Staunton Fire Department receives Life Safety Achievement Award for zero fire deaths in 2014

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The Staunton Fire & Rescue Department was recently presented with a Life Safety Achievement Award for its fire prevention accomplishments in 2014 by the National Association of State Fire Marshals Fire Research and Education Foundation in partnership with Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co.

Firearms gallery at Virginia Historical Society to be named For Cecil R. Hopkins

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The Virginia Historical Society announced that its new firearms gallery will be named the Cecil R. Hopkins Gallery, in recognition of a major grant from the Cecil R. and Edna S. Hopkins Family Foundation and in memory of Mr. Hopkins, who established Green Top Sporting Goods in Hanover County, Virginia, in 1947.

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Albemarle County resident to be recognized for heroic action during fire

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On Wednesday at the Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department, Dan Eggleston, Albemarle County Fire Rescue Chief, and Mike Rose, Battalion Chief of the Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department, will present local citizen Ann Kashatus with a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of her quick thinking and bravery during a fire at a family member’s home.