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Update: Clintwood Firefighters Suffer Only Minor Injuries in Crash As VAFireNews.com reported last night, the Clintwood VFD in Dickenson County had one of their apparatus overturn while enroute to a call. Thankfully, local media reports that the members did [...]
BREAKING: Clintwood VFD Engine Overturns, Members Injured In southwest Virginia’s Dickenson County, a fire apparatus belonging to the Clintwood Volunteer Fire Department has reportedly overturned. From WJHL: An official with the [Haysi Volunteer] fire department says his [...]
Car Drives Into Parade in Damascus, VA; 50+ Injured The Hiker’s Day parade in Damascus, located just north of the Tennessee border in southwest Virginia, turned tragic today when a car driven by an elderly man careened into the [...]
Botetourt County Fire Chief Resigns; Only on Job One Year In Botetourt County, near Roanoke, the countys first paid fire-EMS chief has tendered his resignation after being on the job for only a year. Carr Boyd’s appointment wasn’t widely accepted [...]
Man Killed in Pittsylvania Trailer Fire Identified The man killed in a trailer fire off Mount Cross Road Friday afternoon has been identified as 68-year-old William Thompson. WSET had previously reported that the fire started in the [...]
Richmond City Fire & Police Pay Plan Funded by City Council For several months, firefighters and police officers in the City of Richmond have been asking the City Council to reinstate their step increases. The program, which rewards tenured employees for [...]
Body Found After Car Fire Extinguished in Roanoke After extinguishing a car fire, Roanoke City firefighters discovered a body inside. From WDBJ7.com: The burning car was found around 4 a.m. Monday in the 400 block of Allison Avenue. [...]
Stafford County Fire-Rescue Recruits Graduate On April 25, 2013 Stafford County Fire and Rescue Department held a graduation ceremony at Colonial Forge High School for its seventh recruit academy. During the twenty-two week academy the [...]
Fire Destroys Covington Home At 5:35pm on April 17th, the Covington Fire Department was alerted to a house fire in the 200 block of Lexington Ave, and upon arrival of the Fire Department, [...]
King William Supervisors Vote to Fund King William VFDRS for FY2014 Over the past several months, there had been concern from both members and citizens that the King William Volunteer Fire Department & Rescue Squad’s financial difficulties might force them to [...]
End of An Era: Slagle’s Fire Equipment Announces Closure In what came as a shock to many firefighters in Virginia and the Carolinas, Slagle’s Fire Equipment of South Boston, VA and Cayce, SC announced on Wednesday afternoon that they’ll [...]
Richmond City House Fire Displaces 9 Occupants Firefighters from the state’s capital city responded to a house fire in the 2500 block of 5th street in the Highland Park area on Monday. From TimesDispatch.com: Richmond fire Lt. [...]
Augusta County Deputy Fire Chief’s Position Eliminated in Budget Cuts In Augusta County, the position of Deputy Fire Chief has been eliminated, leaving Chief Mike Armstrong with a job. From WHSV.com: Deputy Fire Chief Mike Armstrong has worked in the [...]
Civil Trial in Rocky Mount Fire Engine Crash Delayed until September As our readers likely remember, the Rocky Mount Fire Department in Franklin County suffered a tragic double line-of-duty-death when two of their long-time members were killed in a traffic accident [...]
Goochland Firefighter Arrested, Allegedly Stole from Firehouse In Goochland County, a 54-year-old volunteer firefighter has been arrested as a result of a several-week law enforcement investigation. Sources say that he was a member at the courthouse-area station [...]
Chesterfield County Home Burns; Body Found Afterwards Near the village of Chester in Chesterfield County, a house fire was reported before 11AM on Tuesday morning. The house was heavily involved on arrival, and required the use of [...]
Five Killed in Wrong-Way Driver Accident on I-85 At approximately 6AM this morning, five persons lost their life in the southbound lanes on Interstate 85 in Brunswick County, near the Route 46 interchange. From WRIC TV: A pick-up [...]
UPDATE: Police Say That Two Taken into Custody are Suspected in “Majority” of Accomack Arson Cases In a 3:30PM press release today, Virginia State Police Spokesperson Corinne Geller released additional information about the arrests that occured after the 11:30PM fire in the Melfa community in Accomack [...]
Cana Volunteer Firefighter Describes Response to I-77 pileup On Sunday, we brought you news of a massive 95-vehicle crash on I-77 in Carroll County that left three dead and scores injured. Today, WSLS in Roanoke brings you an [...]
BREAKING: Arrest Made in Accomack County Arson Case With the number of arsons in Accomack reaching approximately 77 over a four-month period, locals are hoping that the arrest of a Parksley woman overnight may bring the string of [...]
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