The Leesburg Flower & Garden show was a great success this year with over 30,000 visitors. The Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad were there in force with Ambulance 613-1 and Bike Team 13 making sure everyone stayed safe. Children received hundreds of Junior EMT helmets and were intrgued by the ambulance tours. “Words cannot express the [...]
The Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad coordinated a hands-on training exercise instructing members about the technical details of vehicle extrication. Operating extrication equipment, wearing personal protective gear and coordinating rescue efforts ensures a successful drill and prepares them for actual rescues.
The Leesburg Rotary Club and REHAU, a global company headquartered in Leesburg, coordinated the 15th Annual Resolution Race at Ida Lee Park on New Years Day. Patty Russell and Dave Galen of the Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad provided EMS stand by services ensuring that participants made it through without incident.
Despite the brisk weather, thousands of parade watchers lined King Street today to ring in the holidays. The Loudoun County Volnteer Rescue Squad and Auxiliary participated in the festivities by displaying Canteen 13, the Special Emergency Response Vehicle and Ambulance 613-4 in the parade. The Rescue Squad is pleased to be a part of the community [...]
Carolyn Trent, an EMT at Loudoun Rescue, spearheaded a food drive at the squad to benefit Loudoun Interfaith. Carolyn wanted this drive to be hugely successful so she challenged each crew to bring in as much food as they could carry to the December membership meeting. ”There’s nothing like a little friendly competition to promote team building all for [...]
Each Halloween since 1957 the Leesburg Kiwanis have sponsored the Halloween Parade down King Street in Historic Downtown Leesburg. Leesburg’s Annual Halloween Parade is the longest running parade east of the Mississippi and certainly the best way to celebrate Halloween! The floats, bands, and costumes are awarded prizes. The parade featured over 200 police, fire [...]
For the first time in 150 years, 1000 Union and Confederate re-enactors participated in an “engagement” commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Loudoun County battle. Members of the Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad visited encampments, witnessed live engagements with canon fire, and viewed soldier and civilian life during the period. The squad is grateful to the numerous volunteers that assisted [...]
Despite miserable weather conditions, members of the Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad were on hand to show their support at the Leesburg Annual Air Show. Two medic units, an EMS Gator, and a First Aid Trailer were on stand by during the event. The air show got underway with 2 skydivers jumping out of a [...]
First responders throughout Loudoun County were recognized for their dedication on the 10th Anniversary of 9/11. Pastor Eugene W. Nichols of the Loudoun Baptist Temple presented the Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad with a proclamation recognizing the service and sacrifies of the squad members. Chief Wagner Grier, Fred Caprio, and Lt. David Galen attended the [...]
Elizabeth Baroody and Karland Moore of the Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad participated in the 911 motorcycle ride on Friday August 18 commemorating the lives sacrificed on September 11, 2001. They both drove the squad’s Special Emergency Responce Vehicle from Somerset, PA through Leesburg to the Pentagon and then north to ground zero. The Squad’s Heavy Rescue [...]