Pictured below: Garret rocks the uniform! Pictured below: Garret with Kathy Weil~ Mom Holly Owens~ Dad John Owens and AVFRD Staff Officers~ President Don Graham~ Deputy Chief Kevin Piatt~ and Chief Miguel Quijano Pictured below: Garret with mom and dad at NYAJ Fundraiser. Garret' Story: Six year old Garret Owens [...]
Garret's Story: Six-year-old Garret Owens is a regular at Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, working alongside his mom, member Holly Owens, who joined us in the administrative function in July of 2013. Along with his dad, John Owens, he often contributes as much manpower and man-hours as any [...]
AVFRD held its groundbreaking ceremony Thursday~ May 22nd~ at Station 6 on Ashburn Road. In attendance were AVFRD Vice President Carl Cowan~ Board of Supervisors Reps Shawn Williams and Ralph Buona~ Loudoun County Fire-Rescue Chief Keith Brower~ AVFRD Chief Miguel Quijano~ and AVFRD President Don Graham. Also~ President Graham made [...]
Yesterday~ members from Ashburn and Leesburg flew the arch and flag for one of the 9/11 memorial rides. AVFRD takes great pride in being asked each year to be a part of this event. STRONG WORK BOYZ!
Just before midnight Ashburn units were alerted for a structure fire in company 24' first alarm district. Engine 611B and Tower 611 arrived to find a two-story commercial warehouse with nothing showing. Once crews gained entry they found a small fire in a garage that was held in check by [...]
Doomsday has arrived. Old Fire Station 6 will be demolished starting today and tomorrow. We realize it' a sad time in our dept' history~ but I can assure everyone that a lot of the old building will live on in the new firehouse!
Residents of The Magnolias at Leisure World sponsored a chili cook-off on February 10~ 2012~ with benefits going to AVFRD. Firefighter Heidi Wallner and Administrative Member Jerry Brown served as two of the four judges. Firefighter Ray Repage and his crew stopped by to chat with the residents.
PANCAKE BREAKFAST - AUGUST 3~ 2014 Bring the whole family to enjoy a hearty breakfast of pancakes~ eggs~ bacon~ sausage~ biscuits and gravy~ hash browns~ coffee and juices. Best of all~ you don't have to cook~ or clean. Before or after breakfast~ take the time to wander among the fire [...]
I was able to visit the Hollowind Hosedown again this year; and~ as always~ the event was a real favorite. Full families gathered on the secluded cul de sac long before the arrival of the fire truck. Tents were set up and lawn chairs lined the street in anticipation of [...]
12 minutes into shift change on June 3rd, Box 2415 was sounded for the house on fire. First arriving units reported a 1 story vacant dwelling with fire showing. Tower 6 arrived as the 2nd truck on the initial assignment while Engine 6 was part of the Level 1 RIT. [...]
