Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire & Rescue

Join us Saturday, November 1, from 8AM - 2PM for the Holiday Craft Sale.  Lunch will be served.  Handmade gifts, ornaments, baked goods, and more will be for sale.

For table rental, call 540-955-1934.

Join us for a day of fun at our annual golf tournament at Virginia National Golf Course on Friday, October 17th.  The tournament starts at 11 AM.

Players/Sponsors: 540-687-0042

It’s not too early to start looking forward to our Fall Cash Party, to be held on Saturday, September 13.  Bring friends for dinner, fun and a chance to win $1,000.  For tickets, call 540-336-2122.

Join Blue Ridge Vol. Fire & Rescue for a spaghetti dinner and bluegrass next Saturday night with our friends, The Naked Mountain Boys!

They are now 6 (fiddle, banjo, dobro, mandolin, guitar and bass) and are eager to play traditional favorites, assorted new tunes by the likes of the Dixie Chicks, and original material, too.

Dinner will be served at 6 P.M, and the musical presentation will begin at 7.

Reserve your table at 955-3396 by May 8 and receive a special gift!

Blue Grass Dinner at Blue Ridge - Flyer

Please join us on Saturday, February 23, 2008 for our biannual Cash Party. The festivities begin at 6:00 PM, with doors opening at 5:45 PM. Tickets are $20, and each ticket represents an opportunity to win $1000. Please note that a ticket must be present at the event in order for it to win.

To purchase tickets, call 540-336-2122.

On Wednesday, December 5, at 22:00 hours, Company 8 units were dispatched for a structure fire at 207 E. Main Street in Berryville. The crew from Rescue Engine 8 attempted to advance a 2 1/2 line until command evacuated the structure due to heavy fire in the ceiling area. Following evacuation, crews were split to provide protection on the Delta exposure. ALS 8’s vehicle was used as the initial command center. Attempts to fight the fire were complicated by a rupture in the gas main feeding the structure. Chief 1 (Sours) had command.

On Sunday, December 2, at 18:00 hours, Company 8 units, closing out a busy day which had already seen a smoke-in-a-structure call and mutual aid to Loudoun County for a vehicle fire, when they were dispatched for a motor vehicle accident with reported entrapment. Rescue Engine 8 arrived to find a pickup truck on its roof with one patient entrapped in the vehicle with partial ejection. Rescue Engine 8 crew stabilized the vehicle and removed the driver’s door. The patient was removed from the vehicle and transported to Winchester Medical Center by Medic 1. Chief 8 had command.

On Thursday, November 29, at 19:30 hours, Company 8 was dispatched for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment. Rescue Engine 8 arrived to find a two vehicle accident with no entrapment. Rescue Engine 8 crew assisted with patient checkout. Assistant Chief 8 (Cornett) had command.

Wednesday, November 28th, Company 8 dispatched for an accident, a vehicle reported underneath a truck. Rescue Engine 8 arrived and found two vehicles, with one patient still in the vehicle; no entrapment. Rescue Engine crew assisted with patient removal. One patient was transported to Winchester Medical Center.  Assistant Chief 8 (Cornett) had command.

Monday morning, November 19^th, at 09:00 hours, Company 8 units were alerted for a vehicle accident with entrapment. On arrival, a vehicle was found rolled multiple times. There was one patient out of the vehicle. Medic 8 transported one patient to Winchester Medical Center. Rescue Engine 8 handled vehicle hazards and assisted with road cleanup.