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About two to three times per year our Technical Rescue Team (TRT) try to have on-shift training to sharpen our rope skills. Every shift will work on the same skill in attempt to have some consistency, however also keeping OT costs down.
Two times in one day the Technical Rescue Team (TRT) was dispatched to Crabtree Falls, located in southern Nelson County. On the first call, our crews hiked…
Wintergreen Fire Department was dispatched to possible vehicle fire on Rte. 250 near the top of Afton Mountain.
Wintergreen Fire Department was dispatched for a Motor Vehicle Crash (MVC) on Irish Road in the area of Laurel Road reported to have positive entrapment.
Wintergreen Fire Department and Wintergreen Rescue Squad were dispatched for a MVC on Beech Grove Road involving a tractor-trailer that was on its side.
Wintergreen Rescue Squad’s Technical Rescue Team along with Montebello Fire Department and Piney River Fire Department were dispatched for a missing dog that had fell down Crabtree Falls approximately 40-50 feet.
Wintergreen Fire Department and Wintergreen Rescue Squad was dispatched for a shed fire adjacent to a house. When crews arrived on scene they found that an attached garage on the rear...
Wintergreen Fire & Rescue has partnered with Washington County, Virginia to get flood relief items to Virginians in need. It is our intention to support this effort until assistance is no longer needed.
Wintergreen Fire Department and Wintergreen Rescue Squad responded with several of our mutual aid partners to a MVC at the intersection of River Road and Thomas Nelson Highway.
Wintergreen Fire Department and Wintergreen Rescue Squad were dispatched for an MVC on the Blue Ridge Parkway at mile post 16.5 with entrapment.
This afternoon we were called to assist a hiker with a leg injury near “Humpback Rocks”.
Our crews were dispatched to a “pregnancy” call this evening. Not out of the ordinary, however about 5-minutes from the hospital a beautiful baby girl was delivered.
Wintergreen Fire Department was dispatched for mutual aid to assist with a woods fire in the Montebello area with approximately 1/2-acre involved due to a camp fire that had not been completely extinguished.
Wintergreen Fire Department was dispatched for a structure fire involving a building that was at the lumber mill in southern Nelson County off of Rte 29.
Wintergreen Rescue Squad will begin its Community Paramedicine program beginning January 1st, 2024. We are excited to see what this program will bring to Nelson County.
Wintergreen Fire Department and Wintergreen Rescue Squad were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash at Rockfish Valley Hwy and Adial Rd and it was reported one vehicle is on its side with power lines down.
