The 18th Annual Virginia Fallen Firefighters and Emergency Medical Services Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2015 at the Richmond International Raceway Complex’s Main Exhibition Hall. The…
Two awards will be presented in 2015; one for a career fire chief and one for a volunteer fire chief. This prestigious award, presented by the IAFC in partnership with…
A total of 22 people, including two firefighters, have been taken to the hospital following a chemical leak at DuPont’s Richmond Zytel plant, according to Chesterfield Fire officials. The leak,…
Members of a Fairfax County rescue group headed to Nepal over the weekend to help in disaster recovery efforts after a massive earthquake that has already claimed more than 3,800…
PRINCE GEORGE — Luther B. Vick, past Chief of the Burrowsville Volunteer Fire Department, died April 19 after a long battle with cancer. Vick had served Prince George county in…
The NVFC Board of Directors met in Alexandria, VA, on April 17-18, 2015. The meeting featured officer elections, the unveiling of a new recruitment campaign, a distinguished line-up of speakers,…
The Millennial generation (those born between 1980-1999) is the largest cohort in history, with over 80 million Americans falling into this group.1 For the fire service, this is the largest…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Many emergency services personnel attending the annual Congressional Fire Services Institute (CFSI) event spent Wednesday afternoon getting updates on a number of issues including fire prevention initiatives,…
Firefighters from several different stations worked together to put out a log cabin fire in Montgomery County on Monday morning. The fire started just after 6 a.m. off of Double…
FRANKLIN, Va. (WAVY) — Police say they were responding to a call of a home burglary in Franklin, but when they arrived at the home it was engulfed in flames. Franklin…