| On December 19, 2004,
members of the Hamilton Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Hamilton
Volunteer Fire Department conducted a live fire training burn in
the Paeonian Springs area. A house was donated to the fire
company, allowing for their firefighters to train on actual burn
scenarios. Several members of the Rescue Squad are also
firefighter certified, including Chief Jody Marker, Lt. Jonathan
Whitbey, and Sgt. Matthew Sheehan.
Several exercises were conducted before the house became too
hazardous to continue to allow interior operations. The
house was subsequently burned to the ground for safety reasons.
In addition to the HVRS and HVFD, personnel from Loudoun
County Fire-Rescue and Manassas City Fire Department were
involved in the training. |
