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Due to lightning striking a residence at 29 Lyle Road Cumberland, Va. the home began filling with smoke as fire burned beneath the living space. The Cumberland FD was dispatched and at 1836 hours the Randolph District FD and the Powhatan Company 3 were added to the assignment. Fire was under...

On Friday June 1, 2018 the Cumberland FD with mutual aid assistance from Powhatan Co. 3 were called to a garage fire along with several vehicles involved at about 0830 hours on Old Buckingham Road.

Three fire companies battled a well involved structure fire at 0800 hrs. this AM. The fire occurred on Duncan Store Road in the Cartersville section of Cumberland County. The Cartersville FD, Cumberland FD and mutual aid from Goochland County Virginia responded to this fire.

Cumberland County, Va. fire units spent 2 very busy days answering numerous calls ranging from vehicle accidents, brush fires, wires and trees down and a working structure fire along with a high wind driven brush fires. The structure fire at 55 Deer Run Lane totally destroyed the residence...

At 1056 hours on Feb. 9, 2018 the Randolph District FD and Farmville FD were dispatched to the 2400 block of Cumberland Rd. for a propane delivery truck which had overturned and crashed into a tree. The driver amazingly walked away from the wreck and a passenger suffered cuts and bruises as the...

Shortly before 0530 hours on Tuesday Jan. 30, 2018 units from Cumberland FD responded to a structure fire at 3 Stoney Point Mill Lane. They had flames showing and requested assistance from Cartersville FD and Powhatan Co. 3. Units were on the scene for more than 3 hours.

The Farmville FD made an nice stop on a fire shortly after 0530 hours involving electrical wiring in a bathroom wall under very difficult conditions. Smoke was showing from the roof line of a structure at 116 Advoset Drive which was at the top of a very steep hill ice and snow covered hill...

Cumberland County Virginia Fire Units responded to their 5th working fire in the last 2 weeks along with assistance from the Farmville FD. The latest fire was at 1509 River road at 2315 hours and one person perished in that blaze. Apparatus remained on the scene until 0600 hours on Jan. 13th. as...

Cumberland County, Virginia has had 3 working structure fires in the last 48 hours. The latest one was up in the Cartersville section and the firefighters logged about 8 hours of fire duty in extremely frigid conditions. Hot spots have continued to flare up today on Jan. 8th.

A late afternoon structural fire ripped through a residence on Deep Run Road in Cumberland County, Va. Units from Cumberland FD, Cartersville FD and Powhatan County Company 5 battled the blaze.

Four companies responded to a late afternoon structure fire at 44 Randolph Terrace in Cumberland County Virginia on January 5, 2018. The fire started when a resident used a torch under the structure to thaw frozen water pipes. The Randolph District FD was 1st due with assistance from the...

A fire ripped throughout a large one story residential structure at 337 Clay Bank Road in Buckingham County, Va. Luckily every one escaped the fire. Four fire departments extinguished the blaze in frigid weather. The Dillwyn FD, Arvonia FD from Buckingham County along with the Cumberland FD and...

Shortly before noon on Monday the Cumberland Virginia FD assisted by Macon Co. 3 (Powhatan County) responded to a structure fire in a one story residential dwelling leaving 5 persons homeless on Carter Road. The fire was under control in about 1/2 hour and units were on scene for about two and...

The Cumberland FD and the Randolph District FD responded at 1319 hours to a structure fire at 125 Agee Lane in a one story frame occupied private dwelling. Three rooms were involved in fire and fire was knocked down by an aggressive interior attack before it spread to the bedrooms. There were no...

I just want to add a little BFD history. The John Street Firehouse was 2 stories with a peaked roof with Engine 1's two Macks side by side in the main bay. Then there was a one story bay addition on the B side of that structure which had a horse drawn steamer pump less the horses sitting in the...

Bridgeport Truck 12 was closed in 1991 as a result of the city undergoing financial problems. At that time the other 5 ladder companies were staffed with an officer and 5 firefighters minimum and 6 firefighters maximum. Yes in 1987 Bridgeport was running 7 on a ladder company and 5 on an engine...

That fire in the vacant school was Franklin School  on Nichols Street right along side of I 95. Waltersville School was on Stuben Street at Pembroke. The fire in the theater was on East Main Street 1/2 block from the corner of Nichols St. and hydrant spacing in Bridgeport is nothing like NYC...

Bridgeport, Ct. had 6 ladder companies back in the 1970's. Three were combo companies before 1970. Those three combo companies        ( Ladder 10,11,12) ran with Mack city service trucks of about 1938 vintage. In 1970 Ladder 11 was expanded into a full truck company with 6 people and Ladder 10...

The Randolph District FD along with assistance from the Farmville FD and Cumberland FD responded to a fire in an occupied residence recently at 1876 Cumberland Road. A passerby noticed flames coming through the truss roof of the house and he beat on the front door just after 1 AM waking up the...

Phil Reeves who recently retired from the Bridgeport, Ct. FD passed away from cancer on Feb. 7, 2017. He also served two tours in Iraq as a medivac helicopter pilot. He is the person standing in the photo. A 2nd photo shows Bridgeport Rescue 5 B shift in 2008  with Engineer Phil Reeves RIP, FF...