ShareTweet The Hiker’s Day parade in Damascus, located just north of the Tennessee border in southwest Virginia, turned tragic today when a car driven by an elderly man careened into
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ShareTweet In Botetourt County, near Roanoke, the countys first paid fire-EMS chief has tendered his resignation after being on the job for only a year. Carr Boyd’s appointment wasn’t widely
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ShareTweet The man killed in a trailer fire off Mount Cross Road Friday afternoon has been identified as 68-year-old William Thompson. WSET had previously reported that the fire started in
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ShareTweet For several months, firefighters and police officers in the City of Richmond have been asking the City Council to reinstate their step increases. The program, which rewards tenured employees
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ShareTweet After extinguishing a car fire, Roanoke City firefighters discovered a body inside. From WDBJ7.com: The burning car was found around 4 a.m. Monday in the 400 block of Allison
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ShareTweet On April 25, 2013 Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department held a graduation ceremony at Colonial Forge High School for its seventh recruit academy. During the twenty-two week academy
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ShareTweet At 5:35pm on April 17th, the Covington Fire Department was alerted to a house fire in the 200 block of Lexington Ave, and upon arrival of the Fire
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ShareTweet Over the past several months, there had been concern from both members and citizens that the King William Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad’s financial difficulties might force them
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ShareTweet In what came as a shock to many firefighters in Virginia and the Carolinas, Slagle’s Fire Equipment of South Boston, VA and Cayce, SC announced on Wednesday afternoon that
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ShareTweet Firefighters from the state’s capital city responded to a house fire in the 2500 block of 5th street in the Highland Park area on Monday. From TimesDispatch.com: Richmond fire
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ShareTweet In Augusta County, the position of Deputy Fire Chief has been eliminated, leaving Chief Mike Armstrong with a job. From WHSV.com: Deputy Fire Chief Mike Armstrong has worked in
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ShareTweet As our readers likely remember, the Rocky Mount Fire Department in Franklin County suffered a tragic double line-of-duty-death when two of their long-time members were killed in a traffic
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ShareTweet In Goochland County, a 54-year-old volunteer firefighter has been arrested as a result of a several-week law enforcement investigation. Sources say that he was a member at the courthouse-area
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ShareTweet Near the village of Chester in Chesterfield County, a house fire was reported before 11AM on Tuesday morning. The house was heavily involved on arrival, and required the use
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ShareTweet At approximately 6AM this morning, five persons lost their life in the southbound lanes on Interstate 85 in Brunswick County, near the Route 46 interchange. From WRIC TV: A
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