
Staunton to apply for grant funding to hire three firefighters for understaffed department
Staunton City Council approved submission of an application Thursday for the city to be considered for SAFER Grants to hire firefighters.
Staunton City Council approved submission of an application Thursday for the city to be considered for SAFER Grants to hire firefighters.
Three Virginia firefighters were memorialized as part of a national tribute in Maryland earlier this month.
FEMA approved a $1.7 million grant for Albemarle County to help the county’s fire and rescue department hire, train, and deploy seven full-time firefighters.
Firefighters are working to extinguish a wildfire near the Parks of Otter in Bedford on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
The Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act was signed into law by the president two years ago as part of the 2022 NDAA.
U.S. firefighters are more likely to suffer certain diseases and illnesses as a result of their career and experience higher rates of cancer.
As the Quaker Run fire inched closer to the Syria community, local farmers and residents mobilized to help fire crews.
The Albemarle County Fire Rescue and Charlottesville Fire Department will unite to honor and remember the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a stair climb.
Albemarle County Fire Rescue has been awarded a $7.1 million FEMA grant to hire, train and deploy 30 full-time firefighters.
A pinning ceremony was held Wednesday to celebrate 20 recruit firefighters in Albemarle County who will now serve at different fire stations.