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Fire Chief John McCormick announced today that Deputy Chief Tim Estes, Sr. will be promoted to Assistant Fire Chief and Lieutenant Ben Mullins will be promoted to Deputy Chief. This change for the Department will become effective 07/20. Estes, Sr. has 28 years with the Department and Mullins has 13 years with the Department. Congratulations […]

Samantha Fields was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant today. Samantha has been with the department for over 11 years and becomes the first female line officer in the history of the Abingdon Fire Department. Her previous position with the Department was Master Firefighter and is currently serving as president of the Department. Congratulations to […]

It was announced yesterday that Lieutenant Samantha Fields was selected as the Firefighter of the Year for 2020. Congratulations Samantha!

Utility 210 has been placed back in service after being involved in a traffic accident (not our member's fault and there were no injuries). Front end damage was repaired and unit went back in service on 04/23. While the unit was being repaired, the rims were painted black with a thin red line. We are […]

Abingdon Pal's Restaurant changes their marquee sign daily and today they had "Thank A Firefighter." We appreciate them in our community.

Unit 202 (Assistant Fire Chief's Vehicle) is being outfitted for duty. Camper top added and wheels were painted to match our other units. Stripping and town seal added to sides with chevron stripping on rear. Light package and radio system have been ordered and once they are installed, the 2020 Dodge Pickup will be placed […]

With the haze in the air from the forest fires out West, members started at 0700 testing the 5" hose on Tower 203 and Engine 204.

Abingdon Fire Department conducted training on water relays and flow from the Tower using different sizes of hose and nozzles. The training was conducted by Assistant Chief Estes. A good turnout was present for this training.

Abingdon Fire took Tower 203 and our American Flag to the Interstate 81 Exit 22 Bridge to honor the processional motorcade of US Army SSG Ryan Knauss, whose remains were being taken to Arlington National Cemetery in Washington. Abingdon Fire were joined by units of the Washington County Life Saving Crew.

Chief McCormick and Deputy Chief Mullins attended the 2021 Virginia Chief Officer Academy the week of October 17 - 22, 2021, at the W. E. Skelton 4-H Educational Conference Center at Smith Mountain Lake. The week-long Academy was a residential leadership course for fire chief's and chief officer's for various aspects of leadership challenges they […]