Bedford County Fire and Rescue

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Board of Supervisors Meeting to be streamed live due to COVID-19

Fri. Mar 20th 2020

The Bedford County Board of Supervisors has decided to live stream the Board of Supervisors' Meeting. According to the official notice from the County Administrator, Mr. Robert Hiss: "On Mond...

Continuing Education Available

Mon. Mar 16th 2020

An EMS continuing education course is being offered on June 05-06, 2020, on neurological emergencies. This event was originally scheduled in May but has been re-scheduled. Please see the attached flye...

Burn Ban Starts February 15th.

Thu. Feb 13th 2020

There will be a statewide burn ban in effect, starting February 15th and in place through April 30th. No burning is permitted before 4:00 p.m. If you need to burn between 4:00-11:59 p.m, please contac...

BCoFR is Hiring!

Thu. Jan 16th 2020

Bedford County Department of Fire & Rescue is now hiring for both Advanced Life Support/Firefighters and Basic Life Support/Firefighters! Please see the attached flyer for more information and cli...

Community Input Needed for Regional Pre-Disaster Mitigation Plan

Mon. Dec 2nd 2019

REGIONAL PRE-DISASTER MITIGATION PLAN – COMMUNITY INPUT NEEDEDHas your home, business, or community been impacted or damaged by a natural hazard? The Central Virginia Planning District Commissi...

Service Boundary Maps

Fire Battalions

Rescue Battalions

Career Staffed Locations

For more information on which agencies may serve your specific address, please follow the link to the main Bedford County webpage to the GIS service maps. There you can type in your exact address and see which agencies would be first due to your address as well as the assisting agencies (2nd and 3rd due). Linked here: http://www.co.bedford.va.us/Res/GIS/index.asp

Emergency Notification

Get alerted about emergencies and other important community news by signing up for our emergency alert program called ALERT BEDFORD. This system enables Bedford County to provide you with critical information quickly in a variety of situations, such as severe weather, unexpected road closures, missing persons and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods.

You will receive time-sensitive messages wherever you specify, such as your home, mobile or business phones, email address, text messages and more. You pick where, you pick how.

Facebook Link

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