The next Prospective Member Meeting will be held at Station 22 this Tuesday~ May 27~ 2014 at 7pm. I am looking forward to this meeting; and also~ to meeting the new prospective members. I plan to follow this class of 2014-3 as they decide which service interests them and where [...]
May 22nd~ 2014 was Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue' Official Ground Breaking for the new firehouse. Loudoun County Board of Supervisor' and Loudoun County' Chief of Fire Department joined AVFRD' leadership for a great day in the evolution of our Department and County system. Thanks for all the SUPPORT!
We will be updating the website and Facebook pages weekly during the next year on the progress of the build. This week~ the temporary operations and station were installed. Next week~ the decking between tent and trailers and utilities to the temporary facilities will start. AVFRD would like to give [...]
Volunteering our time to help the community goes beyond just sitting around the firehouse waiting for the gong to ring. Whether the emergency that we respond to has a positive or negative effect, our volunteers truly care about every citizen that comes into our lives. AVFRD is in all aspects [...]
Yesterday~ much of our 2nd family rallied together for departmental pictures as we mark the 70th Anniversary of our department and the last time many of us would be together in the firehouse as we know it. We cannot express how proud we were to see everyone together. Many of [...]
AVFRD would like to thank Mike and Jason of Barrett Machine for fabricating and donating a lock tree prop for the department. All labor~ parts~ and time of mock up were donated to Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department. Thanks again guys!
Units from the 1st Battalion, and MWAA operated on this "working" single family dwelling, 3.24.2014 @ approximately 1830 hours. Fire started in the basement with extension into the attic space. The bulk of the fire was knocked within 15 minutes with extensive overhaul of all floors. The dwelling was a [...]
Congratulations to Spenser Rader and his family on the birth of their child. Baby Pierson Rader was born on 3/4/14 and is a healthy 8 pound 6 ounces. Congratulations!!
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, the armistice took effect. Now we call it Veterans day and most people just see it as a three day weekend. Keep in mind the sacrifice made by our military and thank a Vet [...]
Shortly after 1900 hours, units from Ashburn were alerted to Sterling for a structure fire. Engines 22 and 18 arrived simultaneously to find a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant with smoke showing and fire on the exterior. Engine 22 stretched a line into the structure while Engine 18 extinguished the fire on [...]
