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Hamilton Volunteer Rescue Squad provides Emergency Medical Services, supplemented with a heavy rescue squad and UTVs to the Hamilton community and surouding areas of Western Loudoun County.

The Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System, Loudoun Career Firefighters Association Local 3756 and Mobile Hope L...
10/16/2026

The Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System, Loudoun Career Firefighters Association Local 3756 and Mobile Hope Loudoun have once again joined efforts with One Warm Coat to collect much needed winter apparel for Loudoun County residents in need. Last year’s campaign was another incredible year, collecting over 1,400 coats, and over 400 cold weather items such as scarves, gloves, and hats. Let’s make this year even better!
From Monday, October 19 – Sunday, December 6, 2026, we will be accepting donations of clean and gently used or new coats, jackets, scarves, winter hats, gloves, and mittens at all fire and rescue stations throughout the County, the training academy, and at our Leesburg headquarters (801 Sycolin Road). If you would rather make a monetary donation that will help Loudoun residents, please visit Mobile Hope’s donation page.

Our volunteers are spending the weekend providing EMS care at the Waterford Fair. Please drop by and say hello at our tw...
10/03/2026

Our volunteers are spending the weekend providing EMS care at the Waterford Fair. Please drop by and say hello at our two locations in the village. We were even serenaded today!

10/01/2026

Fire Officials Remind Residents of Open Burning Regulations for Fall and Winter

The Loudoun County Fire and Rescue Fire Marshal’s Office (LCFR-FMO) reminds residents that effective October 1, 2026, through midnight February 14, 2027, open burning is permitted for the burning of leaves and trees, brush, yard and garden trimmings generated on-site, except where always prohibited. Note: all fires must be called into the Loudoun County Emergency Communications Center at 703-777-0637 prior to ignition and when the fire is extinguished.

If current weather conditions for open burning deem it to be a high-risk activity, additional restrictions may apply. Burning is always prohibited in urban or built-up areas (such as subdivisions) throughout Loudoun County and the Town of Leesburg. Or in the town limits of Lovettsville, Middleburg, Purcellville, and Round Hill.

Legally Set Open Air Fires are Subject to All Local Regulations
• Fires are to be constantly attended by a competent person(s) at least 18 years of age, with means to control and extinguish the fire. If unattended and/or a means of extinguishment is unavailable, the fire must be fully extinguished.
• Open burning may be no closer than 50 ft. from any structure and pose no hazards to a roadway.
• Bonfires are allowed, if they consist of neatly piled seasoned wood, no more than five feet in diameter by five feet in height. The bonfire may be no closer than 50 ft. from any structure.
Prohibited Open Burning
• The burning of household trash, garbage, refuse, household waste, commercial waste, construction waste or debris, combustible liquid, hazardous waste, impregnated lumber, junk, rubber, stumps, products of salvage operations, plastics, tires, tar-based materials, oil or petroleum-based products, hazardous materials, chemicals, animal carcasses and similar materials or waste is prohibited countywide (Incorporated towns included).
• Open burning that is offensive or objectionable because of smoke or odor emissions, or when atmospheric conditions or local circumstances make such fires hazardous, open burning shall be prohibited.
Development-Related Burning
• Agricultural burning, such as clearing of a field or fence row, is limited to materials generated on-site. The burning may be no closer than 50 ft. from a structure and 1,000 ft. from an occupied structure unless prior permission has been given by the occupant and poses no hazard to highways and airfields.
• All land clearing (pit burn) operations by contractors/landowners for development purposes shall be approved by LCFR-FMO. Burning of trees, stumps or brush may require a permit from LCFR-FMO and the State Air Pollution Control Board.
• Warming barrels at a construction site shall be approved by LCFR-FMO. Only clean lumber can be burned, in a barrel or similar container that is screened or covered to prevent flying embers and is not within 15 ft. of any structure.

The Loudoun County Fire Marshal may impose regulations, at any time, based upon a complaint, atmospheric or other environmental circumstances, to restrict or extinguish any fire that is otherwise permitted according to these guidelines. For additional open burning information, please call the Fire Marshal’s Office at 703-737-8600 during normal business hours or visit www.loudoun.gov/openburning.

Loudoun Career Fire Fighters Association - IAFF Local 3756
Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System
Loudoun County Government

We were proud to join our colleagues from Leesburg, Purcellville, Sterling, Ashburn and MWAA (Dulles) in providing suppo...
09/27/2026

We were proud to join our colleagues from Leesburg, Purcellville, Sterling, Ashburn and MWAA (Dulles) in providing support for one of the biggest events Loudoun County sees, the annual Leesburg Airshow. A617 was assigned to the runway, in the event that an aircraft or pilot experienced an unexpected challenge. Fortunately, it was a beautiful (if breezy) day, and we were relegated to enjoying the great performances!

09/21/2026

🚨 Why did that ambulance just turn off its lights at an intersection?

We get this question a lot! It can look confusing when an ambulance is driving with lights and sirens, clears an intersection, and then suddenly turns them off.
Here is what is actually happening:
1️⃣ The call was downgraded. While en route, dispatch may receive new information from the scene indicating the situation is stable, meaning we no longer need to risk driving at emergency speeds.
2️⃣ Another unit arrived first. If a closer squad or a police officer arrives and handles the situation, they will cancel our emergency response.
3️⃣ Patient comfort. If we are transporting a patient who is stable but highly stressed, the loud siren can actually make their condition worse.
No matter what, our goal is always to keep you and our patients safe. When you see our lights, remember to Pull to the Right for Sirens and Lights! 🚘➡️

09/11/2026

🇺🇸 **25 YEARS LATER — IN THEIR OWN WORDS** 🇺🇸

Throughout this afternoon, we are sharing personal memories of September 11, 2001, from members of our rescue squad.

**Kelly Frye — Assistant Chief**

“I was at work that morning, just a normal Tuesday at the veterinary office where I worked.

My ex-husband was on his way with a delivery to Mount Weather and stopped by my clinic to tell me a plane had hit one of the towers. No one routinely had cell phones then.

I was like...what? How does that even happen?

We turned on the TV in the lobby in time for the second tower to be hit.

I remember everyone standing in silence.

**It was quiet confusion.**

The news was reporting all sorts of confusing information. The FAA was reporting that planes were missing.

Then a plane hit the Pentagon.

**The Pentagon...OMG, we are being attacked.**

Rumors of fires all over D.C. were on the news. Then the first tower collapsed. How can a building of that size fall down? What was going on?

The news was still reporting a missing plane. The FAA couldn't find it.

Then there was a crash in Pennsylvania.

It had been found.

Then, with the confusion in New York City, the final tower fell.

I remember watching the news, and there was a news helicopter over the city. Below were the piles of smoke and debris where the towers had stood. But all I could focus on was the Statue of Liberty standing in the harbor with a crystal-clear blue sky behind her.

I remember thinking:

**“Dear God, don't let them get her.”**

Over the next many hours, rumors were everywhere. The news didn't know what was true and what was rumor.

I desperately wanted to leave and pick up my 7-month-old son from the babysitter. I was allowed to leave work early and go home.

I will never forget that night.

I was outside in the yard with the dog when I looked up at the sky and realized how quiet it was.

There were no planes.

All the planes in the country had been ordered to land, and the airspace over the entire country was restricted.

**It was an eerie feeling.**

My family is from New York. I grew up spending summers on Long Island with my grandparents and had visited the New York City sites throughout my childhood.

**I had stood on the roof of one of those towers.**

And now they were gone.

Staring at the news was all I could do.

While I never want to experience another day like September 11, I will never forget how this country was on **September 12** and in the weeks that followed.

We were united as one.

We went to vigils and memorials. People held hands like they knew each other, even when they didn't.

**We promised we would never forget.**

Twenty-five years later, that promise remains.

**We will never forget. 🇺🇸**”

— **Kelly Frye**
Assistant Chief

09/11/2026

🇺🇸 **25 YEARS LATER — IN THEIR OWN WORDS** 🇺🇸

Throughout this afternoon, we are sharing personal memories of September 11, 2001, from members of our rescue squad.

**Kathryn Maad — EMT Student**

“I had the television on that morning while I was getting ready to leave to meet my dad to go bowling. Breaking news came on about the first plane hitting the North Tower. It seemed so crazy and impossible. I called my dad to tell him, but he was already on his way to meet me.

I continued watching the coverage when the South Tower was hit.

I called my dad again. He had worked in the Twin Towers early in his career as a federal agent. We canceled our bowling game, and he headed back home.

I sat on the couch holding my 11-month-old son, not really knowing what the hell was happening. I called my brothers and my mom at work to make sure they were watching the news.

Then the Pentagon was hit.

The towers falling. The plumes of smoke and debris. It was gut-wrenching, but you could not turn it off.

My daughter was in PM kindergarten. She was supposed to get on the school bus around 10:30 that morning, and I was panicked. Do I send her to school? Do I keep her home?

I called my best friend and asked if her son was going to school. She told me to keep the day as normal as possible for the kids and send them to school. Every part of me wanted to keep my daughter home, but I knew she was right. My 5-year-old didn't need to see what I was seeing on television.

She went to school.

Then we learned about the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania.

I remember feeling sick to my stomach as I held onto my infant son. Throughout the day, I called my mom multiple times to make sure our family in New York was accounted for. We had family members who worked in the city, including members of the FDNY and NYPD. We waited and worried until we knew our family was safe.

It was a beautiful day, weather-wise. I remember sitting on the swings in my yard that afternoon, looking up at an empty sky. Not a plane anywhere—which was so odd because we are in the flight path for IAD.

The silence was unsettling.

That night, I took the kids to the candlelight vigil in Waterford Village. Our neighbors and community came together in grief and shock. We sang *God Bless America* and other patriotic songs and waved the red, white, and blue. It was comforting to be among friends and neighbors.

On television, we watched the families searching the streets of New York for their loved ones. Thousands of missing-person flyers appeared everywhere. It was horrible to watch the grief and suffering of those looking for their missing loved ones.

And then came the weeks and months that followed.

For a time, Americans seemed united in a way I had never experienced before. People were kinder to each other. We looked out for our neighbors. We hugged a little tighter. We stood together.

**We were fiercely and unapologetically American.**

Twenty-five years later, I still remember that day—not just because of what happened, but because of how it felt.

The fear.
The uncertainty.
The silence.
The heartbreak.
And the incredible sense of unity that followed.

**We remember.**

**We honor.**

**We never forget. 🇺🇸**”

— **Kathryn Maad**
EMT Student

09/11/2026

🇺🇸 **25 YEARS LATER — IN THEIR OWN WORDS** 🇺🇸

Throughout this afternoon, we are sharing personal memories of September 11, 2001, from members of our rescue squad.

**Curt Newport — Rescue Chief**

“I was in my fourth year as an EMT in Loudoun County and was sitting in my office at work in Gaithersburg when the buzz started that a plane had hit the World Trade Center.

Like many, my first thought was it was likely a small plane that strayed, got lost in the fog, whatever. It happens. There was some talk about it being a jet, and I still thought small, though surprised a jet pilot would have wandered off course like that.

Then word came that maybe a second plane had hit the building as well.

We turned on a TV in the office, and somebody behind a news desk was talking about the Trade Center. Then the image shifted to the Pentagon and the smoldering wreckage there, without introduction or comment.

**Now we were at war with an unknown enemy.**

Our employer sent out an email to all staff to the effect that, ‘While there was work to be done, anybody who felt the need to leave early to be with family was free to do so.’

The trip home to Loudoun took a bit longer than usual, as I chose to avoid the American Legion Bridge—the next target?—and headed the long way around via Frederick.

I returned home to be with my wife and 9-month-old son. I remember looking at him and feeling sadness because I knew he would never know the world in the same way that I had known it.

Many of my colleagues who were on shift were either sent to the Pentagon or backfilled stations whose crews were doing so.

When I was on shift, **we had armed police with us on every call because nobody knew what to expect.**

We had candlelight vigils on our station ramps every night for a week.

It seemed our call volume decreased, as perhaps people were staying home or didn't want to ‘bother us.’

Our crew elected to change our uniforms from our regular polo shirts to our Class C uniforms—badges, collar brass, button-up shirts—and FDNY hats.

**I still have mine, and I still wear it every year when on duty on 9/11.**

I moved out of the area for a few years and invited my local firehouse to brunch on the 9/11 days when I was not on duty.

When I returned to duty in Loudoun, I always ran on 9/11 for the first 10 years after, even if it wasn't my regular day.

More often than not, **9/11 still finds me on duty somewhere.**

”

— **Curt Newport**
Rescue Chief

09/11/2026

🇺🇸 **25 YEARS LATER — IN THEIR OWN WORDS** 🇺🇸

Throughout this afternoon, we are sharing personal memories of September 11, 2001, from members of our rescue squad.

**Patrick O’Neil — Administrative Member**

“A lot of individuals will say, ‘There are days which I will never forget.’ Being from the DMV, unfortunately, they tend to happen increasingly.

Tuesday, September 11, 2001, started out as any routine school day would. It was around the end of math class that we heard those dreaded words from our principal:

‘I need everybody to settle down in the classrooms you are in and listen carefully. The School Board has decided that now is the time to tell everyone that this morning, terrorists have hit both towers of the World Trade Center.’

Some of us thought this may have been a drill of some sort. Not too long after the announcement, the Pentagon had been hit. What struck me hardest was the realization that some of my classmates had family in the Pentagon.

It just so happens that when we were finally able to turn on the TVs, the first tower came crashing down. As someone raised in church, I was convinced that this was the Rapture. I remember praying all day for the victims, survivors, and first responders.

Back at school, even though we were in the building, things were anything but normal. Two of my teachers had family in parts of the Pentagon and had no idea how their family members were doing.

As I have aged and become a first responder, that day has drastically changed my thinking. I had always wanted to be a first responder, but September 11 accelerated that.

My first officer even had a saying: ‘I know you want to run calls, but the best way to keep you safe tonight is to not turn a wheel.’

I learned how to be the first responder that I am today by using both philosophies.”

— **Patrick O’Neil**
Administrative Member

Twenty-five years later, the memories of that day remain deeply personal. Patrick’s story is one of millions—and a reminder that for many who would later enter public safety, September 11 helped shape what service, sacrifice, and answering the call would mean to them.

**We will never forget. 🇺🇸**

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39071 E Colonial Highway
Hamilton, VA
20158

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(540) 338-3111

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