2026 SESSION
INTRODUCED
26106517D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 328
Offered March 9, 2026
Commending the Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.
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Patron—Oates
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WHEREAS, for 50 years, the Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., has greatly served the Clarke County community by safeguarding lives, property, and the environment in the county and surrounding areas; and
WHEREAS, following a deadly fire in 1975, a group of local citizens set out to establish a fire department to protect the community; with support from the Lord Fairfax Planning District and professional and volunteer fire companies in the region, the Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Company was officially chartered in 1976; and
WHEREAS, the Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Company initially operated out of a former Virginia Department of Transportation building until years of fundraising enabled the construction of a new fire station, which was dedicated on June 12, 1982; and