News

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

akers815@aol.com

Congratulations to the following Scholarship Recipients

2023:

Kaitlyn Tucker, Covington Fire Department, Mountain Gateway Community College, ADN Program

Camey Compton, Riner Fire Department, Respiratory Therapy

Rally Williams, Christiansburg Fire Department, Radford University, Sports Management

Abigail Gravley, Dublin Fire Department, Virginia Western Community College, Social Sciences

2022:

Seth Dunbar, Radford Fire Department, Virginia Tech, Real-Estate

Allyson Nichole Martin, Riner Fire Department, Bluefield School of Nursing

Oakley Williams, Christiansburg Fire Department, Virginia Tech, Civil Engineering

Rally Williams, Christiansburg Fire Department, Radford University, Sports Management

Kai Marshall, Blacksburg Fire Department, Virginia Tech, Applied Agriculture Management

2021: – Click Here For Award Photos

Camey Compton, Riner Fire Department, New River Community College
Nursing

Jessica Mussleman, Riner Fire Department, Freed-Hardeman University, Biochemistry

Jordan Ashworth, Martinsville Fire / EMS, Virginia Tech, Mechanical Engineering

2018:
Thank you to the following sponsors: Haley Toyota, VFIS Insurance and The Redknights

Kallista Winters, Newport Fire Department, Radford University
Nursing

Sydney M. Rector, Elliston Fire Department, Ferrum College
Psychology, Social Work, Art

Katherine Saylors, Riner Fire Department, Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, UT

Alyssa Danielle Hillenberg, Barren Springs Fire Department, James Madison University
Business Management, Prelaw

2020 Winter Meeting

January 19, 2020

1:00 pm

Green Spring Volunteer Fire Department

22632 Green Spring Church Rd.

Green Spring, VA 24211

276-628-5567

The Southwest Virginia Firefighters Association would like to welcome the Jonesville Volunteer Fire Department as the newest membsers of the Southwest Association.

Jonesville Volunteer Fire Department is located in Lee County with 31 active members.

The Southwest Virginia Firefighter’s Association is now on the web, Facebook and Twitter. 

As a way to better share the information and networking for the Southwest Virginia Firefighters Association we are expanding our social media presence by adding more way to communicate with our members.