General news about our department, members and families.
When we are on duty, we draw our strength, knowledge and courage from those around us. There is no doubt that AVFRD has some of the finest people in our community within our ranks. But what happens when we find ourselves facing an emergency when not on duty and without [...]
Ashburn Volunteer firefighter Matthew Quist was recognized with a valor award at the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce 32nd Annual Loudoun Valor Awards ceremony today. The Loudoun Valor Awards honor local heroes, from Public Safety personnel to ordinary citizens, for their courageous, often lifesaving actions. We recognize the actions that these dedicated [...]
AVFRD is proud to reveal a new EMS patch for our department. The EMS patch is similar in styling to our engine company and truck company patches. The bee (part of the Ashburn Swarm), sports a blue EMS helmet with the number 6 for the Ashburn Ambulance Company [...]
"Every person should know the simple steps of Hands-Only CPR,” said Rescue Chief Kevin Piatt, from Ashburn Volunteer Fire Rescue Department. “We hope the Hands-Only CPR kiosk that was previewed at AVFRD’s Fall Open House really takes off – we’d love to see other high-traffic places and events do the same [...]
Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department's Station 6 was recently included in Firehouse Magazine's 2016 Station Design Awards as a notable in the Combination/Volunteer category. The 30,000 sq ft station was completed in 2016. The building includes 14 bedrooms, an exercise room, kitchen and living areas, meeting rooms and [...]
Congratulations to Marvin Boyd, recently selected as one of the top "40 under 40 " in Loudoun. Marvin serves his community in multiple ways as part of AVFRD, He is an EMS sergeant on Wednesday nights, and works administratively as Vice President of the Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department [...]
AVFRD this week celebrates Gertrude Mae Smith Fletcher. Mrs. Fletcher passed away Sunday, October 9, 2016 at the age of 94. "Gertie" and her late husband, Charlie, were founding members of Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue. Gertie continued to support AVFRD throughout her life as an officer of the [...]
One of our own, Heidi Wallner, EMT/FF on the Wednesday crew, works at Dulles Airport for LSG Sky Chefs. In the February issue of their world-wide company magazine, Heidi was written up. Way to go Heidi. Heidi Wallner in Sky Chefs Magazine
Tonight~ AVFRD celebrated it' 70th year as a department. We had a hell of a turn out and would like to thank our banquet committee for knocking it out the park once again for putting on a great event. Thanks to all members past and present that shared in tonight' [...]
AVFRD placed into service 2 Ferrara Ignitor Pumpers December 24, 2014 (Engine 22) and January 10, 2015 (Engine 6) respectfully. The new line of engines drastically differ in design and appearance from our existing apparatus. The spec committee wanted to go back to a simplistic Engine Co. design that Ashburn [...]
