| Montgomery County Fire |
| Fri. Feb 6th 2009 |
Station 9 responded to a structure fire in Montgomery County today. No firefighters were injured....
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| Station 1 Update |
| Thu. Feb 5th 2009 |
Chief Maxey sent out some pictures of RCFRD Station 1. The station is due to be completed sometime this summer....
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| 300 Block of 10th Street Vinton |
| Thu. Jan 15th 2009 |
Around 9 PM tonight Career and volunteer firefighters from Vinton, Mt. Pleasant, and Reed Mountain repsonded to a structure fire in the 300 Block of 10th Street Vinton. Four people lived in the house but everybody is ok but the house was a total loss.
WSLS (Video)
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| 800 Block of Chestnut St. Vinton |
| Thu. Jan 15th 2009 |
Around 5:30 this morning Paid Crews from Vinton, Mt. Pleasant, Roanoke City, and volunteers from Vinton responded to a structure fire in the 800 Block of Chestnut St. The fire was under control in about 45 minuets with no injuries. The fire was started by homeless people making a warming...
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| Guns and Hoses 6 |
| Tue. Jan 13th 2009 |
The firefighters finally beat the police 6 - 2 on Saturday night. There were over 2000 people in attendance and is expected to raise over $10,000. Gary did a great job getting this game together and beating the cops was just the icing on the cake. For more info click on the links b...
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| Glade Creek Rd. Fire |
| Mon. Jan 12th 2009 |
Around 4:30 today crews from Hollins, Vinton, and volunteer crews from Reed Mountain responded to a Structure Fire on Glade Creek Rd. One volunteer firefighter was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
VA Fire News (Tons of Pics)
Roanoke Times
WSLS 10 (Video)...
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| Battalion Chief King's B-Shift outing |
| Tue. Jan 6th 2009 |
Tonight several members from L-3194 and others gathered at the "Family Restaurant" AKA Hooters for a gathering to celebrate Battalion Chief Charlie King's upcoming retirement. A good time was had by all and it was great to see Retired Division Chief Steve Poff and Retired Firefighter...
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| Guns and Hoses 6 |
| Tue. Jan 6th 2009 |
Sorry this has taken us so long to put up but Guns and Hoses 6 is this Saturday January 6th at the Roanoke Civic Center at 6pm. Gary works really hard to put this game together every year and needs our help. So if you can help contact Gary or Toby and they will give you further inst...
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| Poor Mountain Brush Fire |
| Thu. Jan 1st 2009 |
Crews from Roanoke County and the Forestry Department had a 45-50 acre fire today on Poor Mountain. The fire is 100% contained and was started when leaves got into a pickup trucks engine compartment. No houses were threatened and there are no injuries to report.
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Roanoke Times
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| BC Charlie Kings Retirement |
| Mon. Dec 29th 2008 |
As everybody probably knows we are losing a great Battalion Chief at the end of January. His wife Kathy is throwing a retirement party for him on January 17th. Everybody in the department is invited to come. Look at the flyer for more details....
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