Share VAFireNews.com editor Rhett Fleitz and photographer Drew Abel attended the funerals for Rocky Mount Fire Department’s Fallen Brothers Chief Posey Dillon and Firefighter Danny Altice. Click on the images
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Share Rocky Mount Fire Department Firefighter William Daniel “Danny” Altice was laid to rest on Friday, July 30th. His funeral was attended by firefighters from all over Virginia and as
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Share Rocky Mount Fire Department Chief Posey Dillon was laid to rest on Friday, July 30th. His funeral was attended by firefighters from all over Virginia and as far away
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Share Updated: For those in the procession with or without apparatus: From FirefighterCloseCalls.com: The Virginia Department of Transportation, working with the town of Rocky Mount, has planned road closures to
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Share Updated 0900 hours July 28th: Story from Roanoke Times: Investigation continues as Rocky Mount mourns loss Updated 1900 hours: Added a video at the bottom of this post. It
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Share LODD: Rocky Mount Fire Chief Posey Dillon and Firefighter Danny Altice Die in Accident VAFireNews.com began coverage minutes after the news of an accident involving a fire truck in
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Share Update July 27th: Follow the discussion on FirefighterNation.com WDBJ7 has the story on the house fire that Dillon and Altice were responding to here. Here are some links to
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Share Richmond July 22, 2010 At 0816 hours, someone walked up to station 5 alerting them of an accident one block from the station. The person reported that it was
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Share Story from HamptonRoads.com A tree caught fire in the 4700 block of Mayflower Road during a thunderstorm Sunday, and a ruptured gas line fed the blaze. Thunder rattled the
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Share Video below from Wavy.com Coverage from Wavy.com Story, Photo, and Video here Story below from The Virginia Pilot Fire destroys one home, damages 2 others in Virginia Beach Pat
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Share HUDSON, Herman Wesley Sr., 85, passed away July 23, 2010. He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Helen; son, Rocky (Cindy); daughter, Suzanne; stepdaughters, Vickie Dance (Gerald)
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Share Sorry there have been few updates the last week. I have been in Baltimore for the Firehouse Expo with Firefighter Netcast. Stay tuned to Firefighter Netcast for many podcasts
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Share By WAYNE QUESENBERRY/Staff Flames were shooting a hundred feet into the air when Ray Richardson Jr. arrived at Fairview Road around 2:16 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 2, 1999. Maneuvering the
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Share MCKENNEY – A family lost nearly everything but each other after taking the time to ensure their neighbors escaped the flames of a motel fire yesterday. James Earl Gay
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Share MATHEWS – A circuit court judge stunned a crowded courtroom Monday and ordered Paul Reardon jailed after the former treasurer for the Mathews County Volunteer Fire Department admitted he
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