SVFD NEWS ARCHIVES - Third Quarter 2009

Members Attend VSFA Convention

August 15th 2009 - Members attended the Annual VSFA Convention held at the Hampton Convention Center this year.  A few members checked out the exhibit hall on Thursday and returned Saturday for the competitions.  This year Aaron Morgan and Denny West participated in the driving rodeo competition.  A modified EVOC course is set-up and a demo fire engine was supplied by C.W. Williiams of NC.  The objective was to navigate through the course as quickly as possible and brush or knockdown the least number of cones.  This year, Aaron Morgan placed 8th and Denny West placed 3rd out of approximately 50 participates.

Extrication - Great Spring Road

August 3rd 2009 - At 0511 hours, while a medic was responding from Station 60 (IWVRS), the 50 House was banged out for an accident with injuries and advised that it would be an extrication.  Engine 52 and Rescue 51 responded with six personnel.  Upon arrival, 504 (O'Reilly) confirmed that it would be a working extrication.  Engine 52 arrived to place a protection line in service, stabilize the vehicle, and secure the battery.  Rescue 51 arrived on the heels of Engine 52 and stretched the pre-connected cutter and spreader.  Due to the entanglement and poor access to the passenger side of the vehicle, the portable hydraulic pump and telescoping ram was placed in service to displace the dash off of the patient's legs.  After approx. 35 minutes, the patient was freed from the vehicle and placed in the care of the medic crew for transport to a local hospital.

Transformer Fire - Blount's Corner Road

July 29th 2009 - Around 1630 hours, Stations 50, 30, and 60 were banged out for a structure fire caused by downed power lines.  Upon arrival, it was determined that there was no structure fire and the incident was reduced to only Engine 52.  The area was blocked by Engine 52 until Dominion Power arrived to handle the situation.  Engine 52 returned to service in just under one hour.  Check out the impressive show while waiting on Dominion Power.  Video

New SCBA Received

July 27th 2009 - Station 50 received 40 Scott Airpak 75 SCBA with 30 minute bottles as part of a county-wide SCBA upgrade.  Every station will have the same air pack adding to the interoperability among all of the county departments.  Also, each department will have 3 RIT paks as part of the upgrade.  Over the next few weeks, inventory, fit testing and training will take place before units are placed into service.

Truck Fire - Burton Drive

July 27th 2009 - At 0930 hours, Station 50 was alerted for a vehicle fire on Burton Drive at Smithfield Gardens Nursery.  Engine 52 responded with four, and upon arrival found a dump body truck with cab well involved.  A 150' trash line with class B foam was deployed for fire attack.  The fire was quickly knocked down, and Engine 52 returned to service after operating 30 minutes.  Video

Members Attend Expo

July 26th 2009 - A few members attended the annual Firehouse Expo held in Baltimore, Maryland.  While there, members talked to vendors about equipment for the new fire station and also looked at apparatus to continue to acquire ideas for the new rescue that should be ordered very soon.  Hmmm, I wonder what it's going to look like?

Structure Fire - Garrison Drive

July 26th 2009 - At 1930 hours, Stations 40, 50, and 70 were alerted for a barn fire on Garrison Drive.  Engine 53 responded par 3 along with 502.  Station 40 (first due) arrived to a fully involved barn fire and began fire attack with two 1 3/4" handlines.  Upon arrival, Engine 53 (fourth due) was initially ordered to start a drafting operation, but was then ordered to dump its 1,000 gallons of water into Tanker 40.  A short time later, Engine 53 was located into a position to hydraulically overhaul the area and douse the buildings remains.  Engine 53 operated for approximately three hours before returning to the 50 House.  Hydraulic Overhaul

Structure Fire - Green Level Road

July 25th 2009 - While members were training at the town treatment plant, a dispatch was heard for a structure fire on Green Level Road which station 10 (Carrollton) and 60 (IOWVRS) were alerted.  After the the location of the call was verified, members quickly returned to quarters and responded Engine 52, Engine 53, and Rescue 51.  Upon arrival, moderate smoke was found throughout the structure.  The problem was isolated to the meter box on the rear of the structure where faulty wiring was found.  A fan was then used to clear the dwelling of smoke.  Units operated for one hour before returning to service.

Brush Truck Special Called To Carrollton

July 22nd 2009 - About 1630 hours, Carrollton (Station 10) was on scene and requested Brush 51 to respond to Haynes Lane for a working brush fire.  Brush 51 and Support 50 responded with four.  Upon arrival, Brush 51 deployed a booster line with class A foam to assist in extinguishing the deep seated fire.  Units operated for approximately one hour before returning to service.

New Fire Station Update

July 20th 2009 - After several years of work and planning, the department is finally able to see some progress on the new fire station. The station will be built in the 1800 block of S. Church Street, giving us easy access to both the town and county areas we provide service.  Some of the improvements the new station will feature will be an apparatus bay almost doubled the size of our current station, individual living quarters for the growing live-in membership, and a training/meeting room which was lost when our current meeting room was converted to live-in quarters.  The latest timeline has construction starting in November 2009.

YMCA Wet Down

July 17th 2009 - The summer camp was treated with a cool shower from the deck gun of Engine 52 (Nickel Deuce).