At 3:48pm SSFD along with Lewisboro VAC and a WEMS Medic were dispatched to State Route 35 in the area of Route 121 in Cross River for a multi vehicle MVA involving a bus. On scene, a bus transporting eight disabled adults was found to have struck a tree head on after first colliding with another vehicle. Route 35 was shut down for a short period of time while multiple agencies worked to extricate and transport the patients from the bus. Three other persons involved declined medical assistance.... (Full Story & Photos)

Obituary of John Waldie Gullen

John Waldie Gullen, lifelong Waccabuc resident died on Sunday December 1st, 2024, at 100 years old.

Waldie was born in Waccabuc in 1924 where his parents and uncle settled to work at Waccabuc Country Club after immigrating from Scotland. He attended the one-room schoolhouse on Schoolhouse Road and graduated from Katonah High School in 1943. He joined the South Salem Fire Department in 1942 where he was a member for over 80 years. He served in World War II as a combat infantryman in the European Theater from 1943-1946 where he received the Bronze Star. He returned ... (Full Story & Photos)

This week, the Department hosted a structural fire tactics drill at Four Winds Hospital, practicing skills such as forcible entry, hose line advancement, search and rescue and ladder operations. Firefighters were able to put into practice skills which they had been training on over the course of the past several weeks.
The objective of this training is to not only demonstrate the importance of these skills, but also to maintain great working relationships with our neighboring Departments. Thank you to our mutual aid partner Katonah Fire Department and the administration and staff at Four Winds ... (Full Story & Photos)

On the morning of Sunday, September 8th, Members attended the 9/11 Memorial Service hosted by the Vista Fire Department held at their 9/11 Monument.

We would like to thank everyone who attended the services, especially the Vista Fire Department for hosting the services, as we honored and remembered those lives lost from September 11th, 2001.... (Full Story & Photos)

Last night, the Department hosted its annual mutual aid tanker shuttle drill with the assistance of our neighbors including the Croton Falls Fire Department, the Vista Fire Department, the Ridgefield Fire Department, the Goldens Bridge Fire Department and the Pound Ridge Fire Department.

The objective of this training is to not only demonstrate the importance of this skill, which is essential to rural water supply operations, but also to maintain great working relationships with our neighboring Departments.

Since there are no traditional fire hydrants within the South Salem Fire District and ... (Full Story & Photos)