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Richmond: Morning Accident Ties Up Traffic
Richmond fire units were dispatched at 9:09 a.m. this morning to the intersection of Chamberlayne and Oak Street for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment. Q-6 arrived on scene with a 2-car accident with one person still inside and they established command of the incident. Q-6 command quickly determined that no one was trapped and [...]

Remembrance – Richard Beverly Smith Jr.
SMITH, Richard Beverly Jr., of Denver, N.C., formerly of Alexandria, Va., died on September 6, 2010. Born on September 13, 1940 in Waynesboro, Va., he was the son of the late Richard Beverly Smith Sr. and Margherite Doherty Smith. He graduated from Holy Cross Academy, Lynchburg, Va. in 1954 and from Benedictine High School, Richmond, [...]

Daily News Update September, 9 2010
Check out these headlines: Fishersville fire station handles staffing issues – newsleader.com Fire At Fire Museum. Officials are suspecting Arson. – WCYB.com Crews continue to battle landfill fire in Eastern Henrico - NBC12.com IAFF Local 2498 Endorses Congressman Rob Wittman for the 1st Congressional District of the United States Two Dogs Rescued from House Fire [...]

IAFF Local 2498 Endorses Congressman Rob Wittman for the 1st Congressional District of the United States
Local 2498, York County & Williamsburg Professional Firefighters are endorsing Congressman Rob Wittman for the 1st Congressional District of the United States. Congressman Wittman recently met with L2498 staff to discuss issues effecting firefighters in the nation as well as local firefighters, and legislation supporting firefighter safety and basic American rights. Congressman Wittman’s past voting [...]

Two Dogs Rescued from House Fire in Vinton
Updated: September 8, 2010 (ROANOKE COUNTY) — Fire Investigators have determined that the house fire on Maywood Drive earlier this evening started in a couch in the living room on the main floor of this single story home, but exactly what sparked the fire has been ruled undetermined. The fire was contained to the living room after [...]

Fairfax County Fire Marshal’s Under the Gun. Read Statter911.com for more
So what awful thing did the FMs from the Fairfax County (VA) Fire & Rescue Department do? They did their jobs. If you are not aware, on July 24th the fire marshals arrested two bartenders they caught in the act of lighting a bottle containing a flammable liquid and a wick. The bartenders are accused [...]

Pink Heals Tour comes to Charlottesville
By Becky Robinette Wright The Pink Heals Tour will arrive in Charlottesville, VA Sept 8th with 4 pink fire engines and a huge steel ribbon to heighten awareness of women’s cancer and raise money for local charities that support the war on cancer. “I am inviting everyone to attend.” says Charlottesville Fire Chief Charles Werner. [...]

Chesterfield firefighters knock truck fire
By Becky Robinette Wright Tones sounded around 5:20 p.m. on Sept.5 dispatching Engine 11 to a vehicle fire at Irongate and Briaroak roads. Heavy fire could be seen from the engine and interior of the pickup truck. A hand line was quickly stretched and with a swift blast of water the fire was conquered. The [...]

Second Entrapment of the Day in Stafford County
By Executive Officer Mark Doyle September 2, 2010 StaffordFireRescue.com Stafford Va – At 15:46:18 Stafford Fire and Rescue Department units responded to an auto accident with entrapment on I-95 at the 146.6mm. Engine 9 the first arriving unit found a single vehicle had overturned with one patient trapped inside. Once the vehicle was stabilized and [...]

Entrapment on White Oak Rd in Stafford County
By Executive Officer Mark Doyle September 2, 2010 StaffordFireRescue.com Stafford Va.- On 9/02/10 at 12:21:56 Stafford County Fire and Rescue personnel responded to a reported auto accident with entrapment at 507 White Oak Road. Rescue Squad 1, the Safety Officer and Medic 11 arrived 12:26:56. Initial size-up revealed a 2 vehicle accident with one overturned [...]

Reader’s Corner: Premiering in September
Premiering in September: Reader’s Corner. Firefighter, EMS or a fire buff? What’s out there for you to read? Who wrote it? Come to Reader’s Corner and see new releases and takes on previously published works. Have you written a book that relates to the fire service-fiction or non-fiction? Novels, non-fiction fire and rescue stories, memoirs. [...]

4th Annual MDA Fill the Boot Golf Tournament – Hosted by York County and Williamsburg IAFF Locals
4th Annual MDA Fill the Boot Golf Tournament September 26, 2010 Where: Kingsmill River Course When: September 26, 2010 1:30pm shotgun start Format: Captains Choice Florida Best Ball Cost: $95/player $380/team More information and team registration form here

Fairfax Firefighter Lead The Nation in Collections in the Fill The Boot Campaign for MDA
(Fairfax County, Virginia) – During the Labor Day weekend, the Fairfax County Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics, in conjunction with the Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department and the Fairfax County Department of Public Safety Communications were at intersections all around Fairfax County collecting for the 2010 “Fill the Boot” campaign to benefit the Muscular [...]

A house fire in Stafford’s George Washington District has displaced three Stafford Residents
By Executive Officer Mark Doyle September 3, 2010 StaffordFireRescue.com Stafford, VA – On Friday, September 3, 2010, at 8:42 p.m., Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department units responded to residential fire located at 32 Foundation Drive, in the White Oak area of Stafford. The call was dispatched at 8:43 p.m., and the first responding unit [...]

Fredericksburg.com – Man surveys home’s charred remains
Ray Irwin rummaged through his burned home yesterday afternoon, a few hours after being released from the hospital. He had blisters on the top of his head and bandages on a wrist and an ankle. He walked with a limp. Irwin’s Stafford County home caught fire Friday night–less than two months after he, his wife [...]

Outback Steakhouse damaged in fire | WAVY.com
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – Newport News firefighters responded to a fire at the Outback Steakhouse , located on Jefferson Avenue near the Patrick Henry Mall at around 3:30 Monday morning. Upon arrival, firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the rear of the structure. The fire was deemed under control about an hour later at [...]

Yancey’s chief to staff: Train or leave | News Virginian
FISHERSVILLE – Firefighters at Preston L. Yancey Fire Company will spend more time training in the coming year or they’ll be asked to leave, company leaders said during the station’s monthly meeting Thursday. In the wake of a round of meetings this week regarding the company’s rock-bottom insurance risk rating, which elicited concern from county [...]

Middleburg Fire Chief And Four Others Resign | WUSA9.com | Washington, DC |
MIDDLEBURG, Va. (WUSA) — Amidst a storm a controversy not yet revealed to the public, five volunteer firefighters suddenly resigned. One of those who left his post, is the fire chief. Board Member Jim Burton of the Blue Ridge District, says it couldn’t have come at a worse time. He says the department is already [...]

New Apparatus Delivery – Virginia Beach Engine 13
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Lightning may have sparked massive Petersburg fire – NBC12 News
PETERSBURG, VA (WWBT) – There’s new information on what may have caused a massive fire at a Petersburg warehouse. The early morning blaze gutted the former Brown and Williamson Tobacco building in July. Now, insurance investigators say they have a good idea of what sparked the fire. Mother Nature is being blamed. Insurance investigators say [...]

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