| Fire at Richfield Retirement |
| Mon. Aug 18th 2008 |
Roanoke County and Salem Firefighters responded to a room and contents fire on the fifth floor at Richfield Retirement this morning. The fire was contained quickly but it took awile for the crews to clear out all the smoke. There are no injuries to report. Click on the links below ...
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| NFPA Firefighter Fatalites |
| Sat. Aug 2nd 2008 |
NFPA issued their 2007 firefighter fatalities report. There is some eye opening information in this report so give it a look when you have some free time.
Report (*.pdf file)...
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| R.I.T. Training |
| Sat. Aug 2nd 2008 |
During the last couple of months RCFRD has had R.I.T. training in a warehouse behind the movie theater at Tanglewood Mall. Here are some picture of the "Salisbury, NC Drill."
For more information on the fire that happend in Salisbury, NC Click here
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| Howard County says take-home vehicle policy won't impact safety |
| Fri. Aug 1st 2008 |
Many of the 119 employees set to lose their Howard County-issued vehicles are emergency and pubic safety responders, but department leaders said they’ll strive to continue meeting all resident needs.
“It’s an unfortunate situation but also understandable why they’re being ...
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| Peer Fitness Trainers |
| Tue. Jul 29th 2008 |
The Roanoke Times did an article on the valley's peer fitness trainer and our new equipment. Click on the link below for the article.
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| Video clips from the flag football game |
| Tue. Jul 29th 2008 |
Reily video taped the the football and we have some video clips available on our web site now for you to look at. Click the link below to watch them.
Video Clips...
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| Auto Accident on 220 |
| Sat. Jul 26th 2008 |
Roanoke County and Roanoke City respond to a T-bone on rout 220 in front of IHOP on Friday. Click on the link below for pictures and video.
Roanoke Times...
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| New Ad |
| Sat. Jul 26th 2008 |
Christin Carper and Liberty Mutual are teaming up with the IAFF and MDA. If you purchase insurance with the help of the Liberty Mutual link off our website they will donate a portion of their proceeds to MDA. For more information give Christin Carper a call @ 540-989-6179 extension 51638...
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| HAZ MAT on Route 220 |
| Thu. Jul 24th 2008 |
A tanker truck rolled over creating a HAZ MAT for Roanoke County Firefighters at 5:30 AM this morning. Click on the links below for more info.
WDBJ 7
WSET 13
WSLS 10
Roanoke Times (be sure to watch the video on here to see Captain Hurley's interview)...
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| Firefighter killed |
| Tue. Jul 22nd 2008 |
22 year old PM/FF Ryan Hummert was killed by a gunman on scene of an truck fire. Click on the link below for the full story.
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