Share Pittsylvania County's 21 volunteer fire departments, including Hurt, will receive new radios thanks to a $716,800 Assistance to Firefighters Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Chatham Volunteer Fire Department, which applied for the federal grant, recently received notification of the award. The total project is $896,000. “This is a regional grant for all of the fire [...]... Read More »
Share County supervisors who were hoping to find extensive savings in overtime paid to firefighters and sheriff's deputies may not have found the answers they were looking for in the first presentation from ICMA Consulting Services last night. While finding some areas where savings might be achieved, overall the consultants hired to examine the Loudoun County [...]... Read More »
Share Roanoke's firehouses are thick with history. Lt. Bryan Adkins remembered working in downtown's Fire Station No. 1 and seeing marks that were left by horses nibbling the walls. Since that station went out of active service, he moved to Fire Station No. 5, built in 1911 at the corner of 12th Street and Loudon Avenue Northwest. “The [...]... Read More »
Share A Roanoke firefighter and a resident of a duplex on Eastern Avenue Northeast were hurt when a fire started by someone smoking in bed ripped through a room in the building Thursday night, the fire department said today. The 10:03 p.m. blaze on the second floor of a two-story structure at 1715 Eastern Avenue caused about [...]... Read More »
Share LYNCHBURG – When 111 Cabell Street in Lynchburg burst into flames Tuesday night, the engine from nearby station four did not respond. “Four would be first due,“ says Lynchburg fire chief Brad Ferguson. “Company one is stationed here and would be the next due and they went because four was out of service that day [...]... Read More »
Share An investigation is underway after firefighters in Spotsylvania County, Virginia failed to find a woman who was on the phone, trapped in her house, while firefighters were inside searching. It apparently took repeated attempts and more than 20 minutes before firefighters finally found 43-year-old Sandy Hill on February 5. Firefighters were able to rescue another person [...]... Read More »
Share Lynchburg, VA – A Lynchburg house fire destroyed more than just an old home Tuesday night. It ended the life of a man who mentored and helped out so many in the Cabell Street community. Fire officials say the blaze killed 66-year-old James Bayes, who rented the house. There is still no word on the cause, but [...]... Read More »
Share A fire Tuesday at American of Martinsville was an accident, according to Henry County’s public safety director. Dale Wagoner said his office along with the Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Department, Martinsville Fire Department and Stone Ambulance responded to the 11:34 a.m. call at the Redd Level plant off Rives Road. The blaze started in the finishing department and [...]... Read More »
Share RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – As we transition to warmer temperatures our precipitation changes too. Instead of snow and steady rain, we'll get thunderstorms, producing a whole snow storms worth of liquid in just a few minutes. And if you aren't ready, that water can quickly cause a local flood. “A lot of people don't understand what [...]... Read More »
Share CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) – We're learning more about a house fire that left a toddler dead and a community devastated. Late this afternoon, investigators said while an exact cause hasn't been found, they believe the fire was an accident. The fire on Gunsight Terrace in Chesterfield County forced the little boy's mother to flee from [...]... Read More »
