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Station 1 Long Range Planning
GVFRS has outgrown our Main Street Station, Station 1, which can no longer properly support the needed equipment and personnel. GVFRS has been working for nearly two years to develop options to meet the needs of the department and the community for at least the next 50 years.
You can track our progress on our Long Range Planning pages.
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Station 1 – Main Street
6595 Main Street
Gloucester, VA 23061
804-693-2148
Station 4 – Harcum
7598 Dutton Road
Gloucester, VA 23061
804-693-3674
Station 6 – Sassafrass
7070 Ark Road
Gloucester, VA 23061
804-693-0724
HERE’S SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING ACCESSIBILITY TO YOUR HOME SHOULD YOU NEED US! The following information was “borrowed” from another fire company for you to look over to determine if you need to widen your driveway or private road:
HERE'S SOME IMPORTANT HALLOWEEN SAFETY INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION:
Over the past weekend Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue conducted Rural Water Supply training with personnel from Abingdon Volunteer Fire and Rescue and Mathews and Lower King and Queen Volunteer Fire Companies. Using dump tanks and tankers, students learned how to put together and continually supply water for large fires away from municipal water systems (although we did do some supply evolutions using hydrants). GVFRS extends our sincere appreciation to Abingdon and Lower King and Queen for supplying their tankers to assist with our training!
HERE IS SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT BLINDNESS AND FIRE SAFETY:![]()
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In addition to October being Fire Prevention Month, October is also World Blindness Awareness Month. As a result, the blind or visually impaired are at increased risk of injury and death in the event of a fire. The following information is from the Department of Virginia Fire Programs. If you have a family member or friend who is blind or visually impaired, please share this information with them and take these steps to make their home easier to escape in the event of fire:![]()
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Here are some fire safety tips for the blind or visually impaired:![]()
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· Practice a fire escape plan: Practice with a trusted friend, family member, or building manager. Identify at least two exits from each room, and practice opening doors, windows, and screens.![]()
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· Use tactile cues: Install raised dots or tape along escape routes and around doors and windows.![]()
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· Keep important items within reach: Keep your phone, keys, wallet, and any medication you need in a consistent location.![]()
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· Use a call system: Consider installing a medical alert bracelet or other call system.![]()
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· Use a bedroom on the ground floor: Choose a bedroom that's close to an exit.
Your Gloucester Volunteer Fire Prevention Team is currently on location at Petsworth Elementary School. We’ll be speaking to a total of 13 pre-schoolers and 60 kindergartners and first this morning. We stress the importance of having working smoke (and carbon monoxide) detectors in their home, EVERY ONE (and that means you too parents and adults who aren’t parents) SLEEPING WITH THEIR BEDROOM DOORS CLOSED, staying low below the smoke and feeling the doorknob with the back of their hand, having a fire escape plan with two ways out of every room, and what firefighters will look and sound like if they have to come rescue you. Also addressed is kitchen and campfire safety, stop, drop and roll, knowing their address and calling 911 if for some reason the adult they are with cannot do so. The children most enjoy getting inside of the fire truck! They are given plastic red fire helmets, informational coloring books and fire escape plan templates for them to take home to work up an escape plan with their parents. We also currently have an engine with other Fire Prevention Team members at Ware Academy this morning addressing their elementary school students. Our Fire Prevention Teams have conducted a number of presentations at schools in our response district over the last several weeks in conjunction with National Fire Prevention Week.