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Bedford Fire Department
315 Bedford Ave.
Bedford, VA 24523
Phone: 540.586.3433
Fax: 540.586.7151
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The Bedford Volunteer Fire Department is located in the City of Bedford, VA approximately 25 miles east of Roanoke and 20 miles west of Lynchburg. Organized in 1888, the Bedford Volunteer Fire Department was Bedford City and County's only organized fire protection until 1952. With a response of area of nearly 180 square miles, the largest first due response area in the county, the Bedford Volunteer Fire Department remains the busiest fire department each year. With a roster of forty volunteer firemen, the department operates eleven pieces of apparatus and responds to an average of 900 calls a year. The departments busiest piece of apparatus is it's heavy rescue truck, "Rescue 1".
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 - 1657hrs- Company’s 5 (Forest/1st due) and 1 (Bedford/2nd due and RIT) were assigned to 1067 Clearwater Drive for reports of heavy smoke showing from a residence. Wagon 5 was first to arrive to find smoke showing from side Alpha. Engine 1 (with four) arrived just behind W-5 and assumed water... Full Story  | | 1067 Clearwater Drive just after interior crews made a quick knockdown. |
|  | | Ladder 1's crew filling the RIT assignment. |
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - 1002hrs- Company’s 13 (Stewartsville-Chamblissburg), 19 (Shady Grove), and 1 (Bedford) were dispatched to Farmer Lane for a reported house on fire with reports of two occupants burnt. Wagon 13 was first to arrive to find heavy fire showing from a mobile home with several additions. Ladder 1... Full Story |
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Sunday, May 4, 2008 - Bedford firefighters gathered today at the National D-Day Monument for the company’s Annual Picture Day event. Thirty-two of the department’s forty-five active members were able to attend the event that will document the department’s 120th year of volunteer service. The picture ... Full Story |
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Saturday, April 19, 2008 - 0400hrs- Bedford Communications alerted Companies 13 (Stewartsville/1st due), 8 (Moneta/2nd due) and 1(Bedford/RIT)to Lynnville Ford Road for a report of smoke in a residetial dwelling. Wagon 13 was first to arrive to find smoke showing from sides A and B. W-13’s crew quickly stretched 2 1¾ lines... Full Story |
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 - Company 1 members staffing both the Engine and Rescue performed the first rappels from the newly constructed burn building’s four-story tower today. Todays drill focused on rappelling with personal harnesses as well as victim pick-offs using the Life Saving Rope carried by the Roof Man&rsq... Full Story  | | Personal escape using the issued Gemtor harness. |
|  | | Victim rescue using our Life Saving Rope carried by the Roof position. |
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Saturday, April 12, 2008 - 1829hrs- Companies 13 (Stewartsville-Chamblissburg, 19 (Shady Grove), and 1 (Bedford) were dispatched to 1219 Holiday Circle for a reports of a garage on fire. Wagon 13 arrived first to find heavy smoke showing from a 30x40 detached steel garage. 13’s crew made an aggressive interior attack... Full Story |
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008 - 1214hrs- Bedford Communications alerted Company 1 and Squad 1 to the intersection of Peaks Road and Three Otters Road for a reported car fire. Engine 1 (with four) arrived at 1218hrs to find fire showing from the engine compartment of a small car being towed by a RV. The engines crew stretched th... Full Story |
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 1630hrs- Crews from Bedford, Forest, Montvale, Moneta, and Hardy assisted Company 13 (Stewartsville) on a 25 acre brush fire on Jeters Chapel Road that spread quickly due to the low humidity and high winds. The fire wasn’t completely contained until the early morning hours the next day afte... Full Story |
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 1630hrs- Bedford Communications alerted Company 1 and Squad 1 to the intersection of Forest Road and Goode Station Road for a motor vehicle accident involving two vehicles with possible entrapment. Engine 1 (with four) and Rescue 1 (with six) arrived to find one driver still inside and heavy dama... Full Story |
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Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 1112hrs-Company 1 and Squad 1 were dispatched beside of 879 East Main Street for grass and trees on fire. Brush 1 (with two), Brush 1A (with two), and Wagon 1 were on the scene at 1115hrs reporting a small 20x20 grass fire that had extended into several pine trees. Within ten minutes the crews ha... Full Story |
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