Share The Huguenot Volunteer Fire Department in Powhatan County broke ground on their new fire station on August 16th. The pictures are below. There are more pictures here. The Huguenot VFD has been doing a great job of getting information out to its members and the community. They have a web site by YourFirstDue.com that [...]... Read More »
Share Submitted by Pat Schoeffel Sunday, June 20th 18 volunteer Firefighters from Powhatan County and Spotsylvania County completed a 16 hour Basic Pump Operations Class in Powhatan County. The class consisted of four hours of classroom and 12 hours of hands on training. The practical training consisted of pumping from a fire hydrant and drafting [...]... Read More »
Share Submitted by Jeff Bailey The Brandy Station Volunteer Fire Department recently celebrated 59 years of service to the community at their annual awards dinner which was given to the Fire Department by the Auxiliary to the Fire Department on March 27th. The department responded to 517 emergency responses in 2009 and 195 non emergency; [...]... Read More »
Share This picture below comes from Mike Cocker. The photo is of Victoria Fire & Rescue Department. Victoria Fire & Rescue is located in Lunenburg County, a rural County located in South Central Virginia. You can view their assortment of apparatus here. Thanks for submitting to Around the Station. We hope to see more news [...]... Read More »
Share The crew here at VAFireNews.com is trying to revamp the “Around the Station” column. The column is simply pictures and maybe some information on your crew. Send in your photos on the job, volunteering, cooking, training, or anything else “Around the Station”. We will post the pics and info in our column. You can [...]... Read More »
Share Submitted byLt. Shawn L. Jones, PIO/Assistant Fire Marshal Richmond, Va– Last night was the kick-off for radio station Y101 Food Drive benefiting the Central Virginia Foodbank. The opening night theme was a challenge between Police and Fire. I am please to report that it was the best opening night they have ever had. Police [...]... Read More »
Share By Becky Robinette Wright Hundreds of the members of the community and a some long distance visitors,too joined Bon Air Volunteer Fire Dept. and CFEMS career members in an open house on Oct. 11. Visitors were treated to fire extinguisher demonstrations,tool displays,the opportunity to climb into ambulances and fire apparatus. An information table on [...]... Read More »
Share Attention Firefighters across the Commonwealth. We are bringing back “Around the Station” feature!!! This feature is a very plain and simple idea that we had success with on the old site. All you have to do is send in a photograph of your crew at the station, training, on a call, or wherever and [...]... Read More »
Share October 18, 2008 Photos by Becky Robinette Wright The Midlothian Volunteer Fire Department had an open house on October 18th. Midlothian VFD is Station 5 and located in Chesterfield County.... Read More »
Share By Becky Robinette Wright Hundreds attended Bon Air’s open house event on Oct. 12,2008. One woman who was curious about turnout gear and kept asking questions was given a hands on experience.The visitor suddenly found firefighters “helping” her into full gear including SCBA. Firefighters also took a moment for fun and learning when Buford [...]... Read More »
Share By Becky Robinette Wright On Oct.5,2008,Enon Volunteer Fire Department hosted their annual open house. Enon Volunteers were assisted by River’s Bend and Phillips. Around 700 people attended,that includes over 170 children.172 children attended the fire prevention program.120 children and 40 adults visited the fire and life safety trailer.133 Children visited the 911 simulator.Ambulance 18 [...]... Read More »
