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The Cumberland FD responded to Chilli Lane off French's Store Road where a mobile home was about 50% involved in fire at 1029 hours. Cumberland FD was assisted by Powhatan County Co. 3. The fire was rapidly brought under control.

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Apparatus from the Randolph District FD assisted by Cumberland FD fought a fully involved single family residence fire early this morning. It came in at 0534 hours reported by a neighbor. The occupants were not home and had stayed in a hotel last night because last evening they smelled smoke in...

A structure fire occurred on Elom Road off U. S. 460 near Pamplin, Va. around 10 AM this morning. Called in by several neighbors, the structure was heavily involved. Responding companies were Pamplin FD, Prospect FD, Darlington Heights FD and Farmville FD on this hot day. Red Cross will relocate...

A large residential structure burned on a very hot day in Farmville, Va. 5 fire companies from Prince Edward County along with the Randolph District FD fought the fire yesterday morning. There was a small lake about 1000 feet from the fire and the Hamden Sydney FD set up draft and 4 inch line...

A fire took the life of a man at 131 Cooks Rd. Farmville, Va. on May 22, 2020. The call was dispatched at 2342 hours and the first engine arrived at 2350 hours finding a brick and frame structure well involved in fire. Fire was showing out every window except on the # 3 side. Fire was rapidly...

The Randolph District FD assisted by the Farmville FD and the Cumberland FD responded to 422 Pleasant Valley Rd. at 2341 hours when a dryer hose fire ignited an adjacent wall void and spread into the next room were considerable fire damaged that area. Also the living room and kitchen had heavy...

The Cartersville FD responded to a working structure fire at noontime today in the 1300 block of Cartersville Rd. They were assisted by the Cumberland FD and Powhatan County units. Companies were clearing up at 1440 hours.

The Cumberland FD responded to a 2 story occupied wood frame structure with fire in the walls around the chimney at 1869 Anderson Highway at 1333 hours. The fire was extending into the attic and a second floor bedroom. Aggressive interior attack and opening up quickly brought the fire under...

The Ace Hardware and Building Supply on Railroad Avenue in Keysville, Va. burned at 4 A. M. on Dec. 12, 2019. The structure was fully involved. The Keysville FD was assisted by fire companies from Lunenburg, Charlotte and Prince Edward counties.

Cumberland FD and the Randolph District FD responded to 241 Putney Road when a computer room / laundry room caught fire  at 1638 hours with a heavy smoke condition throughout the structure. One resident was transported by EMS to the hospital.

At 0559 hours on Monday September 16, 2019 a triple fatality structure fire broke out on James Anderson Highway in Buckingham County, Va. The Va. State Police are investigating.

Crews from the Cumberland FD, Randolph District FD and Powhatan Co. 3 were dispatched at 0531 hours for a structure fire at 61 Northfield Rd. Cumberland, Va. Fire coming from a garage beneath the house extended into two bedrooms as floor joists and floor deck were burned through. No fire...

At 1758 hours on August 7, 2019 the fire chief of the Randolph District FD happened to be in the bays working on of of the fire engines when he turned around smoke was pouring out of our Dodge Caravan utility vehicle. Being alone with one arm injured from a recent fire he pulled out an engine...

July 23, 2019 Working fire in progress at 1520 hours on Cartersville Road. Dillwyn FD, Cartersville FD and Cumberland FD responded.

Retired FDNY member John C. Skelly age 78 passed away on July 12, 2019. He resided in Cumberland County, Va. which is near Farmville, Va. He always had great fire stories of "The War Years" in NYC. He came to all the events and was a great supporter of the Randolph District FD. He will be missed.

Seven fire companies battled a fire starting in a basement of a residence at 2267 Belle Branch Road Dillwyn, Va. The extreme ambient heat was taxing on firefighters. The structure was a 1/2 mile off a paved road and a tanker shuttle was established. Buckingham County send all four fire...

A lightning storm caused a large 100 X 55 agricultural processing structure to ignite in flames last night at about 1900 hours at 8 Asal Road. The building located on an Amish farm was just completed with timber sawn from trees on the farm. The structure was totally involved upon the arrival of...

Cumberland FD and the Randolph District FD responded to a 2 story structure fire at 1638 hours. It was fully involved as were 2 vehicles and a shed. Cumberland FD responded with one engine and 2 tankers and the Randolph District FD responded with one tanker, one pumper tanker, one brush truck...

The Cumberland FD, Randolph District FD with assistance from Powhatan County fought a working structure fire just after noon at 460 Cartersville Road. The fire ripped through 2 rooms with heat damage throughout. Fire also extended to a pickup truck parked outside.