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    Fairfax Fire-Rescue Proposes $500,000 Dress Uniform Purchase

    ShareTweet In Fairfax county, there appears to be a bit of controversy about the proposed purchase of $500,000 worth of short-sleeve and long-sleeve dress uniforms for the Fire-Rescue Department members.
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    Fairfax Fire-Rescue Completes In-Depth Study of Portable Radio Straps

    ShareTweet The Fairfax County Fire-Rescue department has recently released an in-depth study of the use of radio straps – something that has elicited debate amongst fire service members for quite
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    Richard Bowers Named Fairfax County Fire Chief

    ShareTweet Thanks to Dave Statter over at Statter911.com for breaking this story about the appointment of current Montgomery County, MD fire chief to the position of Fire Chief in Fairfax
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    Vienna Volunteers Take Delivery of New Pierce Pumper

    ShareTweet The Vienna Volunteer Fire Department is proud to announce the delivery of the their new Pierce Velocity engine, designated Engine 402, in the department’s new black-over-red paint scheme.  This
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    Fairfax County Fire Chief Mastin to Retire Next May; Search Begun for Successor

    ShareTweet Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department Chief Ronald Mastin will retire next May after leading the department for nearly six years, county officials confirmed Nov. 28. Officials are conducting
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    Fire Injures 3 In Fairfax County

    ShareTweet LORTON, Va. (WUSA) — The Fairfax County Fire Department has brought a fire under control that injured three people at a business in the Lorton area of the county.
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    LODD Arrangements for Fairfax County Firefighter Horace Pendergrass

    ShareTweet Previous coverage here Viewing Wednesday October 26th from 6PM to 8PM at Everly Funeral Home 10565 Main Street Fairfax, VA 22030 Funeral Thursday October 27th at 10AM Greater Little
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    LODD – Fairfax County Firefighter Horace C. “Chris” Pendergrass

    ShareTweet The Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department regrets to announce the line of duty death of Firefighter Horace C. (“Chris”) Pendergrass. Firefighter Pendergrass, a 20+ year veteran of the
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    Firefighter Receives Liberty Mutual Firemark Award

    ShareTweet Lieutenant Marc Davidson has been selected to receive the Liberty Mutual Firemark Award for outstanding community service and public education, Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at 8 a.m., in the
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    Virginia’s Longest Aerial Ladder?

    ShareTweet by Mike Sanders   mnsand@visuallink.com Any idea what Virginia department runs the longest ladder in terms of aerial or platform length?  The size of the aerial ladder on Virginia’s trucks/platforms come in
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    Daily Pic: Fairfax County Engine 440 at House Fire

    ShareTweet By Nate Camfiord: Northern Virginia Fire Photographer Here’s Fairfax County Engine 440 (reserve rig) at Box 4001.

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    Daily Pic: Fairfax County 401 Firefighters

    ShareTweet By Nate Camfiord: Northern Virginia Fire Photographer

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    Daily Pic: Fairfax County Rescue Company 421

    ShareTweet Fairfax County Rescue Company 421 at a Night Time Cut Job in Box 1711 By Nate Camfiord: Northern Virginia Fire Photographer The Daily Pic is a brand new column
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    Fairfax VATF-1 Returns from Japan

    ShareTweet From connectionnewspapers.com: It was a bittersweet homecoming for 74 members of the Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue team as they returned in the early morning hours of March
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    Report from Japan: Virginia & California teams on the ground.

    ShareTweet Click here for the full report and many videos on USAR teams in Japan From STATter911.com: My friend Ron Gardner (a former and great TV news anchor) in Idaho posted the
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