The members and guests of the Second District Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad and the Auxiliary celebrated their 74th Anniversary and Installation of Officers on Saturday, February 1, 2025.

Rocky Woodburn was the Master of Ceremony for the event.
Following a delicious meal catered by Rita B Catering, the program commenced.

Joe Gould, Past President of the Southern Maryland Volunteer Firemen’s ... (Full Story & Photos)

For this Throwback Thursday, we’re taking it back to a historic fire that destroyed a landmark in the Leonardtown community!

On June 8, 1956, the St. Mary’s Hotel, a very popular destination for lodging in Leonardtown, Md. erupted in flames just before 4am! The twenty or so occupants that evening were able to escape the three-story structure, using fire ladders and leaping from the 2nd and 3rd floors ... (Full Story & Photos)

On March 15th, at 12:24 PM, the Second District Volunteers responded to a motor vehicle accident with injuries at the Beer Cave in Callaway. Units arrived at 12:27 PM, to find a single passenger car had collided with an awning pole, causing moderate damage to the vehicle's front end and minor damage to the awning. The patient was assessed by A397 personnel and found to have no visible injuries, and ... (Full Story & Photos)

Please see flyer for more details. Donations of baked goods for auction please contact Jennifer at 301-247-9288.
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SDVFD & RS Auxiliary holding Community Yard Sale at St. Mary's Fair Grounds. See Flyer for details.... (Full Story & Photos)

On March 9, at 3:05 PM, units from Company 6 responded for the large brush fire dispatch n Leonardtown. While enroute, Chief 1A advised there was approximately 2 acres on fire in the woods and that it had spread to a nearby residence. Leonardtown crews made quick work of the fire that had extended to the residence, however, and returned their focus to the woods fire. Units from Second District, Hollywood, ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 1:06 AM on March 8, units from Second District, along with units from Bay District, NDW, Leonardtown, and Seventh District, responded for the Structure Fire - Residential in Drayden. E-61 and Chief 6 arrived simultaneously to find nothing evident from all sides of the home. Crews spoke with the resident who informed them that there was a chimney fire in the rear bedroom and that he had smothered ... (Full Story & Photos)

Flashback to 1952, where "Betsy," our first apparatus, got a shiny new partner: Engine 62, a 1952 Ford with a 500gpm American front-mounted pump! This was our department's first ever NEW truck, and it served us faithfully until 1975, when we sold it to Ridge VFD.... (Full Story & Photos)

On February 26 around 3:13 PM, units from Company 6 were dispatched to Medleys Neck Rd and Watson Lane for the motor vehicle Accident. A vehicle had reportedly rear ended a school bus with no reported injuries on the bus and unknown injuries in the car. E-61 and Chief 6B arrived simultaneously to find a single vehicle partially under the rear of the school bus. No occupants were trapped in the car. ... (Full Story & Photos)