Gloucester County Burn Ordinance

The Gloucester County Fire Protection Ordinance revisions became effective May l,2004. Copies of the Ordinance are available at the Office of the Environmental Programs at 6489 Main Street.   Read the Frequently Asked Questions here:   Gloucester County Burn Ordnance FAQ

Preventing Kitchen Fires in your Home

For information on Preventing Kitchen Fires in your Home,
please see this article on HomeAdvisor.com

Smoke alarms save lives

• Have working smoke alarms on every level of your home.
• You should have a smoke alarm inside bedrooms and outside sleeping areas.
• Push the button on the smoke alarms every month to make sure they are working.
• Replace smoke alarms that are more than 10 years old.

Fire is Everyone’s Fight™

Find more information about fire safety from the
Virginia Department of Fire Programs.

CPR Training

GVFRS offers American Heart Association CPR and First Aid classes throughout the year to members of our community.

Classes are offered to the public periodically. Please check our CPR Class page or contact cpr@gvfrs.org.

PEMS Protocols APP

To learn more and to download the PEMS protocol app for your Android or IOS device, please see the PEMS Regional Patient Care Protocols, Policies, & Procedures web page.  You will also find a link to the desktop version of the protocols and the change page package.

Upcoming Events

ALL EMT CLASSES WILL BE HELD ON-LINE
until further notice. Contact emstraining@gvfrs.org for questions about obtaining CEUs.

• December 16, 2020Monthly EMS Training
• December 21, 2020Monthly Fire Training
• January 18, 2021Monthly Fire Training
• January 20, 2021Monthly EMS Training

Recent Events

• GVFRS would like to thank the Virginia Rebellion’s baseball players - GVFRS would like to thank the Virginia Rebellion's baseball players for their donations of the Krispy Kreme donuts. Thank you for your support.
• We would like to introduce you to Richard and Heather - We would like to introduce you to Richard and Heather Brown. This father-daughter duo runs out of station 4 in Harcum. Richard joined the department 29 years ago this month as a firefighter. He became Chaplin for GVFRS in 2005 and still holds that title. Heather joined the department in…
• GVFRS would like to alert the public of an apparent - GVFRS would like to alert the public of an apparent fund drive that is being mailed to our local residents, in no way is this affiliated with GVFRS and any funds donated will not go to your local fire departments. GVFRS's fund drive has been postponed until 2021, Please make…
• This afternoon at 3:40, GVFRS, Responded to a trash trailer on - This afternoon at 3:40, GVFRS, Responded to a trash trailer on fire in the area of waste management, crews were about to extinguish the fire with two engines and 8 personnel.
• GVFRS is currently working a large brush fire off of - GVFRS is currently working a large brush fire off of ark road.

Call Volumes

• The following run totals are from Monday September 28 to Sunday - The following run totals are from Monday September 28 to Sunday October 4: Total calls: 90 Medical: 79 Motor vehicle accidents: 6 Landing Zone: 1 Fire/Other: 1 Fire/Structure: 2 Hazmat: 1
• The following run totals are from Monday September 21 to Sunday - The following run totals are from Monday September 21 to Sunday September 27: Total calls: 94 Medical: 68 Motor vehicle accidents: 10 Fire/alarm: 7 Landing Zone: 2 Fire/Other: 1 Fire/Structure: 2 Fire/ Vehicle: 4
• The following run totals are from Monday September 14 to Sunday - The following run totals are from Monday September 14 to Sunday September 20: Total calls: 89 Medical: 69 Motor vehicle accidents: 6 Fire/alarm: 3 Fire/Brush: 2 Landing Zone: 1 Fire/Other: 3 Fire/Structure: 1 Fire/ Vehicle: 1 Hazmat: 1
• The following run totals are from Monday September 7 to Sunday - The following run totals are from Monday September 7 to Sunday September 13: Total calls: 80 Medical: 68 Motor vehicle accidents: 2 Fire/alarm: 5 Fire/Brush: 1 Landing Zone: 1 Fire/Other: 3
• The following run totals are from Monday August 31 to Sunday - The following run totals are from Monday August 31 to Sunday September 6: Total calls: 80 Medical: 61 Motor vehicle accidents: 8 Fire/Other: 5 Fire/alarm: 3 Structure Fire: 2 Landing Zone: 1
• The following run totals are from Monday August 24 to Sunday - The following run totals are from Monday August 24 to Sunday August 30: Total calls: 66 Medical: 57 Motor vehicle accidents: 4 Fire/alarm: 4 Fire/Brush: 1
• The following run totals are from Monday August 17 to Sunday - The following run totals are from Monday August 17 to Sunday August 23: Total calls: 79 Medical: 67 Motor vehicle accidents: 7 Fire/alarm: 3 Landing Zone: 1 Down Tree: 1
• The following run totals are from Monday August 10 to Sunday - The following run totals are from Monday August 10 to Sunday August 16: Total calls: 69 Medical: 56 Motor vehicle accidents: 3 Fire/alarm: 7 Fire/brush: 1 Fire/structure: 2