Department News
Monday, 16 August 2010 14:52
The 3rd Annual Screamin’ 5K race will be held on Saturday, October 30th at the beautiful Spring Creek Community near Zion Crossroads, just outside Gordonsville, Virginia. The Screamin’ 5K was created by group of residents who live in Spring Creek as a family friendly and Halloween costume friendly race. Its purpose is to benefit the Zion Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department. Through a combination of race proceeds and donations from individuals and businesses, the Screamin’ 5K hopes to donate as much money as possible to the Zion Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department who works diligently on a daily basis to service the rapidly growing community around them. This year, the race donated $4,000 to ZCVFD, which will help to purchase equipment for the departments newest piece of firefighting apparatus Truck 7.
To join the race or to volunteer, check out the Screamin' 5K website at www.screamin5k.com. Hope you see you there!
Photos from last year's event can be found here. or view the inaugural run from 2008.
Sunday, 14 March 2010 13:08
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA - Members of Zion Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department trecked to Virginia Beach on March 13th to help honor Marines recently home from Iraq.
The department participated in Operation BBQ, a nationwide effort by competition BBQ teams to honor the soldiers and their families with a BBQ dinner.The event was spearheaded by fellow firefighter Bill Small who operates Bill's Grill Catering Service. Small and his fellow BBQ competitors prepared pulled pork, BBQ chicken, chilli, and all the fixings.
ZCVFD members provided beverages and dessert which included several items baked by the members.
"It felt great to help the troops," said ZCVFD Women's Auxilliary member Leslie Bielanski. "They give so much to us it's nice to be able to give back to them."
Monday, 04 May 2009 20:15
On a rainy Saturday, April 11, 2009, the Zion Crossroads Volunteer Fire Department opened the doors to the public with the annual Open House event. Despite a few rain showers, the members had quite a few area families drop by and see demonstrations by firefighters and EMTs. The clouds even stopped enough for the Easter bunny to drop by and hide some Easter eggs around the station for little visitors to find.
Tuesday, 28 April 2009 16:48
Yesterday the State Health Commissioner declared a Public Health Emergency in the Commonwealth to assist with the coordination and information dissemination associated with the swine flu outbreak. Here are some tips to help you understand what to look for.
Please remember that this event is rapidly changing and evolving and we recommend frequently checking the CDC Web site at www.cdc.gov/swineflu and the OEMS Web site at www.vdh.virginia.gov/oems for updates, more information about swine flu, CDC guidelines on infection control and more.
The swine flu is similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu which include, cough, fever, sore throat, nasal congestion and rhinorrhea. Additional symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, headache, chills, fatigue, dyspnea, pneumonia and respiratory failure. Persons with swine flu are contagious for up to seven days after the onset of illness and possibly longer if symptomatic.Page 1 of 9