The Annual Cruzi’n Event is Saturday, September 20th from 2 pm until 6 pm at the Zion Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department. Come and spend the afternoon with us and enjoy food, fun, music and some of the area’s best cars, trucks and other custom vehicles. The entry fee is only $7 for each vehicle and $3 for spectators; children under 12 are free. The first 75 vehicles will receive a complementary dash plaque and the first 5 vehicles will receive a special gift. We encourage donations of new toys for our December U.S. Marine Toys for Tots Foundation operation. For directions to the station, click here or call LJ Andes at 434-531-3824 for more information. Hope to see you at the station!

Zion Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department is the proud recipient of a new fire truck. Tanker 7 is a 2008 Pierce Kenworth T-370 Tanker will carry 3,000 gallons of water and will be powered by a 360 horsepower Cummins engine and a 500 gallon per minute Darley pump. It will also be equipped with a 10” electronic dump valve for quick release of water at fire scenes. The new Tanker 7 will also have two 200’ inch-and-three-quarter speed lays and an inch-and-three-quarter front mounted trash line.

"This is a really great looking truck," Bywaters said. "It will also add an additional layer of protection to the residents of our growing community." This is the second new apparatus (Engine 7-1 ) to be acquired by the department in the last 2 months and should be in service by August 12th.

Tanker 7 is a ZCVFD department purchase through Singer Associates Fire Equipment in Manassas, VA.

Let me preface this article; ZCVFD was not involved in this incident, but I did happen to be in the area at the time of the call. The main reason I including the call on our website is to give a little praise to the guys over at Company 24 in Orange County. This amazing group of dedicated volunteers never ceases to amaze me how they leave the station on a call with every engine packed with firefighters. Not only do they have an amazing level of participation by their members, they do a great job on scene. This call is one of those examples. Extrication of the driver was completed by the time the first EMS unit arrived on scene, allowing the EMS personnel easy access to the critical patient. Great job, guys!

On Thursday, July 31, 2008, a single vehicle accident on South Spotswood Trail in Louisa County left the driver in critical condition. At around 5 pm, a car traveling east on Route 33, near Gordonsville, allegedly lost control and struck a tree, trapping the unidentified female driver inside. Firefighters from Gordonsville Fire Company quickly responded to the scene and began to extricate the female. Louisa County Emergency Services transported the victim to UVA Medical Center. The accident is under investigation by Virginia State Police. Traffic was closed on Route 33 for nearly an hour while the accident scene was cleared.