Perhaps the largest gathering of Sandy Springers ever photographed assembles in support of the first Firemen's Carnival and Parade in 1926. Immensely popular, the annual Parades and Carnivals featured dinner, bingo, and other entertainment; from the 1930s on they were put on by the Ladies Auxiliary, with Mrs. Dean Acheson a leading sponsor. The Department was the fourth to be established in the county. A second Sandy Spring station, No. 40, opened in 1971 on Georgia Avenue south of Olney.