Tag Archives: Virginia

F(x)P, Function and Purpose, is a firefighter owned company out of Bristol, VA that has designed a wrist wrap and hand protector combination for weightlifting, Crossfit, and cross training. Some information about the product from their Amazon.com Listing: Wrist support-our ...

The Bristol Virginia Professional Firefighters Association is hosting a four hour seminar on Rapid Intervention Team Operations on October 17. Chief James K. Crawford, Assistant Chief of Midway Fire Rescue and a retired Chief from Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, will ...

On Wednesday morning, emergency responders were dispatched to a number of motor vehicle accidents along Interstate 77 in Hillsville, VA (Carroll County). While firefighters were responding, they were using a cross-over in the median, one of there apparatus was struck ...

This edition of Blowin’ Smoke features a veteran member of the fire service from a department just a few hours away. Chief Ty Dickerson is the Chief of the City of Lexington Fire Department in Lexington, Virginia. I reached out ...

Yesterday, I was travelled to Hillsville, VA to take part in the 1st Annual H.E.R.O. Day (Hearts Empowered to Rescue Others) in Carroll County, VA. The event was organized by Carroll County Tourism and Carroll County Fire/Rescue. While it was ...

This coming Saturday, May 3rd, I will be travelling to Hillsville, Virginia for an event that I’ve been looking forward to for quite some time now. H.E.R.O. Day will be hosted on Farmers Market Drive and will be an event ...

This version of the Station Project is a little different from the others in that I was not able to personally assist with the project, but my brothers and sisters at my volunteer department did. The department, Chilhowie Fire & ...

Fighting fires is a physically demanding activity for career and volunteer firefighters that answer the calls that come in. On January 6th, the cold temperatures that moved into the Tri-Cities area of Southwestern Virginia and Northeast Tennessee made things much ...

My Name is Robby Owens, and I am a Firefighter/Medic for a Career Fire Department in Central Virginia. I started in the fire service with the Mechanicsville Volunteer Fire Department at age 15, and in my almost 10 years there, I held ...

This is the second part of Brian Edwards’ story about setting out on a journey to become a career firefighter. In the first article, Brian talked about starting his diet after realizing he had to become “firefighter fit.” Click here ...