ARLINGTON FIRE JOURNAL Metro D.C. Fire History

Foam 161 The following is an excerpt of an Associated Press story by Brett Barrouquere on Sept. 10, 2013, to mark the 12th Anniversary ...

UPDATED SEPT. 11, 2013 Photo : WJLA website Photo : Bruce Johnson, WUSA website   Photo : NBC Washington website ...

The rumble could be heard for miles. On March 2, 1973, the center section of the 24-story Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads...

In the Virginia state capital of Richmond on Dec. 26, 1811, fire destroyed the Richmond Theatre, killing 72 people including Governor Geo...

UPDATED AUGUST 2019 Photo : Harris Ewing Collection glass negative Photo : Ghosts of D.C. In the 1800s and into the early ...

Photo : Falls Church Volunteer Fire Dept. House fire at North 13th and Stafford streets in the Ballston area of Arlington, Virginia, i...

    American history on wheels. On Sept. 28, 2012. the Fort Myer Fire Department's former foam unit arrived at the Patton Mus...

Engine 102   Arlington County Fire Department   Manufacturer: Pierce Delivery Date: April 18, 2012 Job Number: 25189-01...

Truck 105 Arlington County Fire Dept.   Manufacturer: Pierce Delivery Date: May 8, 2012 Job Number: 25190-01-02 Pump:...

Christmas Eve at White House Christmas Day Box 157 - Executive Mansion 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 1st Alarm assignment: 1-2-16-23...

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Oshkosh Striker 3000

Firefighters at Pentagon in September 2001        “As painful as this day is and always will be, it leaves us with a lesson that no ...

Photo : ACFD Virtual Museum It's September 1958. President Eisenhower is in the White House and this 1955 Ward LaFrance is ready to...

Wagon 3 "at the plug" in the late 1960s or early 1970s. Photo from the collection of the late Frank Higgins, Arlington County F...

Scene from August 1979 - Crews open up roof in this photo of a house fire from the files of the Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department. A...

Paramedic Joshua Weissman, 33, of the Alexandria Fire Department, died Feb. 9, 2012, from injuries sustained in the line of duty. Crew...

President Obama meets firefighters following his remarks on the Veterans Job Corps at Fire Station No. 5 in Arlington County, Virginia, on ...

"On Nov. 8, 1960, members of Rescue 6 were called upon to transport a resident from Anderson Clinic to Mt. Daniel Elementary School, he...

Arlington County Fire Department Capt. Sam Krigbaum (seated) and Firefighter Jack Higgins waiting for a run in the kitchen of the old Clar...

New No. 3 - Cherrydale Fire Station - Opened 2011 APPARATUS ROSTER No. 1 - Glebe Road - E101, M101, B111, Hazmat No. 2 - Ballsto...

The Virginia shoreline burst into flame on Dec. 9, 1945. "The early-Sunday quiet of Rosslyn, Va., was spectacularly broken when a 50...