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As a small gesture of their thanks for all you do to Protect, Serve & Save.
News
2024 Contest Results
2024 Southwest Virginia Firefighters Association Competition Results
The 2024 Monroe Kingera and Danny Yopp Sportsmanship Annual Award
Awarded to:
Christiansburg Volunteer Fire Department
Scholarship Reminder
The 2023 Southwest Virginia Firefighters Association Scholarship application process is still open. The deadline is 30 April, 2023.
Southwest Virginia Firefighters Association Scholarship Fund
The objective of the scholarship program is to assist individuals desiring to further their academic education. The scholarship award will be $500.00 and can be utilized for any direct expenses such as registration, tuition, books, meals, lodging or transportation. The grant period will run from July 1st of the current year to April 30th of the following year.
ELIGIBILITY
(1)Active fire service personnel that are members of the Southwest Virginia Firefighters Association
(2)Spouses and dependents of active fire service personnel that are members of the Southwest Virginia Firefighters Association
SELECTION CRITERIA
Selection of award recipients will be based on demonstrated need, desire, initiative and potential benefits of the educational opportunity.
Click here to get to the scholarship application.
2021 Southwest Virginia Firefighters Association Convention
The 75th Annual Convention is still planned for 17-20 June, 2021 in Kingsport, TN.
The association will follow the COVID-19 Guidelines that are in place at the time of the convention.
Click on the 2021 Convention Information tab on the menu bar.
2021 Winter Business Meeting
The 2021 Winter Business Meeting that is scheduled for 24 January, 2021 at Dublin Volunteer Fire Department has been changed to a ZOOM meeting. This was changed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Members should have received a link to this meeting by email. If you did not receive the link to the meeting please contact the Secretary and request a link.
Barren Springs Volunteer Fire Department Fish Fry & Gun Raffle
The Barren Springs Volunteer Fire Department will be hosting its annual Fish Fry on 13 September, 2020.
At this event they will be drawing for the items for the 2020 Annual Raffle.
The items for the raffle this year are:
1st Prize: Savage 110 tactical 6.5 Creedmore
2nd Prize: Ruger American Ranch 300 blackout
3rd Prize: Handmade knife by Michael Erwin (Model SK-1) value at $250
Raffle tickets are $5.00 each, See any Barren Springs Firefighter or contact Chief Joshua Stitt at 540-239-8464 with questions or for tickets.
(Do not have to be present to win)
2020 Virginia Fire Rescue Conference
The Southwest Virginia Firefighters Association had a booth setup at the 2020 Virginia Fire Rescue Conference in Virginia Beach.
2020 Summer Business Meeting Update
7 June, 2020
Ladies and Gentlemen,
At the last Board and Convention Committee meetings we discussed meeting on June 21st for our spring meeting. As you are aware that due to the current pandemic and the restrictions imposed by our wonderful Governor, this meeting had to be cancelled as well as the 2020 convention.
Now that the state is in Phase 2 we will be able to have a business meeting and move forward with the normal business of the association. The association has scheduled the 2020 Summer Business Meeting for 19 July, 2020 to be held at Riner Volunteer Fire Department beginning at 1300 hours. At this meeting we will conduct the business of the association that would normally be taken care of at the annual convention.
This will include the election of officers, election of the Board of Directors and the setting of the meeting schedule for the 2020-2021 year.
If your department would like to host one of the quarterly business meetings please notify the upcoming President or the Secretary. Instead of the Fall Business Meeting being held in September the date has been moved to 18 October, 2020 with the location to be determined at the summer meeting. After that we plan on getting back to the normal rotation of meeting for January and April.
Thank you for your patients and understanding during this unique time,
David Akers
Board of Director Member
Southwest Virginia Firefighters Association