Sterling Volunteer Fire Company

On the evening of July 17th, the Loudoun County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management hosted their Spring Graduation Ceremony. On this evening, Sterling Fire graduated 2 firefighter one students, 2 firefighter two students, 3 basic emergency medical technicians, 1 enhanced emergency medical technician, and 2 command school graduates.

At approximately 4:30am on Thursday morning, July 17, a Sterling man struck a large tree while driving his vehicle on Potomac View Road. Duty Crew 1 on Engine 18 responded and quickly upgraded the response after they arrived on scene to find the driver trapped severely inside the heavily damaged car. The duty chief, additional ambulances and the heavy rescue squad from Sterling Volunteer Rescue were added to the call.

The crew on Engine made quick work of cutting back the mangled car and gained access to the patient about the time the heavy rescue arrived on scene and started to set up. Unfortunately, the paramedics on scene determined that the patient had succumbed to the injuries.

The accident scene was turned over the Sheriffs Department and their accident reconstruction team.

Sunday was a quiet day in Sterling, which is a good thing for those we serve. It also allowed Crew 5 to spend some time training. The crew of Engine 618 attended a leadership seminar at station 18, and the crews from Engine 611 and TowerLadder 611 went to Park View High School to train new members on the operation of the tower bucket and to help other members keep their skills fresh.

TL611 flowing water

E611 supplying TL611

Crew 4 broke up the doldroms of Sunday afternoon haricuts in the fire station with a call to assist the Sheriffs Office with a vehicle into a structure. After arriving on scene, they discovered a small car that had run up over the curb and into the patio doors of a ground floor apartment. Luckily, the occupant was out walking her dogs at the time and no one was injured. The lads from Crew 4 checked the intergrity of structure and closed up the hole with some plastic after the car was towed away. Another job done.