Virginia Beach firefighters join Crush Cancer cause

VIDEO: Virginia Beach firefighters are joining the effort to Crush Cancer. Did you know that firefighter occupational cancer is the leading cause of line-of-duty death in the fire service? 10 On Your Side has reported stories on local firefighters battling cancer and some losing that battle, which is all the more reason to join the fight to crush cancer. For Max Gonano, local president of the Virginia Beach International Association of Fire Fighters, it’s really simple. “It’s all about prevention. Right? And surveillance,” Gonano said. “So if we can prevent someone from getting cancer, that’s going to be job number one.” Over the years, 10 On Your Side has profiled efforts by firefighters to bring attention to early detection of cancer, the number one way to crush cancer before it’s too late.
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Tractor-trailer ignites into flames on I-77 in Carroll County, no injuries

PHOTOS: Virginia State Police says no one was hurt after a tractor-trailer went up in flames on I-77 in Carroll County. Details remain limited; however, around 5:43 a.m. on May 2, troopers were called to the fire on the southbound side. We’re told a tractor-trailer was carrying cat food. Crews from Carroll County including the Hillsville Fire Department worked to extinguish the fire. Since then, all lanes on I-77 have been reopened and traffic is flowing in the area.
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Firefighters help Chesterfield County 5th graders with egg drop

PHOTOS: Local firefighters gave egg-cited Chesterfield County fifth graders a chance to test their scientific knowledge on Wednesday, seeing how well the students could protect an egg when dropped from a fire truck’s ladder. On Wednesday, May 1, fifth graders at Gordon Elementary handed their egg-protecting contraptions to firefighters to carry to the top of their truck’s ladder. Dena Brown, a STEAM resource teacher at Gordon Elementary, told 8News that this activity was the result of the students’ long-term work on embryology and egg development. “We’re learning about physics, gravity friction,” Brown said, in addition to how eggs are formed and how they develop.” According to Brown, the students -- about 50 groups of two or three each -- had previously dropped eggs from the announcer’s stand by the football field.
WRIC-TV ABC 8 Petersburg

About 4 acres of land, forest in Chesterfield County burn in brush fire

About four acres of land and forest burned in Chesterfield County Tuesday afternoon due to a spreading brush fire. According to Chesterfield Fire & EMS, at about 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30, crews responded to the 15800 block of Saddlebrook Road near River Road for reports of smoke. When firefighters arrived, they found an active brush fire that had spread into the nearby forest. The fire took over an hour to contain, with both county firefighters and the Virginia Department of Forestry working together to control the spread. According to fire officials, about 4 acres were affected. No other information, such as the cause of the fire, is available at this time.
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Harrisonburg: Firefighters ask the community to help support their fallen colleagues

On International Firefighters Day, people from all corners of the United States will gather at a memorial in Maryland to help remember the people who paid the ultimate sacrifice to protect the community they serve. Not everybody is a firefighter, but the National Fallen Firefighters Association has a way for people from all walks of life to support the fallen heroes and their families. The NFFA asks people to change their exterior light bulbs to red ones from May 1 to May 5. Harrisonburg Fire Chief Matthew Tobia said the color selection is meant to represent the most commonly identified color of a firefighter. Over 200 firefighters will be honored at the memorial and have their names etched into it. According to Tobia, 15 of those names will be from men and women who served Virginia communities.
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