ARLINGTON FIRE JOURNAL Metro D.C. Fire History

Honoring the Fire and Rescue Service - Arlington County, Virginia and Beyond - Established 1999

Monday, April 07, 2008

NOROVIRUS OUTBREAK

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Medic 325 Photo : Airport web site It was a busy night for the Reagan National Airport Fire Department. On April 3, 2008, a norovirus infect...
Friday, April 04, 2008

DC RIOTS - 1968

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40th Anniversary In 1968, Washington, D.C. burned following the April 4 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis. Arlington Co...
Thursday, April 03, 2008

NEW STATION 5

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STATION No. 5 Crystal City 1750 South Hayes Street Arlington, VA 22202 Engine 105, Truck 105 & Medic 105 In 2008, the Arlington County F...

HOUSE ENGULFED - 2008

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UPDATED MAY 2008 PHOTO : Fire Lt. Jeff Kramer via http://www.acfd3.com/ Box 7602 - April 19, 2008 - 5:37 a.m. ``Units arrived with heavy fir...
Wednesday, April 02, 2008

RESCUE DOG `GUS'

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Photo : U.S. Army The Arlington County Fire Department received assistance from across the nation in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 att...

SNAKE BITE

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On March 24, 2008, Arlington County firefighters used a fire extinguisher to freeze a rattlesnake that bit Andrew Bacas, crew coach at Yorkt...

PAGE AIRWAYS - 1945

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On April 27, 1945, a Page Airways passenger flight crashed at National Airport: Washington, April 27 -- (AP) -- A transport plane en route f...
Monday, March 31, 2008

CITY OF ALEXANDRIA

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Alexandria Fire Station No. 1 - Old Town EDITOR'S NOTE : The Alexandria Fire Department participates in the Northern Virginia regional r...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

MUTUAL AID TO DC

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Photos : Channel 5, Channel 9 On March 13, 2008, the District of Columbia Fire Department requested mutual aid from Arlington County and oth...
Friday, March 07, 2008

FATAL HOUSE FIRE

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Photos : Channel 7 WJLA web site On March 7, 2008, a house fire killed an elderly woman in Arlington County and injured a firefighte...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

CIVIL WAR WEAPON FOUND

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Old Arlington Hall By David Shultz of The Connection newspaper A PIECE of weaponry dating back to the Civil War was discovered underneath a ...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

KENNEDY GRAVE - 1982

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On Nov. 28, 1982, tourists visiting Arlington National Cemetery discovered the charred body of a man at the grave of President John F. Kenn...
Thursday, February 07, 2008

ALARM SYSTEM

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UPDATED MARCH 2008 Old bell at Station No. 4 Heart attacks from stress are a leading cause of firefighter deaths, so the Arlington County Fi...

ARFF TRAINING

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Photo : acfd3.com Aircraft rescue and firefighting drill at National Airport - 2007
Thursday, January 24, 2008

MR. LEROY

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Harold LeRoy, long-time president of the Arlington County Fire and Rescue Association, died Jan. 22, 2008. He would have celebrated his 91st...
Monday, January 14, 2008

`MURPH' THE FIRE DOG

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Modern fire dog Many years ago, Murph - "The Fire Engine Dog" - resided at Old Station No. 2 in Ballston, and we are told that whe...

HIGH-RISE FIRE - 2008

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UPDATED FEBRUARY 2008 Photo : Station 28 web site Photo: Fox 5 A three-alarm fire erupted in a 12-story apartment building in Seven Corners ...
Friday, December 07, 2007

TRUCK COMPANIES

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From Collection of Arlington Fire Capt. Randy Higgins

ENGINE 66

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Engine 66, staffed by federal firefighters, protected the old Arlington Hall Station of the U.S. Army until base closed in 1990. The two-pie...
Wednesday, May 09, 2007

2007 APPARATUS ROSTER

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Engine 103 and Rescue 104 (Photo courtesy of www.acfd3.com ) Station No. 1 - Engine 101, Medic 101, Hazmat 101, Battalion 111 Station No. 2...
Monday, May 07, 2007

BUS FIRE

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ADDED FEBRUARY 2008 On June 7, 2007, fire destroyed an Arlington Transit ART bus as it was making a night-time run. According to an officia...

COLD WAR CLASSIC

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Arlington County operated CD Rescue unit in 1950s (Photo courtesy of www.civildefensemuseum.com )
Friday, April 27, 2007

IN REMEMBRANCE

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Graves of Sept. 11 victims at Arlington National Cemetery DEADLIEST FIRES IN ARLINGTON COUNTY HISTORY Pentagon - Sept 11, 2001 ... 189 vic...
Thursday, April 19, 2007

ASSORTED PHOTOS

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WRECKAGE OF FOAM 161 - PENTAGON 9/11/01 HOLLINGER BOX COMPANY - 1950s OLD RADIO ROOM - STATION 4 OLD SQUAD 5
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

RUNS & WORKERS

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REFINERY FIRE - 1924: Fire broke out at the Crown Oil and Wax Company in Rosslyn on Aug. 6, 1924 - and threatened nearby petroleum storage ...
Friday, December 08, 2006

HIGH-RISE RESCUE

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(Photos from ACFD and The Washington Post) A concrete slab collapsed Dec. 8 on the 24th floor of a high-rise building under construction in...
Friday, July 28, 2006

NO RESPECT - 1922

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The following tale is based on a speech by former President Gerald Ford on being Vice President of the United States. In 1922, a general...
Thursday, July 27, 2006

FIRE AND FLOOD - 2006

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Falls Church warehouse fire (Photo courtesy of http://www.acfd3.com/ ) The Arlington County Fire Department contended with fire and flood i...
Tuesday, June 06, 2006

APPARATUS GALLERY

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Foam 161 - Pentagon Heliport & Fort Myer Foam 326 - Reagan National Airport "Christine" - Old Reserve Truck No. 3's ...
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