Share At approximately 1:43 a.m. on September 1, 2010, the Loudoun County Emergency Communications Center was alerted of a fire at 15050 Lee’s Crossing Lane. Emergency personnel arrived on scene shortly and reported a large wooden barn well involved with possible extension into an adjacent barn. Since the property was located in a non-hydranted area [...]... Read More »
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Share Come January, Lucketts resident James Goss will have served the Lucketts Volunteer Fire Department in some capacity for 50 consecutive years. A lifelong Loudouner, Goss knows a thing or two about his hometown: he has lived within five miles of it all his life. Yet he sees the county changing around him. Having entered [...]... Read More »
Share You can now listen to Loudoun County Fire & Rescue via live dispatch. The link is here. You can also check out some of the other live dispatch’s available in Virginia here. Let us know if you have another one to add to the list.... Read More »
Share A charred coat and helmet, propped up on a table outside an elegant conference room in Lansdowne, looked like a long-lost relic from a bygone era of firefighting. But to Lt. John “Bones” Earley, it was a reminder of his brush with death 10 months ago. With friends and colleagues huddled nearby Tuesday afternoon, [...]... Read More »
Share Loudoun County Fire-Rescue crews extinguished a fire and saved a life April 7 in Leesburg. Crews were called to a home at 17638 Old Waterford Road shortly after 7 p.m. for a fire, Loudoun County Fire-Rescue spokeswoman Mary Maguire said. When emergency personnel members arrived, neighbors told them that there was a disabled resident in [...]... Read More »
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Share by Editor Rhett Fleitz Has a staffing precedence been created following the outcome of the Meadowood Court fire in Leesburg (Loudoun County)? Today’s article in the Leesburg today might have some thinking so. From The Leesburg Today Meadowood Court Fire Draws Workplace Citation The Loudoun County Department of Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management has [...]... Read More »
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Share “No day is ever the same, so firefighters must be prepared for every different kind of situation,” said Mary Maguire, public information officer for Loudoun County Fire-Rescue. Probably the most important career skill is knowing how to deal with people and remain calm. “When a citizen is screaming at you because their car is [...]... Read More »
