
VDFP strengthens statewide firefighter training programs
The Virginia Department of Fire Programs has been awarded $1.2 million in grants from FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighter Grant program.

The Virginia Department of Fire Programs has been awarded $1.2 million in grants from FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighter Grant program.

The world is in a scary state of flux these days, with wildfires devastating Australia and earthquakes terrifying Puerto Rico, and the troubles only seem to be starting.

A Craigsville man has been charged in an early-Friday fire that destroyed his 62 N. Hancock St. home.

A properly functioning fire sprinkler quickly controlled a fire on the third-floor deck of an apartment building in Harrisonburg on New Year’s Day.

A Harrisonburg resident is safe today after functioning smoke alarms alerted him to a possible fire inside his home.

Ian Bennett is stepping away from the Harrisonburg Fire Department. But don’t think that means he’s done playing an active role in a community he has come to love.

Elaine Luria (VA-02) and other members of the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force this week condemned President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. would begin the withdrawal process from the Paris Climate Accord.

During childhood, we are often asked about what we want to be when we grow up. The answers are normally outlandish and exciting careers such as astronauts, firefighters or the president.

As a combination agency, Augusta County Fire-Rescue serves the citizens and businesses of Augusta County by providing career staffing to 13 of the 17 stations either on a 24-hour, three-shift rotation or Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Augusta County fire and rescue agencies are coming together to raise money to support an EMT who was injured when an ambulance he was working in was involved in a motor vehicle accident.