Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department

Albemarle County, Virginia

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Serving our community since 1976

STVFD is the busiest Fire Station in Albemarle County. Our Volunteer and Career firefighters responded to over 3,400 calls for service in 2024. These include Structure fires, motor vehicle accidents, Technical rescue calls and Medical emergencies

Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department is a hybrid Fire Department made up of ~100 Volunteers and Albemarle County Fire Rescue career firefighters. It is a unique mix of local residents and students from all walks of life.

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Continuing with our member spotlight, this month’s member is Kevin Jaredic. Kevin has been volunteering with Seminole Trail for 2 years now. Raised in Charlottesville, Kevin first joined STVFD because he had some free time and a growing interest in firefighting and EMS. As his time continued, he found a sense of purpose [ the group/crew he has, very close bonds, and the really fun to do stuff at the station and out of the station with them]. On B Crew, Kevin serves as a released EMT, Firefighter, and car driver. Outside of volunteering, he currently attends PVCC nursing program, while working as an EMT for a private ambulance company. In any additional free time, Kevin enjoys working on vehicles [especially his motorcycle and car].

2 new promotions this past month! Congratulations to Asfar Chaudhry and Max Timmins for completing their dot book and being promoted to rookie firefighter!

Yesterday at approximately 1600 hours E83, staffed by ACFR day crew and TO88 staffed by volunteers from B crew, went first due for the residential structure fire in dunlora. E83 marked this a working incident due to the large column seen while en route. Crews found a 2 story on a walkout basement with fire throughout, exposing the B and D buildings. E83 supplied TO88 for defensive operations and exposure control.

Units operated on scene for ~ 5 hours completing extensive overhaul of the structure and assisting the homeowners with salvaging their belongings.

Thank you to @albemarlefire , @charlottesville_fire and @warsrescue5 for the assistance.

💳: E83, TO88, E1, E161, E111, E45, TO121, E10, SQ505, RS12, RS18, BC202, CHF80, CHF83, CHF85

As UVA’s graduation comes upon us this weekend, we would like to take a moment to highlight this year’s graduating members. We are extremely proud of them and their accomplishments both as students and firefighters. Congratulations to the Class of 2025. 🎓🎓🍾🍾

UVA Undergraduate:
FF/EMT Mariana Buenaventura
FF Zach Casey
FF Alex Edwards
SrFF/EMT Colin Fogarty
FF Mannix Green
FF Kevin Holcombe
FF/EMT Takelia Jones
FF/EMT Alex Lin

PVCC Nursing (Not pictured)
FF/EMT Kasia Buyaki

📸: @cmurph.photo

Yesterday evening, #Engine83 was added to a single vehicle crash, upgraded to an entrapment in Station 15’s area. E83 arrived as the first engine to a vehicle on its side. E83 & E151 stabilized the vehicle with struts and cut the roof. Units assisted the single occupant out of the vehicle and transported them to UVA. Total extrication time of 18 minutes.

💳: E151, E83, SQ11, M15, BC202, CHF82, CHF83

Another Round of promotions are in order! Congratulations to the following (left to right) on their promotions.
A Crew: Alex Lin has been promoted to Released FF.

B Crew with three promotions:
Kevin Jaredic has been promoted to Released FF
Sophie Lou has been promoted to Rookie FF
Beckett Lisle has been promoted to Released FF

E Crew: Eddie Tennant has been promoted to Released FF.

Again, please congratulate all of the individuals listed on their hard work.

Promotions are in order! Over the past two weeks A Crew has had three promotions. Congratulations to the following (left to right) on their promotions:
Will Frost has been promoted to Rookie FF
Takelia Jones has been promoted to Released FF
Will Marshall has been promoted to Released FF

Again, please congratulate all of the individuals listed on their hard work.

STVFD operated on the 200 acre Morven fire this past saturday in St11s due. St8 sent 12 volunteers to assist with providing manpower for containment and suppression. Crew operated for several hours before returning to Berkmar drive around midnight. Great work by @forestryva and @albemarlefire crews!

Meet the Faces Behind the Service! We’re excited to kick off a fun new segment where, once or twice a month, we’ll introduce you to the incredible people who make our station thrive. Get ready to learn more about the faces behind the scene—because, after all, we’re neighbors helping neighbors.

Briar Tures joined Seminole in October 2015 as an undergraduate at UVA. She became part of STVFD with the goal of making a difference, inspired by the firefighters who helped her mother in a life-changing situation. As firefighter/medic, Briar has made the lasting impact she set out to achieve—both within our station and throughout our community. When she’s not at the station, Briar works as a Physician Assistant at UVA in the TCV unit. And in her free time, she enjoys writing as a hobby. She’s currently working on a fiction novel.
We’re grateful for all of our members and we can’t wait to share their amazing stories. @btures

March is Women’s History Month, on International Women’s Day, we want to take the time to thank all of the amazing women that volunteer here at Station 8 (pictured and not pictured!) who help support our community’s health and safety every day! Thank you for all you do for our community and peers! #internationalwomensday #volunteerfirefighters #firefighters

Congratulations to RFF Shelby Bavin and RFF Liam Tuohy on completing their dot books! Great work B and D crew!

Yesterday at 5:32, E83 was dispatched for a structure fire on the roof of a townhome in the first due. Due to this being around shift change C Crew marked up in TO88 and C89. Crews found the cedar shingled roof on fire with extension into the attic. E83 took fire attack and TO88 completed searches on the fire building and exposures. Crews operated for ~2 hours before returning to Berkmar Dr. #tower88 #firstdue #stvfd

Congratulations to the members of our Firefighter 1 class for completing their burn day this past sunday! This is the culmination of weeks of training our firefighters receive in order to become certified. They will now return to their duty crews to complete their Dot books in order to become IDLH certified and receive their black helmets.

Special thanks to the County Burn team for taking the time to setup such an excellent day of training for us!

This past sunday, amid running multiple calls for service throughout the afternoon E81 went 4th due for the working fire in St3s area.

E81 with a crew of 3 assisted with the extensive overhaul of the attic and void spaces in the walls. E81 operated for ~2 hours before being released to continue answering calls for service throughout the county.

This was during FF McCulley’s DPO check ride and he passed with flying colors. Please congratulate him on becoming a released Engine operator!

E82 went first due for the residential structure fire this saturday afternoon. Crews found a chimney fire with extension into the attic. E82 took fire attack as the first engine and assisted with extensive overhaul. Crews operated ~ 2 hours before returning to Berkmar Dr. #workengine #countywide #stvfd

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Seminole Trail Volunteer Fire Department

Albemarle County, Virginia

Neighbors helping Neighbors Serving our community since 1976

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Neighbors helping Neighbors
Serving our community since 1976