New Maryland CO Alarm Law took effect April 1, 2018. Carbon Monoxide Alarms – Maryland Rental Properties         In 2016, the Maryland General Assembly passed House Bill 0849 and its companion Senate Bill 0182. Both bills require the installation of carbon monoxide alarms for any new and existing

The Sandy Spring VFD is participating in the state wide volunteer fire-rescue recruitment day this Sunday, April 15, 2018. Please visit us at Station 40 at 16911 Georgia Avenue, Olney, MD 20832 between 12pm and 4pm to learn more about becoming a volunteer with us!  

First Due House Fire On Sunday, January 21, 2018 at approximately 4:10pm, Sandy Spring units and surrounding units were alerted for a first due house fire in the 18800 block of Clover Hill Lane. Units arrived on scene with smoke showing from the front of the house. After further investigation, units

A two-alarm fire in Olney Friday night obliterated an entire townhouse, caused approximately $1.4 million in damages and displaced 20 people from neighboring homes, fire officials reported. The fire started in a townhouse community in the 3500 block of Softwood Terrace as a result of a unidentified resident using lighter

The officers and members of the Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department would like to congratulate our members who graduated  from fall EMT and Fire Fighter Class! EMT 142 Graduates: Dillon Scholl and Jocelyn Martin. Fire I: Jesse Catron, Michael Jacobsen, Michael Gottlieb, and Travis Lindner Fire II: Jesse Catron, Michael Jacobsen,

According to the National Fire Protection Association, Three of every five home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms. The updates to Maryland’s Smoke Alarm Law are part of a nationwide initiative to ensure new and replacement smoke alarms have the

The purchase and implementation of the LUCAS system is another example of investments in life-saving equipment to enable our community to grow and flourish

On December 28, 2017 at approximately 9:10pm, SSVFD Paramedic Engine 740 and Aerial Tower 740 were alerted with surrounding units for an apartment fire in the 14300 block of Georgia Avenue. Initial units found smoke showing from the rear of a 4 story structure, and then found fire in a terrace

The Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department will be accepting Toys for Tots donations at both of our stations from Friday, November 24, 2017 to Thursday, December 21, 2017, between the hours of 9am and 7pm. Station 04 is located at 17921 Brooke Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860 and Station 40

The officers and members of the Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department would like to congratulate David Werking, Dillon Scholl, Jocelyn Martin, and Isabella Gallis on graduating from the Fall 2017 Volunteer Basic Orientation Course 17-3 (VBOC). VBOC is a fourteen week course sponsored by the Montgomery County Volunteer Fire Rescue