All members please be reminded of the monthly meeting February 4th at 1900 hrs. Dinner will be at 1830hrs. All members are asked to attend.

Manakin Volunteer Fire and Rescue would like to extend a thank you to Rusty Perkins of West View Companies ( 804-543-9725 ) who worked with us to create a new staffing board for our day room. With this new tool it will be easier to schedule fire and rescue crews and keep every member informed of what is going on day to day.

At around 1200 hrs units were dispatched to Woodson Pl. for smoke in the structure. Engine11 arrived with nothing showing. Manakin personnel found a problem with the flue and fixed the issue. PPV was used to remove smoke, units cleared and returned to service. Units: Engine 11, Tanker 16, Squad 17, Rescue 10.

Over the past week Manakin water Rescue has been dispatched for 2 water rescue calls for citizens pets trapped in frozen ponds. 1.18.10 Just after 1226 hrs units from Manakin and Goochland (Co. 5) were dispatched for a dog trapped in the middle of a frozen lake with the owner attempted to free the dog. Captain 14 (Branch) arrived on scene and established command reporting 1 dog trapped in the ice 25ft off shore with no human injuries. Crews put Boat 1 in at the Sabot Hill Summer house landing and brought the dog to shore and returned it to the owners. Units- Squad 17, Brush 19,. Boat 1, Rescue 10, Car 3 (Ferguson) and Brush/Boat 5 were returned to service.

First call of the New Year....First Fire of the New Year. At 06:40 Hrs this morning Manakin was dispatched to a fire alarm in Centerville's First Due Area. Before units arrived dispatch reported they had the home owner on the line as well as the alarm company and there was a car on fire in the garage. Deputy Chief Ferguson (Car 3) arrived on the scene and reported light smoke showing from a single story frame house all occupants were out.. Engine 31 (Centerville) and (Manakin) Engine 12 arrive on the scene at the same time and made an interior attack and the incident was brought under control at 07:15. There was no extention in to the living area.  Units operating on the call - Engine 12, Rescue 10,Engine 31, Tanker 36, Squad 37 Ladder 5 , Car 3 and Mutiual Aid Hanover Engine Company 9.

Santa rode along with us as we visited the neighborhoods of our first-due area. He handed out candy canes and took a few last-minute gift requests. Look out for him next year!

Thank you to those who have responded to our annual fundraising letter! We accept donations all year long, and use the money to upgrade equipment, provide training, and maintain our station.  Donations can be sent to:

Manakin Fire-Rescue

PO box 283

Manakin-Sabot, VA 23103

Manakin responded to 3 back to back calls this afternoon including a golfball havester fire at Sycamore Creek , residential fire alarm in Randolph Square, and a single vehicle mva at Patterson Ave and 288. Later that night squad 17 responded to I64 for a single vehicle accident with multiple rollovers.

Squad 17 responded to Cardwell and Broad Street for report of a vehicle with heavy damage and people trapped. On scene 17 went to work on stablization and extrication. The victim was removed and flown to VCU Medical Center.

This is to remind all company 1 members that there will a monthly meeting on Thursday December 3rd. All members are strongly encouraged to attend. There will be dinner before the meeting at 1830 hrs. Elections will be held during the meeting.