ARLINGTON FIRE JOURNAL Metro D.C. Fire History

On a foggy evening in 1949, a Capital Airlines DC-3 crashed in the Potomac River as it attempted to land at National Airport from the north....

Aug. 8, 1960 Courtesy of the Falls Church VFD

Photo: Episcopal Cafe On Oct. 22, 2010, Arlington County sent mutual aid to a two-alarm fire that destroyed the chapel at the Virginia Theo...

Photo : ARL Now web site On Aug. 29, 2010, the New York City Fire Department presented the Arlington County Fire Department with a steel gi...

Photos : WTOP On Sept. 18, 2010, firefighters from across the Washington region participated in an emergency exercise at Washington Nationa...

Under the weight of snow from a blizzard, the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington collapsed on Jan. 28, 1922 -...

Arlington County Fire Department command unit Vehicle specifications for Arlington County Fire Department command unit, manufacturered by E...

House Fire - 2009 North Lexington Street From IAFF2800.com

On April 24, 2010, the Arlington County Board voted to restore $1.5 million to the county budget - allowing the fire department to continue...

"It is with great sadness, I announce the passing of FRANK R. HIGGINS. Frank passed away April 9, 2010. Frank served the Arlington Coun...

On March 4, 2010, the Arlington County Fire Department responded to a shooting at the Pentagon that injured two police officers and led to ...

Photo : www.firetrucks-atwar.com Scene at U.S. Army's Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia, in 1918.

Photos : Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department On Nov. 6, 1960, firefighters from Falls Church and Fairfax County battled a fire at the ...

Photo : Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department Arlington County Fire Department training bureau van at shopping center on Columbia Pike in ...

FLASHBACK - Knickerbocker Storm of January 1922. Theater collapse killed 98 people in Washington, D.C. Photo : www.acfd3.com Ready to roll...

Photo : Photography on the Net Truck 105 and Engine 105 at Crystal City, Virginia

Photo : IAFF Local F-253 Foam 161 of the Fort Myer Fire Department is a 2001 E-ONE TITAN. It replaced the foam wagon destroyed at the Pentag...

Photo: www.acfd3.com Fire department fleet at drill school in 1960.

Operations Chief Scott McKay, a veteran of the Pentagon attack on Sept. 11, 2001 who also led a team of firefighters during the Hurricane Ka...

Photo : www.acfd3.com Old Fire Station No. 6 at Falls Church, Virginia

On Nov. 25, 2009, James Bea, a 24-year employee of the Arlington County public works department, was electrocuted at the site of a watermain...

UPDATED AUGUST 2019 David Povlitz: Appointed October 2018. Veteran of Anne Arundel County and City of Alexandria fire departments. Hold...

Photo : U.S. Government Arlington County firefighters and paramedics transfer patients to the U.S. Park Police helicopter "Eagle 2...

Photo : Arlington County web site Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine meets Arlington County firefighters at ceremony in 2006. Rescue 104 is in the bac...

Arlington County ECC - Emergency Communications Center

Washington Times - Dec. 14, 1920

Photo: www.acfd3.com Dec. 7, 2008 - Two-alarm fire at 124 Rolling Trace, Falls Church

Buck Cumberland (left) served for many years as chief of the Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department in Arlington County, Virginia. His brother...

Photo : www.acfd9.com Fire at concrete plant, 2006

Photo : Falls Church Volunteer Fire Dept. web site Crews on the scene of an April 1974 fire at the old Woodlawn School, which was located a...

By Lynn Darling Washington Post April 24, 1977 About 40 Arlington firefighters and the County Board got together to discuss hair length...