| Powhatan Fire - EMS Awarded a Grant for an Autopluse Machine |
| Fri. Sep 3rd 2010 |
The Powhatan County Fire-EMS Department has been awarded a 100% grant by the Altria Employee Community Fund Grant Program. The Autopulse is on order and we are awaiting its arrival. This will give the department an Autopulse at Company 1, 2 and several ambulances.&nbs...
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| Powhatan Rig Pump Testing |
| Fri. Aug 20th 2010 |
Powhatan Volunteer firefighters performed the yearly rig pump testing on the Engines and Tankers at Yates Pond. The testing lasted most of the day and a big THANKS to all the firefighters that assisted with testing the rigs and shuttling the rigs from the firehouses to the testing si...
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| Working Job, Automatic Aid Box 1500 Blk Holly Hills Rd |
| Fri. Aug 13th 2010 |
August 12th at 10:02 PM the Automatic Aid Box was struck for a reported bed on fire inside a house in the 1500 Blk of Holly Hills Road brining Powhatan Engines 2 , 1, Chesterfield Engine 5, Powhatan Tankers 2, 1, Rescue 2, an Ambulance, and Deputies for traffic control. &nbs...
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| Storm hits Flat Rock area of the County |
| Thu. Aug 12th 2010 |
August 12th around 5 pm the Flat Rock area of Powhatan was struck by a strong storm with high winds and hail. Numerous trees were blown down, a house was struck by a falling tree and several other buildings sustained wind damage. Firefighters at Station 2 also reported some hail. B...
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| Storage shed fire |
| Thu. Aug 12th 2010 |
On August 12 Volunteer Firefighters battled not only flames but high temperatures and humidity. At 10:35 in the morning the Box was struck for Engine Companies 2, 1, Amelia Engine 4, Tankers 2, 1, Amelia Tanker 4, Rescue Company 2, and an ambulance to the 1400 Blk of Schroeder Road for a ...
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| Turnout Gear |
| Tue. Aug 10th 2010 |
We will have a turnout fitting August 10th at 1900.
At Deep Creek VFD...
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| Storm Causes Working House Fire Valley Spring Road |
| Thu. Aug 5th 2010 |
On August 5th a line of strong thunder storms passed through Powhatan County generating numerous storm related calls. While 2 & 1's Engine and Tanker were returning from a house struck by lightening, Engine 4 was still operating at it the box was transmitted for a repor...
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| Firefighters Descover Bunker |
| Sat. Jul 24th 2010 |
Volunteer Firefighters while operating at a brush fire in the Red Lane Road area of the county uncovered a bunker. Firefighters were lucky that they did not fall into it. It was about 30 long and 30 deep. It was only covered with a thin fiberglass type material. ...
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| Excavator Fire Cook Road |
| Mon. Jul 19th 2010 |
In the early morning hours on July 16th Engine 3 took in a well involved excavator fire off of Cook Road. The excavator was a total loss....
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| New Delivery |
| Tue. Jul 13th 2010 |
Thanks to the Powhatan County Office of Emergency Management the county has received a grant for a mass causality trailer from Home Land Security and has arrived in Powhatan. The trailer carries 25 backboards and numerous other basic medical supplies to handle a mass causality incident. ...
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