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Announcements

Picnic: The Nelson County Volunteer appreciation day will be held at Lake Monocan on September 12 from 2:00pm-6:00pm with a meal to be served at 4:00pm.  Please come and bring your family for an afternoon at the lake. Hope to see you there.

Congratulations: Wintergreen Fire and Rescue welcomes the newest member to its family. R.W. Woody and his wife gave birth to their son Carter Andrew Woody. He was born Tuesday July 27th at 1:15 PM weighing in at 6lb 12oz.  He arrived two weeks early.  All are doing well.

MCI Plan Updated: Wintergreen Fire and Rescue's Mass Casualty Incident Plan has been updated. If you are an agency that is in the general area of the Wintergreen Master Plan, please see our downloads section to view the master plan. Please contact us with any questions or comments you may have.

Public Safety

Smoke Detectors: "Smoke alarms that are properly installed and maintained play a vital role in reducing fire deaths and injuries. Having a working smoke alarm cuts the chance of dying in a reported fire in half." Wintergreen Fire wants you and your families to be safe from the threat of fire. Remember to change your batteries at least twice a year. If you need smoke or carbon monoxide detectors, please refer to our Kidde Fire Products page. Click NFPA for more information on keeping your home safe in case of fire.

Knox Box: Do you have a Knox Box? A Knox Box could prevent lots of unnecessary damage to your house or building if the Fire Department needs to enter your structure for an emergency. Please refer to our Knox Box page for more information.

Healthy 12-Lead: If you are a member of the Wintergreen community, Wintergreen Fire and Rescue offers a Healthy 12-Lead EKG as a free service. Capturing a 12-Lead EKG (ElectroKardioGram) from participants when they are are feeling well provides a baseline for evaluation by physicians in emergency situations where a cardiac event is suspected, possibly allowing for quick diagnosis and more timely treatment. If you would like to find out more about this service please see our Healthy EKG Program page or contact us at one of our stations.

Training Calendar

EVOC Class: Wintergreen Fire and Rescue is offering an EVOC class on September 11th & 12th from 8am-5pm both days. Class 2 & 3 will be offered. Classroom will be on the 11th in the Crawford Room at Wintergreen Resort's Mountain Inn. The cone course will be on the 12th at the Rockfish Center on Beech Grove Road. Mike Riddle will be the instructor for this class. For GPS users, the physical address is 39 Mountain Inn Loop. For a map of where the room is located at the Mountain Inn, please click here. To get to the classroom go in the main entrance of the Mountain Inn and go down the right main hall way and follow the signs to the Crawford Room. Please park in Lot A indicated on the map. There will be a charge of $12.00 that will cover the book, breakfast, & lunch. Contact Us if you would like more information regarding this class. Please be sure to register with VAVRS if you intend on taking this class. Thanks for your interest.

Farm Machinery Extrication: Farm Machinery Class will be offered in October at Faber Fire Department. Dates and times will be announced at a later date. If you are interested in participating in this class please contact Lt. John Robles, Training Coordinator at (540) 910-1586.

CPR Class: A CPR class will be held on November 9th at the Tuckahoe School building at 7:00pm. If you are interested in participating in this class please contact Lt. John Robles, Training Coordinator at (540) 910-1586.

Rescue Training meeting 2nd Tuesday of every month at the Tuckahoe School building beside Wintergreen Station 2 in the Stoneycreek Resort Community.

Next Fire Training meeting is October 27th 2010 at 19:00hrs at Wintergreen Station 2 on Monocan Drive in the Stoneycreek Resort Community.

Meetings and training are open to all area fire and rescue agencies.

Contact Us at one our stations for more information on training we offer.

Water Vault Program

With the advent of of our Water Vault Program, Wintergreen Fire And Rescue has developed an innovative solution to the fact that certain areas of our Stoney Creek coverage area have limited or no fire hydrant access. The traditional Fire Service response to fires in such areas has been to respond with fire engines with limited water supplies and then to rely on 'water shuttles' provided by 'tanker' truck fire apparatus to eventually provide needed water for fire fighting operations. We realized that due to the distances and response times of these 'tankers' in our rural area, that more water was required faster to provide the most effective fire coverage.

With the assistance of our Property Owners in affected areas, we are strategically placing 'Water Vaults' to store the required water to initially fight fires until the arrival of additional water supplies. These 'Water Vaults' are concrete tanks, buried along the roadside, capable of holding in excess of 2000 gallons of water, with connections to allow our fire engines to hook up and pump the water to where's it's needed.

If you are interested in getting more information about this program, please contact Chief Curtis Sheets at 434-325-8536, or Firefighter Barry Eastep at 434-325-8538, and they can provide you with the requirements and other information.