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    Why national and local fire departments are seeing fewer volunteers

    ShareTweet Fewer people are volunteering at fire stations. It’s a problem not just locally but nationwide. This week, Virginia’s Fire Chiefs Association reported the lack of volunteers as the number
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    Richmond FD Promotes Six to Battalion Chief Including the First Female’s

    ShareTweet On November 4, Richmond Fire and Emergency Services held promotions for six Captains that were promoted to Battalion Chief. For the first time in the department’s history, we have
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    Firefighter set to retire

    ShareTweet 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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    Early morning fire spread fast, survivor says – News – Progress-Index

    ShareTweet 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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    Former Mathews Co. Volunteer F.D. treasurer admits in court to embezzling $200,000 from the organization – wtvr

    ShareTweet 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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    Electrical Wiring Blamed for Late Night Fire

    ShareTweet July 19, 2010 (ROANOKE COUNTY) — Roanoke County Fire & Rescue Department was dispatched to the 4800 block of Goodman Road at 10:10 last night for a reported structure
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    Home Town Heroes in Richmond at the Diamond

    ShareTweet This event is being held at the Richmond Diamond. Home of the Flying Squirrels. The deadline for the tickets is the 26th.  They would like some firefighters in uniform
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    Fire rips through Petersburg warehouse – NBC12

    ShareTweet Fire rips through Petersburg warehouse – NBC12 News, Weather Sports, Traffic, and Programming Guide for Richmond, VA | By Sunni Blevins – bio | email PETERSBURG, VA (WWBT)–NBC 12
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    State board to make decision on fire sprinkler debate – NBC12 News

    ShareTweet CHESTERFIELD, VA (WWBT) – In less than two weeks a heated statewide debate will come to a head: will over-head sprinklers be required in all new home construction? We
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    Team effort by EMS groups credited with successful rescue operation at Water View

    ShareTweet When Upper Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department chief George Longest heard a call for help over his monitor at 9:52 p.m. on Monday, July 5, he had no idea then
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    VATF-1 Members Train Haitian First Responders

    ShareTweet Three members of Virginia Task Force 1 (VATF-1) under the direction of the U.S. Agency for International Development, (USAID) deployed to Cap Haitien, Haiti, to train 25 first responders
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    Nine Firefighters Fired In Sexual Harassment Investigation | WUSA9.com

    ShareTweet SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. (WUSA) — It was a night of unwanted sexual taunting and touching in the place where she volunteers. The Station 1 firehouse with the Spotsylvania Fire and
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    Car crashes into Moneta Rescue Squad building | Lynchburg News Advance

    ShareTweet MONETA — First responders in Moneta didn’t have to travel far to respond to an emergency. That’s because a car crashed through the rear of the Moneta Rescue Squad
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    Chancellor Volunteer charged with sexual battery – Fredericksburg.com

    ShareTweet A Chancellor Volunteer Fire and Rescue member was charged today with a misdemeanor sexual battery. John Brandrup, 62, was arrested after Deputy M. Tillman interviewed a female Chancellor volunteer
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    Roanoke County Bans Campfires and Reminds Residents of Regional Burn Ban in Effect

    ShareTweet July 6, 2010 (ROANOKE COUNTY) — Due to the lack of rainfall and severe dry conditions, Roanoke County is banning all campfires and reminding residents of the region’s burning
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