At our December business meeting the department held our annual elections electing the 2019 line officers of the Louisa Volunteer Fire Department.  Below are our 2019 officers!Fire Chief: R. Whitlock1st Assistant Chief: M. Racette2nd Assistant Chief: J. AndrewCaptain: C JohnsonFirst Lieutenant: J. Harvey Second Lieutenant: VacantCongratulations to those elected. We look forward to another good year! 

For 72 years the Louisa Volunteer Fire Department has been in the business of creating long lasting memories for many families in our area. Since 2011, new state laws prohibited us from launching fireworks at our original launch site (The Louisa Little League Field). The new laws made it mandatory for us to have a State of Virginia certified Pyro-technician onsite and it required us to have large buffers from by-standers and occupied dwellings. We have finally come up with a solut...

LCFEMS Personnel took Truck 1 to Moss-Nuckols Elementary School to speak to kindergarten classes about our job and the importance of fire safety. We discussed smoke alarms, how to evacuate a smoke filled residence safely, and they really enjoyed the STOP,DROP and ROLL Races! Fire Safety Education is a very important part of our jobs as firefighters. To schedule your Fire Safety Presentation contact Louisa County Fire and EMS at 540-967-3491.

Kents Store Volunteer Fire Dept in Fluvanna Co, played host of a 16hr-Basic Pump Operations Training Class this past weekend. The classroom portion was held at the New Kents Store Firehouse with the practical portion in Zions Crossroads. The class had a great turn-out with mostly firefighters from Fluvanna, Albemarle, and Louisa. Thanks to Fluvanna Co Fire for setting up the class and allowing our members to attend.

On Saturday Jan 21st, Chief1 gave the final go ahead for personnel to start utilizing the new unit. It is now fully equipped as an Engine for all types of fires and will also carry back-up Vehicle Extrication Equipment.

The Louisa County Department of Fire and Emergency Services received notification that it is the recipient of a $705,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The grant funded the replacement of outdated self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) on all volunteer and career fire equipment in Louisa County. The county opened the bid process with MSA The Safety Company being the best offer. We have since recieved all (SCBA's) and on Jan 18th personnel placed them on t...

        On Friday November 18th, Louisa Volunteer Fire Dept received the newest member to our fleet from pierce manufacturing. Its a 2012 Pierce Pumper. This vehicle was purchased with insurance money recieved from the accident of the late Engine1, which occurred in September of this year. Thankfully noone was injured in the crash. This vehicle will be utilized for many different things but it's p...

 At 1900hrs members of the Louisa Vol Fire Dept met at the station for an orientation class for the new engine. The representative from Pierce Manufacturing went over everything from where to find fluid capacity's to operating the pump. Some cool new features we have on this unit is a Electric Ladder Rack and NightScan Light Tower, which both should prove very useful in the coming months once the unit is placed inservice!

Atlantic Emergency Solutions Vice-Pres. Kevin Sandridge presented the keys to the new Engine ONE to Chief Perkins this evening.  The new engine was delivered a few days earlier than anticipated, while most of the deparment was out on a wildfire call. Outfitting  the engine will take a few weeks before being placed in service.

Final inspection on the new Engine ONE was completed on April 7th, 2011 at the Pierce factory in Appleton, Wisconsin.  Rob Greep, Keith Hopkins and Joe Bowers traveled to the factory last week to perform the final acceptance inspection of the new engine.  The new engine will be designated Engine ONE, replacing the 1994 Seagravewhich will assume the designation of Reserve ONE. Photos in the "Picture Gallery" > > > > > > > >

On Saturday after 9/11 rembrance ceremonies  Louisa County Fire Training Center's new burn building was dedicated to Chief Robert "Perk" Perkins. His goal for fifteen years has been to establish a fire training center for Louisa County.  After many false starts there is now a training building and a new state of the art  "burn building" because of  his vision.  Chief Perk has served the county since 1942 as a firefighter and has been Chief of Louisa C...