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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, where she [...]... Read More »
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 it out okay. via NBC12 [...]... 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 News, Weather [...]... 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 barn, circa 1750, [...]... 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 Prince William Safety [...]... 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 a year, Americans stick [...]... Read More »
Share Abbey Meacham, a firefighter/paramedic with the Lynchburg Fire Department will be sitting with First Lady Michelle Obama tonight during President Barack Obama’s address to both houses of Congress. Here is how a press release from The White House describes Meacham: via STATter 911: Lynchburg, Virginia firefighter/paramedic invited to President Obama’s speech tonight. ... Read More »
Share Prince William Fire Chief Kevin J. McGee is scheduled to appear at a press conference Tuesday night to discuss the circumstances of the death of Dale City Volunteer firefighter recruit Cecilia Turnbough. Turnbough, 42, collapsed on Nov. 9 during a training exercise at the Prince William County Public Safety Academy. An emergency medical technician for more than [...]... Read More »
Share Virginia State Police investigators are trying to figure out what caused a weekend fire that killed a person in Stuarts Draft. It happened Saturday around 3 a.m. at 116 Rankin Lane. via NBC29-One Dead in Augusta County House Fire. ... Read More »
