ASHBURN VOLUNTEER FIRE-RESCUE DEPARTMENT

The 'Ashburn Volunteer Fire-Rescue Department', or 'AVFRD' is a volunteer fire department that provides fire protection and Emergency Medical services to Ashburn, Virginia. The Ashburn Volunteer Fire-Rescue Department is a volunteer organization supplemented with County provided career staffing, as are most fire and rescue companies in Loudoun County. Loudoun County Fire & Rescue (LCFR) career personnel staff both stations between 6am and 6pm, and volunteers staff both stations between 6pm and 6am. LCFR provides ALS/Medic unit staffing 24 hours a day at Station 6.

Contents

History

Call Area

Mutual Aid

Membership

Operational Members

Operational Ranks

Administrative Members

Lifetime Members

Apparatus

Station 6

Station 23

Stations

Station 6: Old Ashburn

Station 23: Moorefield

Station 22: Xerox Training Center (future)

Images

External links

History

The Ashburn Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1944. Originally, as with many volunteer companies, the sole engine was kept at the Chief's house, and when an emergency call came in, the volunteers would be called and would meet the fire engine at the scene. Initially, the AVFD was supplemented by the Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad for EMS services. Over time, as call volume increased in both Sterling and Ashburn, the time came for AVFD to acquire an ambulance and provide EMS services of its own to the residents of Ashburn.

Call Area

Ashburn VFRD currently has two stations, 6 and 23 with a proposed Station 22 to be built in 2010 in the area of the Xerox Training Center, and also has two first-due areas (one for each station). The entire call area extends east to west from Route 28 in the east to Goose Creek in the west, and south to north from just south of the Dulles Greenway to the Potomac River to the north. It is estimated this area covers over 73,000 residents.

Mutual Aid

The Ashburn Volunteer Fire-Rescue Department responds to neighboring areas in Loudoun County, including Sterling, Leesburg, and Arcola. The department also has mutual aid agreements the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, so response areas include Washington Dulles International Airport.

Membership

AVFRD has three kinds of memebership.

Operational Members

Operational members are those members who server in an active firefighting and/or EMS role.
Members are assigned to a duty crew that runs an assigned night. Each duty crew works the same night each week, and one out of every five Saturday evenings. The Friday and Sunday night crews share a single Saturday shift.
Each year, during the company meeting held on the first Monday of December, elections are held for all ranks of Lieutenant and above. Sergeants are appointed by the Chief thereafter.

Operational Ranks

Rank	Abbreviation		Helmet color	Duties
Chief	CH		White
Assistant Chief	AC		White
Deputy Chief	DC		White
Captain	CAP		White
Lieutenant	LT		White
Sergeant	SG		White
Driver-Operator	DO		Yellow/Black
Emergency Medical Technician	EMT-I/P	CT	Blue	An EMT-Intermediate/Paramedic (Cardiac Tech was the previous designation) level can provide ALS care. A CT/I/P and an EMT-B (or higher) together create a 'Medic' unit
	EMT-E	ST	Blue	An EMT-Enhanced (Shock Trauma was the previous designation) level can provide more advanced care. An ST and an EMT-B (or higher) together create a 'Trauma' unit
	EMT-B		Blue	An EMT-Basic level can provide basic emergency care. An EMT-B and driver create an 'Ambulance' unit
Firefighter	FF		Yellow/Black
Recruit Firefighter ("Red hat")	RFF/RH		Red

Administrative Members

Administrative members serve in an administrative capacity and do tremendous work behind the scenes to support the operations of the department.

Lifetime Members

Lifetime members may also be Operational or Administrative members, but they may also be former members who are no longer able to perform operational and/or administrative duties for whatever reason. To be considered for Lifetime membership you must have served in an operational and/or administrative position for at least 15 years, and then voted in to the position by the current membership.

Apparatus

Apparatus	Abbreviation	Model	Notes
Station 6
Engine 6	E6
Reserve Engine 6	RE6
Wagon 6	W6
Tower 6	TL6
Rescue Engine 6	ER6
Ambulance 6	A6-x		AVFRD maintains three ALS-capable Ambulances at Station 6, numbered A6-1, A6-3, and A6-4
Brush 6	BU6
Command 6
Utility 6	UT6
Station 23
Engine 23	E23
Reserve Engine 23	RE23
Mobile Air Unit 23	MAU23
Ambulance 23	A23-x		AVFRD maintains two ALS-capable Ambulances at Station 23, numbered A23-1 and A23-2
Utility 23	UT23
Car 6-5			Car 6-5 is abbreviated with the number of the ALS provider

Stations

Station 6: Old Ashburn

Station 23: Moorefield

Station 22: Xerox Training Center (future)

Images

External links

★ Ashburn Volunteer Fire-Rescue Department

★ Loudoun County Fire-Rescue