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Lake of the Woods Volunteer Fire Department
Always training to serve our community.
Even with all of our other commitments, and events, going on these last few days our members found time to do some necessary and critical response training.
On Sunday, August 11th members of LOWVFD and County of Orange Fire & EMS (COFEMS) got together to mutually work on driver training, pump operations, tanker operations, and setting up for rural water supply.
For those that may not be familiar with this type of training it is crucial to our response operations. There are many parts of the county that are not hydrant accessible and thus require a well trained team to be able to quickly deploy a water source in order to effectively respond to a residential or structure fire. Great job by our crews from LOWVFD and COFEMS.
On Thursday, August 8th your LOWVFD was very happy to be invited to the Brandy Station Volunteer Fire Department Annual Fair & Parade. Congratulations to the crew of Truck 29 for winning 2nd place in the aerial division. Great job and what a fine way to close out this summer.
Since the start of school is right around the corner we decided to help some of our neighbors and the community.
On Sunday, August 11th your LOWVFD dropped off our collection of supplies to our neighbor, Weichert Realtors, as part of their school supply drive.
Good luck to all the students with your new school year.
One of the benefits of being a community organization is being able to meet other organizations that you can partner with to foster a true sense of neighbor helping neighbor. On Saturday, August 10th the crew of Engine 29 was able to do just that when they were invited to support the Lake of the Woods Adaptive Watersports Foundation and their 4th Annual Adaptive Children's Event. Great job Engine 29 and thank you to the Lake of the Woods Adaptive Watersports Foundation for your tremendous positive impact on so many lives, both children and adults.
Did you know that Governor Northam announced that August 2019 will be Virginia's Smokey Bear Awareness Month?
As reported by many local news outlets, this declaration celebrates the "Smokey Bear Wildfire Prevention" campaign's 75th anniversary and reminds Virginians of their role in protecting the Commonwealth’s forestland. Since 1944, Smokey Bear has taught millions of people about their role in preventing wildfires.
Your Lake of the Woods Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company support this campaign and strives to bring public awareness to wildfire prevention through efforts such as our recent Wildfire Preparedness Day event. In Virginia, 95 percent of all wildfires are started from human activity, and more than half are caused by people burning trash and yard debris.Thus, these campaigns, and associated public events, serve as great opportunities for us to discuss wildfire community risk reduction efforts within our community since wildfires can spread very quickly and cause extensive damage.
Happy 75th Birthday Smokey Bear.
Lake of the Woods Volunteer Rescue Squad
LOWLINC and Mary Washington Healthcare are offering a local FREE CPR/AED Workshop on 9/5. Register today at www.lowlinc.org
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We receive a lot of support from our community and in many different formats, whether it be financial, emotional or other. Volunteerism is down overall across the nation and LOWFR29 is not immune to the challenges. We reached out to Meadows Farms Golf Course for assistance and they more than answered our request for support. Meadows Farms is helping us to retain and attract members by providing two free golf passes per month for each of our volunteers.
Reach out to us on Facebook to find out how you can become a member with our company, serve our community, earn golf passes and play on a round on the course that is “Home to longest hole in the USA!”
Thank you Meadows Farms Golf Course, this is truly an awesome and motivating donation.
You're invited!
On Tuesday, August 6th, your Lake of the Woods Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company members will be celebrating National Night Out.
National Night Out is an annual community building campaign that promotes partnerships between first responders and their community.
Our local event kicks off at 6:00 pm at Sweetbriar Park where participating agencies will be available to: answer questions about their mission, talk about their equipment and apparatus, and perhaps even sign up some new volunteers.
Contact Us
Lake of the Woods Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Inc.
104 Lakeview Parkway
Locust Grove, VA 22508-2025
Fire Department: 540-972-7510
Rescue Squad: 540-972-7480
Emergency: 911
