroups After Loss
- After two firefighters were killed, Olney Springs gains 4 recruits, truck.
- North Carolina Officials: Fatal Twister Could Have Been Worse
- While officials scoured through wreckage when daylight arrived Friday, they found no new injuries or fatalities.
- NIOSH Releases Aerial Ladder Advisory Following Pennsylvania LODD
- Preliminary findings suggest that some equipment designs do not provide secondary stops for the waterway on aerial ladders.
- New Orleans Firefighters Pull Cab Driver from Lagoon
- When the man, who had been underwater about 10 minutes, came up, he was breathing.
- Pennsylvania Firefighters Suffer Chemical Burns
- A container of industrial-grade hydrogen peroxide spilled on them while they crawled in the bedroom of a smoke-filled house.
