| Assist Company 17 |
| Sat. Aug 23rd 2008 |
While Company 15 was at our Annual Blue Grass Festival held by the Lyn-Dan Heights Rutain Club we were alerted at 17:54 to assit Company 17 (Evington) for a report of a brush fire approx 100-200 yards from the Evington Post Office. Cheif 17 advised that they had a fire in a pine plan...
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| Did anyone say Turkey's |
| Wed. Aug 20th 2008 |
At 9:49 am Campbell Communications altered Company 15 for a report of a report of a tractor trailer that was leaking fuel and oil on the 29 North Exit ramp to US 460 East. Equipment 15-4 responded at 9:51 and arrived to a tractor trailer that was over turned carrying...
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| MVA |
| Mon. Aug 18th 2008 |
Company 15, squad 2 responded to an MVA at the intersection of Waterlick Rd. and Leesville Rd. involving a station wagon and a pick up truck. Company 12 was dispatched for assistance....
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| Brush Fire Simons Run Rd. |
| Fri. Aug 8th 2008 |
At approximately 2pm Company 15 and Department of Forestry were dispatched to a controlled burn that had gotten out of control. A local construction company had been burning a brush pile when winds picked up and caused the fire to spread. The first units arriving found the construction c...
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| Rolling Thunder |
| Mon. Jul 28th 2008 |
Monday night before the monthly business meeting 2 members of the Rolling Thunder motorcycle group presented Company 15 with a certificate of appreciation for doing a standby recently during operation "Flying Thunder" when two Vietnam Era Huey Helicopters landed at Lynchburg Regional Airpo...
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| Brush Fire |
| Sun. Jul 27th 2008 |
Sunday afternoon Company 15 responded to a report of brushfire beside Food Lion on route 29. Units arriving found a field on fire rapidly spreading to the woods. Capt. Scott Glass utilized the deck gun and knocked down the fire. Forestry hose and booster reels were deployed to finish putting out the...
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| Crane Fire at Cycle Systems |
| Thu. Jul 24th 2008 |
At approximately 1:35 pm Company 15 responded to a report of a crane on fire at Cycle Systems. Units responded and found the crane smoking and employees had extinguished the fire. A hose line was stretched and used to cool down the engine compartment and fuel tanks. Cycle Systems is a company that r...
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| Lyn-Dan Heights Receives Grant |
| Wed. Jul 23rd 2008 |
Company 15 is proud to announce that we have received The Federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant. We were chosen in the Third Round for Operations and Safety. We will be removing some equipment that is out of date and will be adding somethings that are for the safety of each fire ...
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| MVA Motorcycle and the Hitch hiking Guinea |
| Sun. Jul 20th 2008 |
Company 15 and Squad 2 responded to an MVA involving a motorcycle. The rider dumped his bike and was taken to the hospital with injuries before responding units arrived on scene. while crews were on scene a guinea decided to pay a visit and tried to catch a ride on Engine 15-1. When that didn'...
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| Independence Day Celebration |
| Sat. Jul 5th 2008 |
Truck 15 made it's first public appearance in the annual 4th of July parade held in Concord. Riding in the parade on Truck 15 were Eddie Gunter board of supervisors, his grand daughter, Bill Bingom Fire Commissioner and members of Co. 15 and Co. 13. After the parade the truck was put on d...
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