Namozine Volunteer Fire Department was formed in 1957. There was not a fire station at the northern end of Dinwiddie County so the engine was kept at Mr. Dayvault's service station on Cox Rd. When there was a fire call, the firefighters would go to the service station and respond to the call from there. In 1958-1959, a fire station was built on Pelham Ave. It eventually housed an engine, tanker, 2 jeeps and a van. The jeeps were used to fight brush fires. Over the years Namozine grew and in 1989 a medical unit was added. Namozine then became Namozine Volunteer Fire Department and EMS.
Today we are Namozine Fire and EMS, Inc. (Dinwiddie Company 4) with 50 members and a Ladies Auxiliary. Most of our members are both Firefighters and EMT's. We serve the northern end of Dinwiddie County. We have over 6000 homes, several large businesses including a steel plant, a concrete plant, and a rock quarry along with restaurants, banks, and other businesses.
We moved to our new firehouse in the 1980's. The station houses Truck 4, which has a 135ft ladder, Tanker 4, Engine 4, Brush 4, Medic/Rescue 41, Responder 4, Chief 4, and Support 4. We recently added a Mayday/Rescue tower (William Queen Rescue Tower). This tower will be used to teach "Mayday Firefighter Down", repelling, confined space rescue, forceable entry, along with other fire and medic classes.
We are always happy to have people interested in becoming firefighters or medics come by and see us. We meet on Monday nights at 7PM.
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About Us
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n August our department will be hosting a regional school that will provide training for several fire and ems topics. Many regions of the state host similar training opportunities, but it has been several years since this type of event has taken place in our area. We are very excited to be hosting this school along with the Virginia Department of Fire Programs and the Office of Emergency Medical Services. Be sure to check our "Events and Happenings" page for more details.
August 22-23, 2009 Fire Related Topics
Related Files:
Fire & EMS School Brochure
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Our department would like to thank Joe and Jennie Schelin for their donation of a set of animal rescue masks. The set of three masks allows for us to provide emergency health care to the pets in our community. The masks use the same tubing as human masks and thus gives us the ability to deliver oxygen to injured cats and dogs. After receiving this gift, the department held a company training session that not only included the use of the masks, but also the method for delivering CPR to the animals as well. We appreciate the donation, and view it as yet another tool that we can use to help our neighbors.
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