At approx 1600hrs Company 1 and Squad 1 were dispatched to the Little Otter Bridge on East Lynchburg Salem Turnpike for a MVA blocking both west bound lanes. Engine 1 with three arrived minutes after the dispatch to find a horse trailer overturned with one horse still inside. … [Read more...]

After two nights of training and excellent attendance by Company 1 firefighters the new Scott Airpacks are on all apparatus and in-service. After Thursday nights airpack training approximately twenty members stayed several hours to mount new brackets on apparatus to get the … [Read more...]

Thirty-two members of the Bedford County Special Operations Command participated in a two day trench class on Saturday and Sunday at the Bedford County Department of Fire Rescue Educational Complex. Many team members were already certified in trench rescue prior to the class but … [Read more...]

Minutes after the dispatch for the overturned horse trailer Bedford Communications advised they were getting multiple reports of a jack-knifed tractor-trailer just east of the first accident. Callers reported that the tractor-trailer topped the hill just east of the Little Otter … [Read more...]

Approximately fifteen moms and children from the Greater Bedford Christian Educators visited the firehouse today to learn about fire safety and prevention. Each kid was given his or her own helmet and was given the opportunity to spray water with a hoseline. The kids also got to … [Read more...]