Share February 27, 2009 (ROANOKE COUNTY) – The Fire Marshal’s Office has determined that an electrical failure in the heating system caused the fire in the 9200 block of Poor Mountain Road last Saturday morning. Roanoke County Fire and Rescue was dispatched to the 9200 block of Poor Mountain Road in the early morning hours [...]... Read More »
Share On February 25, 2009 Roanoke Fire-EMS responded to a fire at 709 McDowell Ave. The response of 2 engines, 1 ladder truck, 1 medic unit, 1 EMS Captain and 1 Battalion Chief for a total of 13 personnel responded to the scene. The call was received in the E-911 Center at approximately 10:38 p.m. [...]... Read More »
Share Story and Photos By Nate Camfiord, Mutual Box Media On Wednesday evening Prince William County PSCC dispatched a BLS auto accident on Smoketown Road in Company 20′s area. Moments later the incident was upgraded to an ALS accident with reported entrapment, and the Rescue compliment and Battalion Chief was added accordingly. Units arrived to [...]... Read More »
Share Please join us this Wednesday March 4th from 6pm until 8pm for a fund raiser to benefit retired Chief Paul Pokorski. The location will be at the Landstown Commons location of Buffalo wild Wings. From 6pm until 8pm Buffalo Wild Wings are donating 10% of their gross sales to Vigiliant Watch in care of [...]... Read More »
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Share Radford, Va. – 26 February, 2009 Submitted by Curtis Whitt Photos by DJ Robinson of Radford EMS. At 22:53 hours Radford Fire and Rescue was dispatched to the 1600 block of 4th Street for a “structure fire, fully involved with a female trapped inside the residence”. The alarm response included Radford Fire and Rescue [...]... Read More »
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Share On Tuesday night, Lynchburg firefighter Abbey Meacham was sitting in the gallery of the U.S. Capitol with first lady Michelle Obama and two dozen other guests selected to watch President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress. On Wednesday afternoon, she was back to work at her fire station at Miller Park, [...]... Read More »
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Share RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – A Richmond family is displaced after a fire rips through their home. This happened about 12:30 A.M. Wednesday in the 1200 block of Richeson Avenue near Mcguire Drive. Fire crews arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the second floor. Five people lived in the home and made [...]... Read More »
Share CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) – A ten year old boy is still recovering in the hospital after he caught on fire at a gas station Tuesday morning. Fire officials believe a static discharge is to blame. But it’s those who helped the boy in his time of need who fire officials are is focusing on. via NBC12 [...]... Read More »
Share Three teenagers are facing charges after a historic barn at Nuckols Farm in Henrico County burned to the ground Tuesday. The fire started around 6 p.m. Tuesday in a hay barn at Nuckols Farm. The barn, which was destroyed, was believed to have been built in the late 1800s. The house adjacent to the [...]... Read More »
Share WASHINGTON – All firefighting recruits will now have to undergo physical examinations before they begin training in Prince William County. “We’ll be setting up a system that will assure anybody who uses our facility — those trainees and instructors — are physically capable,” says Prince William Fire Chief Kevin McGee. The changes at the [...]... Read More »
Share WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) — A ten-year-old Virginia boy is in critical condition — burned over much of his body doing something most of us do once a week: filling up with gas. It happened in Chesterfield County near Richmond. And investigators suspect the fire was sparked by static electricity. Sixteen to eighteen billion times [...]... Read More »
Share By Becky Robinette Wright Smoke was rolling from the windows,the eaves and flowed heavy on Bravo side of the single family home on Feb. 24 around 2:30 p.m at the 2000 block of Arvin Drive. Tones dispatched Engines 17,14,3,Truck 3,Medic 17,TSOs Lt. Rick Talley and Lt. Bobby Burnette,DSO Rick Bidwell,Battalion One Chief Bobby Lukhard [...]... Read More »
