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Yesterday, the GVFRS Fire Prevention Team hosted 46 home schooled children and 20+/- parents at Station 1 for a fire Read more
On Friday October 7th, Gloucester Volunteer Fire & Rescue Junior Members will be holding our Annual Blood Drive in memory Read more
Where were you on 9/11? It’s a rhetorical question. You don’t have to answer and we really don’t want you Read more
Need to get tested for COVID-19? Please review this information from the Virginia Department of Health. Read more
The architect has generated a set of concept drawings based on the design so far.The concept includes:6 drive-through apparatus baysliving Read more
GVFRS would like to alert the public of an apparent fund drive that is being mailed to our local residents, Read more
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Station 1 Long Range Planning
GVFRS has outgrown our Main Street Station, Station 1, which can no longer properly support the needed equipment and personnel. GVFRS has been working for nearly two years to develop options to meet the needs of the department and the community for at least the next 50 years.
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HERE'S SOME INFORMATION TO CONSIDER ON WHY IT IS A BAD IDEA TO USE THE SELF-CLEANING FEATURE ON ELECTRIC OVENS:The following information was taken from Family Handyman Tips and Hints ( familyhandyman.com ):
"[T]here are a few of the dangers associated with using the self-cleaning feature of your oven:
- Carbon monoxide is released as the oven dirt and grease are incinerated. The more dirt and grease at the start of the cycle the more CO is released. Unlike your water heater and house heater that also produce CO, your oven does not vent this dangerous gas outside your house. Instead, the CO gas is allowed to vent into your kitchen. There currently is no clinical evidence regarding how much CO is released during the self-clean cycle.
- Touching the oven at any time during the four-to-six-hour self-cleaning cycle can cause severe burns. In the oven user manual, most oven manufacturers warn that small children and pets must be kept out of the kitchen during the self-cleaning cycle.
-There is a possibility of oven catching on fire, and causing a house fire."
Click on the below link to view the story about a house fire in Virginia Beach that was caused by using the oven's self cleaning feature.
No injuries after oven catches fire in self-cleaning mode at Virginia Beach home
www.wavy.com
There were no injuries after a fire caught fire inside an oven Monday night at a home in Virginia Beach.
HERES SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING OVERLOOKED ELECTRICAL HAZARDS THAT COULD CAUSE A FIRE IN YOUR HOME!From the Family Handyman website, here's some things to look for so that you can prevent a fire in your home:
Most Overlooked Electrical Fire Hazards in Your Home
www.familyhandyman.com
Sometimes, electrical hazards lurk out of sight. Learn how to spot them and what you can do to make your home safer.
BEWARE OF THIN ICE!Parents - with this cold spell upon us, PLEASE caution your children not to go out on frozen creeks and ponds as the ice may not be frozen enough to support them. Two years ago, two children went out on ice covering a neighborhood retention pond and fell through! One of them was able to make it back to shore but the other was not! Gloucester Volunteer Fire & Rescue was dispatched to rescue that child, and fortunately several of our volunteers and Sheriff Darrell Warren were close enough to that location that they were able to rescue that child before going under and drowning. Captain Ashley Rowe and Lt. Aj Hamilton went out on the ice to make the rescue and fell through themselves finding the depth of the pond was over their heads! While that rescue was successful, the next time someone falls through thin ice we might not be able to effect a positive outcome as none of our volunteers might not be close enough to get there in time! So PLEASE parents, make sure to tell your children to STAY OFF FROZEN PONDS AND CREEKS!
PLAN NOW FOR YOUR NEW YEAR'S EVE SAFETY!We're sure everyone is looking forward to celebrating the incoming year and we want you to do so safely! That said, now is the time to ensure your that you have a safe and enjoyable evening. If you drink, please do not drive! Plan now on having a designated driver; or using Uber or Lyft. REMEMBER - BUZZED DRIVING IS DRUNK DRIVING! We do not want you to be injured or injure someone else by driving "buzzed" which is actually under the influence with all that entails.
With regard to Lyft, the following information was copied from the Smithfield Times: "[R}residents 21 and older, who are celebrating with alcohol, legal or illegal drugs may download the Lyft app to their phones, then enter the 757 Sober Ride code in the app’s “Payment” tab (under the “Add Lyft Pass” option) to receive their no-cost safe transportation home. DSHR’s New Year’s Eve 757 Sober Ride promo code will be posted at 10 p.m. on Dec. 31, at www.DriveSafeHR.org/757-sober-ride. It can be used only during the above-stated period for rides originating from or having a destination within Hampton Roads, subject to Lyft’s terms of service. Drive Safe Hampton Roads serves James City County, Williamsburg, Newport News, Hampton, Isle of Wight, Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Smithfield, area military bases, York, Poquoson, Gloucester County, and Accomack and Northampton Counties on the Eastern Shore."
We hope you have a safe and enjoyable New Year's Eve and wish you happiness in the upcoming year!
Read more at: www.smithfieldtimes.com/2024/12/27/lyft-offering-free-sober-rides-home-to-hampton-roads-drivers-n...
Lyft offering free sober rides home to Hampton Roads drivers New Year’s Eve, Day - Smithfield Times
www.smithfieldtimes.com
Drive Safe Hampton Roads, a coalition of public and private organizations with the mission of improving roadway safety and reducing deaths and injuries from vehicle crashes, will partner with rideshar...
T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, --not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN! On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONDER and BLITZEN! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!" As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my hand, and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT. #gvfrs
