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Firefighter Jeremy Elliott Chosen for 2020 VRFA Grit Award
Each year the VRFA recognizes a Firefighter and Fire Officer of the Year, plus awards a member who exemplifies one of the organization’s core values: selfless service, integrity, and grit. Recipients are chosen by their co-workers. This week we…
Wildland Urban Interface Home Project – Week 4
We are on week 4 of our Wildland Urban Interface Home Project of the Week campaign. Hopefully you have had the opportunity to get outside and check off a few or all of the previous projects. Week 1 – Declutter Week 2 – The roof Week 3 – Prune…
Wildland Urban Interface Home Project – Week 2
We hope you had an opportunity to declutter your yard last weekend while the weather was dry. If you missed week one, it is available on our website https://www.vrfa.org/2021/05/wildland-urban-interface-home-project-of-the-week-campaign-week-1/…
VRFA Firefighter Neil Pedersen Retires
In the 36 years Neil Pedersen has been a firefighter, he has witnessed his fire department grow from one station to five, worked one of the largest fires in Auburn history, and beaten down cancer. He has worked many sleepless nights and responded to…
Wildland Urban Interface Home Project of the Week Campaign – Week 1
It’s week 1 of the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Project of the Week Campaign. In 2018, the year before we launched this campaign, we responded to 154 brush/vegetation type fires. In 2019, the first year of the WUI campaign, that number dropped to…
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