It is with great sadness, the officer’s and members of the Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department announce the untimely passing of Life-Member, and President Emeritus Thomas C. Rhodes on the evening of Sept. 1, 2014. “Proud of Our Past… Focused on The Future” this is the motto President Rhodes set

Please CLICK HERE to read a Gazette.net article about phony phone calls asking for donations. Please Note: SSVFD Does NOT Solicit by phone!

CLICK HERE to read a Gazette.net article about SSVFD’s newly elected President! Picture courtesy of The Gazette.

On Saturday at 3:17 pm, as ATV-740 and Boat-740 crews were returning to quarters after their monthly river rescue training, they were dispatched to Lake Needwood for a reported injured hiker. ATV-740 arrived on scene and coordinated with Command (Chief-705-Charlie, and ECC (Dispatch) to establish the victim’s location. Once the