2103hrs- Company 1 and Squad 1 were dispatched to the 5000 block of Virginia Byway for a reported MVA with ejection. Engine 1 (with four) arrived at 2110hrs to find a vehicle with heavy damage and a subject lying in the roadway. E-1's crew began providing ALS care while command (1st Lt. Overstreet) began requesting Carilion Lifeguard 10. With the assistance of RS-2 (Witt) and Medic 1, E-1's ALS provider packaged the patient, established two large bore IV's to prepare the patient for air transport. DC Cunningham had the LZ Command. Units operating: E-1 (with four), R-1 (with five), U-1 (with four), B-1 (with two). Total Personnel- 15.

2240hrs- Bedford Communications alerted Company 1 and Squad 6 to the 8000 block of East Lynchburg Salem Turnpike for a reported MVA with entrapment. Engine 1 (with four) arrived to find a vehicle overturned on the highway with one patient with serious injuries. E-1's crew began assessing the patient while the E-1 officer (Overstreet) began requesting a helicopter for transport. Rescue 1 (with six) arrived and shut down both eastbound lanes to establish a landing zone. Command also requested Wagon 5 to shut down westbound lanes from the eastside of the accident. Lynchburg General's Centra 1 medivac transported the patient by air to LGH. All units returned to service at 0000hrs. Total Company 1 personnel: 15.

Thanks to a FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Bedford firefighters will be able to breath a little easier; at least while they donn their gear in the apparatus bay. The AFG grant funded the installation of an exhaust removal system that attaches to each rigs exhaust pipe to remove harmful exhaust the trucks produce while running. This system, which cost approximately $80,000.00, was largely funded by the AFG which is a 95/5 matching grant. The system that has been installed is manufactured by Plymovent and uses a trolley and suction rail system.

0600hrs- Bedford Communications alerted Companies 13 (Stewartsville-Chamblissburg/1st due), 8 (Moneta-2nd due), and 1 (Bedford-RIT) to 3005 Sandy Level Road for reports of fire showing from a private dwelling. Medic 14 (BCoFR) was first to arrive to find heavy fire showing. Wagon 13 arrived and began an aggressive interior attack as Division 1. With limited manpower, Company 1 was reassigned to assist the second due engine company and responded Wagon 1 (with six). A Poor water supply hampered fire suppresion efforts. Wagon 1 secured a water supply at a nearby pond and after hand stretching 5" back to the road, the fire was then quickly knocked down and marked under control at 0642hrs. During overhaul a partial roof collapse occured injuring three Company 13 firefighters. Rescue 5, staging on side Charlie, had arrived just minutes before the "Mayday" was declared. R-5 (the RIT) activated and quickly located the three firefighters and assisted them to the exterior where they were treated. One firefighter was transported to RMH with serious but non-life threatening injuries. Units operating: W-13, E-13, W-8, T-8, W-1, T-12, R-5, Air 1, Medic 14, and RS-2. Total Company 1  personnel: 12.

Senior Firefighter James W. Parker, a 30 year member of the Bedford Fire Department, just recently returned from the Gulf Shores of Alabama.  James worked with the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife and assisted with the recovery and rehab of birds that had been affected by the oil spill.  James received training in bird recovery and proper personal protective equipment needed to stay safe while working on the coast.  On James' first day out after training, he assisted in the rescue of a seagull.  The seagull was transported to the rehab center to be cleaned and eventually released in a safe location. James was also responsible for informing the public along the shore on how to contact the U.S. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife if a bird was found that had been affected by the oil.  After 14 days of service, James was glad to return to his family and the mountains of Virginia. 

 

The family of Posey Dillon will receive visitors at the Rocky Mount Volunteer Fire Department Thursday from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Dillon's funeral will be held Friday at 11:00 a.m. at Franklin Heights Baptist Church.  The church is located on Hilltop Road in Rocky Mount.  The family asks that donations be made to the Posey W. Dillon Memorial Fund, in care of the Rocky Mount Volunteer Fire Department.

The family of Danny Altice will receive visitors at the Rocky Mount Volunteer Fire Department Thursday from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.  Altice's funeral will be held Friday at 3 p.m. at Rocky Mount United Methodist Church on Main Street. 

Rocky Mount Fire Department Chief Posey Dillon and Senior Firefighter Danny Altice were both killed in the line of duty today while responding to a working fire in the Penhook area of Franklin County. According to State Police, Wagon 1A; a 1988 Pierce pumper driven by Chief Dillon, was struck in the side by a 2007 Ford Escape while responding through the intersection of Route 40 East  and School Board Road. Both men were thrown from the apparatus which rolled several times after striking the roads curb. The truck came to rest on top of a 2000 Ford Mustang but the driver of that vehicle was not seriously injured. The officers and members of the Bedford Fire Department wish to extend our deepest sympathy to the families, friends, and fellow firefighters of these two fallen brothers. Funeral arrangements will be posted as available.

Bedford Communications alerted Company 1 to the 3000 block of East Lynchburg Salem Turnpike at 11:09 a.m. this morning after recieving mulitiple calls for a passenger bus on fire. Engine 1 (with three) arrived at 11:15 a.m. to find a 15 passenger van with heavy smoke showing from the engine and passenger compartment. Engine 1's nozzleman and officer stretched the bumper line to extinguish the blaze. Rescue 1 (with four) arrived and popped the hood while E1 knocked the fire down on the interior. The fire was marked under control at 1120hrs.  Both units returned to service at 1214hrs. Total Company 1 personnel: 8.

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1634hrs- Bedford Communications alerted Company 1 to 3 Overlord Circle (the National D-Day Monument) for reports of a vehicle fire. Engine 1 (with four) arrived at 1637hrs to find moderate smoke showing from a small RV parked near the visitors center. E-1's crew stretched the trash line and located a fire in the vehicles generator compartment with extension into the interior. The fire was quickly contained and marked under control at 1645hrs. E-1 and R-1 returned to service at 1713hrs. Total Company 1 personnel: 13.