Annual Carnival Cancelled

After many decades of rides, games, and community spirit, it is with heavy hearts that we announce the Culpeper County Volunteer Fire Department will be discontinuing our annual carnival. This decision was not made lightly, but due to the numerous pressures of other demands, we are unable to continue this long-standing tradition. We are immensely grateful to the generations of families who made this event a staple of our town. We thank our dedicated volunteers, sponsors, and the community for their support. Our hearts are full of cherished conversations with our annual attendees, the friendships made, and all the lifelong memories we will carry with us. If you see our doors open at our firehouse, stop by and see us!<

2025 Culpeper County Christmas Parade

Congratulations to our 6 newest certified Driver/Operator – Aerial (DAO) members!

 
Please join us in congratulating them on successfully passing their DAO certification on their first attempt! Their hard work, dedication, and commitment to learning the ins and outs of operating our apparatus safely and efficiently truly shows what it means to serve with pride.

We’re proud of their accomplishments and the continued dedication they bring to the department and our community.

We would like to thank Jd Bailey and Norman Brooks jr for instructing this course for us and Captain Willie Glascock for mentoring students and making sure the class had everything they needed to be successful. Also a special thanks to Orange Volunteer Fire Company for allowing us to train and test with Truck 23.

Congratulations to Our New CTEC Fire and EMS Graduates

On 5/6/2025, members of the CTEC Fire and EMS Classes graduated their academies. Congratulations to all students, CCVFD looks forward to seeing you all do great things!

CCVFD would also like to say congratulations to Dylan Seay for being awarded the first Trailblazer Spirit award for his dedication and willingness to help with any task needing taken care of.

CCVFD Members Graduating Include:

Dylan Seay
Camden Scarfo
Christian Hefner
Blake Hess

Congratulations to Jack Griffin

April 10, 2025 – Jack Griffin has received the Culpeper Town Police Departments Amazing Citizen Award. The Amazing Citizen Award is in recognition of people who go above and beyond to make Culpeper better. These special individuals work behind the scenes, out of public sight, or without thought of public recognition. These generous and dedicated citizens work hard to make our community and our lives better.

Jack has proudly served the Culpeper County Volunteer Fire Department and the citizens of Culpeper for 55 years. During his time, he was a Captain, Assistant Chief, and Chief of the department from 1994 to 2001 and again from 2003 to 2007. Jack currently holds the office of Treasurer, which he took over in 2011. Jack has been either number one or two in responding to calls for help each of the last 42 years, answering more than 30,000 calls to assist the residents of Culpeper County. Congratulations to Jack Griffin. Well deserved, and we thank you for all you have contributed and continue to contribute to our department and the community. The award was certainly well deserved.

Congratulations to James Kenney

Please join CCVFD in congratulating member James Kenney for completing his recruit school for Fauquier County Fire and Rescue! This school was 6 months of intense physical and mental training to get multiple certifications including, EMT-B, EVOC 1, 2, and 3, Firefighter 1 and 2, HazMat Operations, Mayday, and more! James is now a Firefighter/EMT for Fauquier Counties B-Shift stationed at Station 4 (The Plains) and will continue volunteering in Culpeper!

Culpeper Volunteer Fire Department Celebrates 100 Years of Service

During tonight’s meeting (September 15, 2024) Brandy Station Volunteer Fire Department Chief Troilo (Middle) presented CCVFD with a congratulatory plaque for being in service for 100 years! Pictured with Chief Troilo is Chief Kenny Mills (Left) and President Steve Corbin (Right)

Lifepoint Church Brings Provisions to C.C.V.F.D. in Appreciation for Service to our Community

The Culpeper County Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank Lifepoint Church of Culpeper for their generous donations of water, coffee, Gatorade, snacks, energy bars, peanut butter, bread, crackers, and a variety of other items.

Our members can use these items during or after fire and emergency calls, drills, meetings, or for those duty crews who stay at our station. Your caring support makes our community a great place to live and work.

Chief Mills was there to greet the large group and accepted the generous donation, and everyone enjoyed the visit.

The Culpeper County Volunteer Fire & Rescue Association
Annual “Picnic in the Park”

On Sunday, August 25, 2024, the Culpeper County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association hosted its Annual First Responders Picnic at Yowell Meadow Park in the Town of Culpeper. We would like to thank all the first responders who joined us for an afternoon of great food, fun and fellowship. Culpeper County departments and organizations attending were: Culpeper Co.1 – Brandy Station Co. 2 – Richardsville Co. 6 – Salem Co. 8 – Little Fork Co. 9 – Rapidan Co. 10 – Culpeper Rescue Co. 11. Also joining us were officers from the Culpeper Town Police department and the Culpeper County Sheriff’s office.

The weather was good with temperatures in the mid 80’s, with a pleasant cool breeze. The many shade trees in the park provided even more cover for a cool and comfortable afternoon for the over 100 first responders and families who attended. 

A big thank you to all the association members who helped organize, set up, the food preparation, and the clean up. You made this event a great success. We would also like to thank all the merchants who donated gift cards for our door prizes.

Thank You, Walmart!

Thank you Walmart for being Blue and Red’s biggest supporter!  $2500 grant for our cause.

FF James Kenney Award for Assisting with Quaker Run Fire

At our monthly meeting on April 11, 2024, FF James Kenney was presented a plaque from the Madison County Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. He was presented this plaque by CCVFD Captain Travis Kenney for his assistance in the Quaker Run fire. Thank you James for representing our department and helping our neighbors.

Warren A. Rollins Lifetime Service Member Memorial Service

On April 17, 2024, along with family and friends we laid our Lifetime Member Warren A. Rollins to rest. We will never forget you or the service you provided to the Culpeper community. Rest easy brother, we will miss you.

CLICK HERE FOR MEMORIAL SERVICE PHOTOS

Amazing Citizen Award

2023 Fire Chief Report

For the year 2023 Culpeper County Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched for 916 calls for Service.

• 200 calls the department were placed in service before responding.

• Responded to 716 calls for service with an average response time of 4 minutes and 15 seconds.

• Arrived on the scene of 586 calls with an average of 9 minutes and 11 seconds response time (From time of dispatch time to time on scene).

• Average of 5 firefighters per call.

• For outside fires we lost approximately 65 Acres.

During 2023 we completed 19,699 hours of daily tasks:

• 6,323 administrative hours which includes Monthly meetings, Committee meetings, other meetings as needed, Fire Department events, Public Education Events, Work Details, Parade, Carnival and Fund Raising.

• Operational Response Hours were 6,698 hours.

• Other operational hours to include equipment checks, Station maintenance, Special tasks were 4,308 hours.

• Operational Training Hours which include Monthly Drills other approved training from various courses offered outside of the department were 2,370 hours.

Total manhours for 2023 was 19,699 hours.  Thus saving the taxpayer’s $401,642.00

Blue & Red Santa Project 2023

This was another successful year for the Blue & Red Project! First responders and volunteers all helped to make Christmas possible for 150 local children. The morning starts off with the children shopping for a mixture of needed clothing items and toys. Their purchases are transported to Brandy Station Volunteer Fire Department where the families are treated to a hot breakfast (gift shopping is hungry work) and a surprise visit from Santa! At the end of the morning, the families collect their gifts.

This incredible event is only possible through our community’s support. Volunteers donate their time, organizations donate supplies, and community members donate funds. The Blue and Red Project is a nonprofit partnership between the Culpeper Police Department, Culpeper County Volunteer Fire Department, and Culpeper Human Services. Started as a “Shop with a Cop” event, the Project now provides year-round support to our local youth and is supported solely through donations and fundraising efforts.

Blue & Red Project
Kim Atkins Photography
Culpeper Police Department
Culpeper County Volunteer Fire Department
Culpeper Human Services
Brandy Station Volunteer Fire Department
Fraternal Order of Eagles Culpeper #4551
Salem Volunteer Fire Department
CTEC EMT Program
The Signature Team of Remax Gateway
Walmart Culpeper
Eastern View High School Band
Virginia State Police Division 2

(Thanks to Kim Atkins of Kim Atkins Photography for the above information)

First Responder Virginia Conference / Expo VAVRS / VSFA Conference
September 20th thru 23rd