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-: Apr, 2022 / Melissa Payne

National Playground Safety Week is April 25 – 29, 2022

Annually, more than 200,000 children, visit emergency rooms due to playground-related injuries. Of those injuries, the vast majority (79%) are fall-related and account for 90% of the most severe ...

-: Apr, 2022 / Melissa Payne

OWL VFD’s 2021 Fred M. Lynn Fire Crew Member of the Year is Gustavo Coelho

OWL VFD’s 2021 Fred M. Lynn Fire Crew Member of the Year is Gustavo Coelho.In 2019, Coelho earned his firefighter certifications while graduating at the top of his recruit class. […]

-: Apr, 2022 / Melissa Payne

Myriam “Aundrea” Bonilla is the recipient of the 2021 Richard A. McAvoy EMS Service Award.

Bonilla joined OWL VFD joined February 2016. She served as an ambulance driver and ambulance driver trainer, then earned her National Registry EMT certification and Virginia State EMT ...

-: Apr, 2022 / Melissa Payne

David H. Williams is OWL VFD’s 2021 New Fire Crew Member of the Year

David H. Williams is OWL VFD’s 2021 New Fire Crew Member of the Year. He joined OWL VFD in the Summer of 2020 and from his very first shift, his […]

-: Apr, 2022 / Melissa Payne

OWL VFD Responds to Active Violence Incident

April 18 – Woodbridge – This past Friday night (April 15), OWL VFD was dispatched to the Active Violence incident at the carnival in the Gar-Field High School parking lot. […]

-: Apr, 2022 / Melissa Payne

Melissa Westphal, Bonita F. Joseph 2021 EMS Crew Member of the Year

Melissa Westphal was the recipient of the 2021 Bonita F. Joseph EMS Crew Member of the Year award. Westphal joined OWL VFD in July 2015. She’s often willing to swap […]