| In The News |
July 9th 2008
Infection Control Updates Online NOW!!!
Check out the Home page for the new online Infection Control Update training. All volunteers are required to do an annual update, on Infection Control. Review the powerpoint, print a copy and complete the test. Please submit to the the Fire & Rescue Offic...
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April 4th 2008
EMS Charts Mobile Overview
Attention EMS Providers:
Please review this tutorial before attending EMS Charts mobile training.
Training dates TBA
EMS Charts Mobile Overview...
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February 15th 2008
Spring Fire Season & The 4 P.M. Burn Law
The Commonwealth’s 4 p.m. Burning Law goes into effect Feb. 15, 2008 – the start of spring fire season in Virginia.
This law prohibits burning before 4 p.m. each day (Feb. 15 – April 30) if the fire is in, or within 300 feet of, woodland, brushla...
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| Infection Control Updates Online NOW!!! |
Jul. 9th 2008
Check out the Home page for the new online Infection Control Update training. All volunteers are required to do an annual update, on Infection Control. Review the powerpoint, print a copy and complete the test. Please submit to the the Fire & Rescue Office. |
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| EMS Charts Mobile Overview |
Apr. 4th 2008
Attention EMS Providers:
Please review this tutorial before attending EMS Charts mobile training.
Training dates TBA
EMS Charts Mobile Overview |
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| Spring Fire Season & The 4 P.M. Burn Law |
Feb. 15th 2008
The Commonwealth’s 4 p.m. Burning Law goes into effect Feb. 15, 2008 – the start of spring fire season in Virginia.
This law prohibits burning before 4 p.m. each day (Feb. 15 – April 30) if the fire is in, or within 300 feet of, woodland, brushland or fields containing dry grass or other flammable materials.
A violation of this law is a Class 3 misdemeanor punishable by up to a $500 fine. In addition to the criminal violation, those who allow a fire to escape are liable for the cost of suppressing the fire as well as any damage caused to others’ property. |
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| 2007 Annual Report |
Jan. 1st 2008
Bedford County Department of Fire and Rescue has published its annual report for 2007. It is full of information about programs, departments, achievements and statistics.
The 2007 Annual Report is available to view under the Document Library Section. |
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| Statewide Burning Ban |
Nov. 13th 2007
On Friday, October 5, 2007 Bedford County enacted an emergency ban on all outdoor burning.
Governor Timothy M. Kaine declared a statewide emergency burn ban on open fires beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, October 19th. The statewide burning ban is the result of drought conditions that have created a serious rist of widespread and dangerous forest fires in every region of the Commonwealth. |
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| Board of Supervisors approve fee for service negotiations |
Feb. 15th 2007
On February 12th at the regularly scheduled Board of Supervisors meeting the Board approved unanimously (6-0) that the County Fire and Rescue Department can start negotiations with the firm EMS Management and Consultants from North Carolina. Within the negotiations we will be discussing the fee establishment, public awareness campaign; they will also provide training to explain the billing process and the information needed to be collected for a successful program. They also approved funding for the software and hardware of the paperless reporting system. Over the next couple months we will be obtaining the hardware and finalizing the software. Once that is accomplished we will then begin holding training sessions on the paperless reporting system. We will be doing a train the trainer session from Alpine Software on the Red Alert reporting program. We will then do the majority of the training sessions after that point. Thus far there has been no implementation date established. The majority of the training will probably be held after the first of April. That includes sessions with the computer documentation and the billing information that will be required. As soon as there are more details to advise the agencies about we will provide updates. |
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| Emergency Medical Dispatch |
May. 12th 2006
Click Here to view a presentation explaining the life-saving Emergency Medical Dispatch method of dipatching emergency calls. |
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| Fire and Rescue Master Plan |
Feb. 2nd 2006
A Richmond consultant has completed a draft of Bedford County's Fire and Rescue Master Plan. Download the full plan here or you can review the Executive Summary here. (34K). |
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Bedford County currently has more than 750 dedicated volunteers staffing 24 fire and EMS agencies in 30 stations placed strategically throughout the county. Bedford County’s Fire and Rescue volunteers are proud men and women who dedicate their time and talents to protect the lives and property of th...