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E83 GOES INTERIOR

A quiet night quickly turned busy after a day of celebrating America’s Birthday across the county. Engine 83 was dispatched to a reported residential structure fire in Hollymead.
Battalion Chief 201 arrived first, established command, and reported smoke and fire showing from the crawl space on the Alpha/Bravo corner of the home. Upon E83’s arrival, fire was extending from the crawl space and first-floor windows. Crews initiated an aggressive interior fire attack, knocking down the main body of fire on the first floor just 1 minute and 55 seconds after E83 arrived on scene.
With limited access to the crawl space below, E83 cut an access hole through the first floor, allowing crews to extinguish the remaining fire from above.

Great work by all crews on scene with a quick stop that helped limit further extension and damage.

🪪: E83, E111, E151, E22, E32, TRK11, RS18-2, BC201, CHF21, CHF80, FM14, ACFRM

Congratulations to our 15 members who graduated from the University of Virginia this spring. 🎓

Balancing coursework, exams, and the demands of volunteer service is no small feat, and these individuals did it with commitment and dedication. We are incredibly proud to have watched them grow not only as students, but as firefighters, and most importantly, members of this community.

Thank you to all of our graduates listed below:

Ramses Perez — Commerce
Jack Duhamel — Biology
Zoe London — Global Public Health & French
Beckett Lisle — Biology
Shelby Bavin — Global Security & Justice, Minor in Middle Eastern Studies
Rushil Umaretiya — Computer Science & Philosophy
Harper Connolly — Neuroscience
Sophie Lou — Biology & Archaeology
Mike Edwards — Commerce
Liam Touhy — Systems Engineering
Alex Lozano*
Sejal Mohapatra* — Neuroscience
Elijah Enin — Biology
Tyler Christiansen
Reuben Weitzman — Neuroscience
Andrew Wiles — Nursing

*Not Pictured

Whatever comes next, know that this department will always be part of who you are. Congratulations, graduates — Wahoowa!

🚨 F Crew Promotions 🚨 Congratulations to Sophie Lou on being promoted to Released FF, and Melissa Zheng, Willis Solomon, Vincent Gye-Jacqot, Christian Melonie, and Alex Lozano on being promoted to Rookie FFs!