fire department

Yesterday afternoon, the National Memorial EMS Bike Ride’s “Muddy Angels” arrived in Alexandria, Virginia on their way to National Harbor, MD.

In honor of the 45th annual EMS Week, May 19-25, the Alexandria Fire Department will have a variety of events in Alexandria, VA to highlight the week.

For our Afternoon Links, we scanned the local papers, blogs, and news websites for a roundup of news and opinion from Alexandria, Virginia and around the area. Here are some news items that caught our eye.

Via Historic Alexandria, City Council passed an act on January 23, 1866 to establish a paid City Fire Department for Alexandria, Virginia.

The Alexandria Fire Department responded to a residential building fire around 6:00 a.m. Sunday morning in the Seminary Valley neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia.

The Alexandria Fire Department rescued a car crash victim this morning after a car slammed into a building in the 5000 block of Dawes Avenue in the West End of Alexandria, Virginia.

The Whole Foods store at 1700 Duke Street in Alexandria, Virginia was evacuated near 6 p.m. Sunday, June 3, 2018 after a fire scare.

Alexandria Police are investigating after a body was pulled from the Potomac River Wednesday morning on the Old Town Alexandria, Virginia waterfront.

The Alexandria Fire Department (AFD) responded to a fire at a two-story townhouse in the West End area of Alexandria, Virginia early Sunday morning.

A pedestrian was struck Thursday night by a vehicle at the intersection of S. Patrick Street & Duke Street in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia.

Tonight, on Christmas Day 2017, the Mt. Vernon Antique Center became fully engulfed on fire in the 8100 block of Richmond Highway in the Fairfax County area of Alexandria, Virginia. LIVE video here.

Members of the Alexandria Fire Department are involved in a water rescue in the Potomac River this morning near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Alexandria, Virginia.