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The Hampden-Sydney Volunteer Fire Department Inc.
P.O. Box 328
Hampden Sydney, VA 23943
Non-Emergency: 434 223 2392
Emergency: 911
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Welcome to the Hampden-Sydney Fire and EMS page. If you are interested in joining, please fill out a quick application on our site, or see any member for an application. We accept applications from students, as well as community members.
New members are accepted in either the probationary or participating status in the February, May, and September Department Business meetings which occur on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM (18:30).
Probationary members are required to attend our three month rookie school, after which they will be eligible to become a full member, which involves voting and participating in fire suppression activities, as well as EMS.
Participating members may participate in the department in EMS capacities as well as other non-emergency aspects of the department.
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| | | New Full Members Voted On | | Tue. Dec 6th 2011 | On December 6th, 2011, the membership of Hampden-Sydney Volunteer Fire Department voted unanimously to accept 6 new members to the department. Hunter Coats, Andrew Watters, Tom Kurtzweil, David Roberts, Scott Murr and Nik Kasper participated in, and successfully passed the HSVFD Rookie School. Of th...
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| | Control Burn on Farmville Lake Road | | Sat. Oct 29th 2011 | Occasionally on Hampden-Sydney Fire, we are requested for things out of the usual scope of practice for a fire department. On October 29th, 2011, We were requested to standby to control demolition of a single story residential structure. The owner of the structure contacted us ahead of time to reque...
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| | Fire Prevention Week October 9th, 2011-October 15th, 2011 | | Sat. Oct 8th 2011 | Fire Prevention Week is upon us! Take the time this week to review your escape plans with your household. A few minutes of discussing pre-planning could be the difference in the case of an emergency. If you dont have an emergency plan in place, now is the time to create one. Also, Fire Prevention We...
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| | HSVFD takes Delivery of EMS 2-9 | | Tue. Oct 4th 2011 | On Tuesday, October 4th, Capt. Gutermuth, Lt. Bishop, and FF Pedraja traveled to Crenshaw Corp. to take delivery of the replacement for EMS 2-9 following its upfitting.
This week, when it is placed in service, the unit will assume the call sign of EMS 2-9 and will continue to serve the same duty ...
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| | Richmond 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb | | Sun. Sep 11th 2011 | The Past and the Present came together today in Richmond, VA as current and former members of H-SVFD met up for the Richmond 9/11 memorial stair climb. The group climbed the Suntrust building in downtown Richmond, VA to honor the 343 fallen FDNY firefighters on 9/11. In full gear and carrying the na...
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| | | 2 Vehicle Motor Vehicle Crash on Abilene Road | | Wed. Jan 25th 2012 | On January 25th, 2012 at approximately 11:07pm, Hampden-Sydney Fire was called to the area of 5300 Abilene Road for a report of a 2 vehicle crash. Engine 2-1 responded to the area. On arrival, HS205(Lt. Gordon) assumed Command, informing dispatch of a 2 vehicle, rear end collision, with product leak...
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| | 3 Company Structure Fire Injures 2 | | Wed. Jan 25th 2012 | On January 25th, 2012 at approximately 4:12am, Hampden-Sydney Fire and Farmville Fire were dispatched to a fully involved structure fire on Kingsville Road, near the intersection of College Road. Hampden-Sydney PD Unit 53 arrived on scene and confirmed the 2 story structure was fully involved, and t...
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| | Four Company Alert Turns Out to Be False Alarm | | Fri. Dec 23rd 2011 | At 1245pm, on December 23rd, 2011, Company 1(Farmville Fire), Company 2(Hampden-Sydney Fire) and Company 4(Prospect Fire) were dispatched to the area of 223 North Main Street, in the Historic Downtown Farmville, for a report of smoke coming from the upstairs window of a structure. Due to the design ...
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| | MVC Overturned on Abilene Road | | Wed. Dec 14th 2011 | On Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 at 1:44pm, Hampden-Sydney Fire and EMS were called for a report of an overturned vehicle on Abilene Road, near the intersection of Chappell Road. It was reported that one person was ejected, with others still trapped inside. Further dispatch informed crews that the ...
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| | MVC Car vs. Car vs. Tree on Abilene Road | | Fri. Dec 9th 2011 | On December 7th, 2011, at 6:00pm, Hampden Sydney Fire was called to a motor vehicle crash with no injuries on Abilene Road. Crews marked up and E2-2 and U2-8 were en route at 6:08pm. E2-2 Arrived on scene and confirmed a motor vehicle accident, one vehicle into a tree, and another vehicle off the ro...
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