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April 22, 2008

The Seminole Trail Ladies Auxiliary held a very successful fund raiser at the Chick-Fil-A restaurant located at Rt. 29 N and Woodbrook Drive.

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17-Apr 17:19
PEN PARK LN & RIO RD E
MVC with extrication
M141, E82, E85, S133

STVFD units were toned for an MVC w/ extrication on Rio Rd at Pen Park Drive. ECC advised the vehicle was struck by a falling tree.

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17-Apr 02:09
SEMINOLE TRL&ASHWOOD BLVD
MVC with extrication
M121, E121, E81, E85, S133

STVFD C crew ran an early morning extrication on 29 South @ Ashwood Blvd. One priority red entrapped reported by ACPD on scene.

3-Apr 15:11
3345 ARBOR TERRACE
Residential Structure Fire
E111, E81, E41, E2(CFD), M145,

Engine 81 was second due on a reported structure fire on Arbor Terrace in the Forest Lakes Subdivision.

April 1, 2008

Engine 81 ran its first official call at 1851 hours on Monday March 31, 2008. E Crew was on duty and ran Engine 81 in place of Engine 85 for a reported car fire on Seminole Trail in front of the Charlottesville Post Office.

March 23, 2008

B Crew spent much of their weekend working on the renovation of the Station 8 kitchen.

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Photographs courtesy of J Stoll

March 30, 2008

A housing ceremony for new Engine 81 was held today at Seminole Trail VFD. Approximately 100 people were in attendance including local citizens, officials from Albemarle County government, fire brigade members, career staff, as well as many of our charter and life members.

3-Mar 17:07
447 HIDDEN RIDGE RD
Residential Structure Fire
E111, T111, E05, M143, S135, E24, E85, E73, E61, E21, E82

Engine 85 responded on the first alarm and Engine 82 on the second alarm for a house fire on Hidden Ridge Road in Monticello F/R first due.

The 3rd Annual Walker Sisk Truck Company Basics School will be held on March 29th and 30th as part of the Albemarle County Department of Fire/Rescue Regional School.

February 10, 2008

The National Weather Service forecast for high winds in Albemarle County came in the form of numerous lines down and brush fire calls for all county units. STVFD's first call of the day at around 1030 hours was a brush fire from a downed power line that turned out to be a foreboding indicator of the day to come for Albemarle Co.

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26-Jan 19:43
147 WOODLAKE DRIVE
Residential Structure Fire
E85, TO88, E2, E82, E121, E41, E1, SQ135, TK1, HM47

Saturday January 26th began pretty quietly for D crew. Company training was set up around the station for probationary firefighter testing. E85 ran a dumpster fire around noon and a few medical calls and an alarm activation were scattered throughout the afternoon between training scenarios. That all changed very quickly as the evening began.

January 20, 2008

C Crew spent most of the weekend taking it easy with just a few medical calls for the first 36 hours. But as the temperature dropped the calls picked up.

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02-Jan 20:41
1642 RIO HILL DRIVE
Reduced Structure Fire
E85, TO88, E5

Engine 85 and Tower 88 were first in on a reduced structure fire at the Rio Hill Apartment complex.

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27-Dec 21:33
528 JESTER LANE
Residential Structure Fire
E121, E85, TO88, E2, E41, SQ133, HM47, M121

Engine 85 and Tower 88 responded on the first alarm to a residential structure fire in the Camelot subdivision.