Share ALEXANDRIA, Va. WUSA – Firefighters in Alexandria are on the scene of a 2-alarm fire in the 3700 block of Lyons Lane. Captain Luis Santano, spokesperson for the Alexandria Fire Department, says the blaze broke out in the attic of a two-story condominium building shortly after 9:00 Thursday morning.Santano says firefighters mounted an aggressive [...]... Read More »
Share Chick-fil-A -Fund Raiser For completion of Firefighters Memorial Wall,Chesterfield Event location:Hull Street at Brandermill Date: Oct. 29,2009 When: All Day State you are supporting Chesterfield Fire and EMS http://www.chesterfieldobserver.com/news/2008-04-16/News/Wall_of_remembrance_rises_for_fallen_rescuers.html Updated list of names on wall •Names on Panels: J. Willard Sullivan, Jr. Matoaca Volunteer Fire Department October 18, 1973 Patrick G. Mason Bensley-Bermuda Rescue [...]... Read More »
Share MATHIAS, W.Va. — A Virginia couple were arrested Tuesday in connection with last Friday night’s fire that claimed the lives of three members of a family in Mathias. Autopsies by the West Virginia State Medical Examiner’s Office ruled all three deaths as homicides. Police said all three victims had been shot at least one [...]... Read More »
Share Roanoke - Chris Brown passed away unexpectedly after he became ill after working a 24 hour shift on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 and was then diagnosed with cancer. Chris passed away in the evening of the 22nd at Roanoke Memorial with his family at his side. Chris was a Captain assigned to station 1 [...]... Read More »
Share MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Martinsville Police and Fire & EMS responded to a vehicular accident that occurred at approximately 8:00 p.m. this evening. When emergency personnel arrived at the scene they discovered a 98’ Subaru station wagon resting on its top at the edge of the water in Lake Lanier. According to information gathered in [...]... Read More »
Share A house fire in West Virginia that killed a Rockingham County firefighter and his family is being investigated as an arson. State police say they are looking for suspects. At the same time, family and friends of Dennis “Chip” Taylor are mourning their loss. Taylor’s friends say he was just a fun guy to [...]... Read More »
Share Travas Vaughan and her five children had only been at her sons’ football game for about 15 minutes when someone called to tell her that her apartment was on fire. “I’ve been here for 10 years,” she said. “This was my first apartment. Now I’ve got to go somewhere and start over.” Vaughan and [...]... Read More »
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Share October 25th, at approx 5:30pm Wytheville Fire Department responded to a head-on collision on Chapman road. A Chrysler was traveling east, when it crossed the center line and hit a truck head-on. The impact killed 2 people, who were in the truck. Neither occupant had their seat belts on. Crews airlifted the two people [...]... Read More »
Share Submitted by Donnie Widner On October 21st at approximately 10:40am, the Wytheville Fire Department responded to a Structure Fire on Old Stage Road. The house sits about 5 miles from Wytheville. There was no one home at time of fire. Crews first arrived to find heavy smoke from the residence. Crews were on scene [...]... Read More »
Share New Station to Meet Increasing Emergency Call Volume October 22, 2009 (ROANOKE COUNTY, VA) – Roanoke County dedicated the county’s newest fire and rescue station today, one of six major capital projects that the county has been working on over the past year. Construction began in July 2008 and was completed in 16 months [...]... Read More »
Share At approximately 10:45 p.m. Friday night, members of the Mathias-Baker Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene of a one story house fire in the 9300 block of US Rt.259 near Mathias.According to reports, Sgt. D.N. Bishoff with the Hardy County Sheriff’s Office was the first to arrive.Sgt. Bishoff, along with a neighbor attempted [...]... Read More »
Share It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you of the passing of Captain Chris Brown. Chris was hired on August 2, 1994 and was the Captain at Station 1 on C-Shift. He was a second generation firefighter. His brother Mark is the Lt. on Engine 5 C-Shift and his father (deceased) [...]... Read More »
Share Readers, It has now been just over a year since I moved VAFireNews.com to wordpress. I am ecstatic over the the progress made with the site and the submissions I have received over the past year. The site continues to grow in readership as well. The look I picked in the beginning (what you [...]... Read More »
Share Submitted by John W. Franks Warrenton Rural VFD Warren County – Two Virginia fire departments participated in the 26th annual Warren County Firemen’s Day festivities on Saturday, September 26, 2009. LaCrosse VFD and Brodnax VFD joined well over a dozen NC fire departments to compare fire apparatus and to compete in the perennial firefighter [...]... Read More »
