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Southwest Virginia Training is happy to announce the Child and Babysitting Safety program is coming to BoCo. We expect to offer the first class mid-May. Class sizes will be limited to create a safe and personalized learning environment. The safety and care of your children is our highest priority. For more information, email loni@swvatraining.com

What a great story about how early CPR and the actions of the 911 dispatchers and Fire and EMS allowed someone the opportunity to say “Thank you”.

Roanoke Valley Gives will take place on Wednesday, March 10 ,2021 from 12:00 a.m. until 11:59 p.m. Please consider making any donation you can to the Roanoke Valley Firefighters Foundation. The RVFF is almost 6 years old and is here to provide support to firefighter’s families in the event of a line of duty death.Continue reading “Roanoke Valley Gives – March 10, 2021”

This occurred during my last winter “on the job”. I am fortunate to say that I was part of this call although all I did was to help shovel snow to clear a path for the firefighters and medics doing the real work. Read the story about one of Roanoke County Fire and Rescue’s allContinue reading “Another Great Story”

WDBJ has a great story about CPR from Bedford, VA