“So just having a caller being able to reach out and say, ‘We have your info, we want to confirm this and we’re working on getting you local access,’ has alleviated a lot of their concerns and fears,” Fauquier County Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Management Chief Darren Stevens said.
Mary Judkins, 79, is internet savvy and completely comfortable preregistering for her vaccine.
“There was no feedback; nobody would tell you, ‘Well, we got it,’” she said.
Then she watched with a bit of dismay as some determined friends figured out they could jump the line by signing up for their shot in another community.
A little before 4 p.m. Sunday, a fire broke out on the second floor of a single-family home on Warrenton s Fourth Street. The fire and the water damage resulting from efforts to extinguish it will leave the structure uninhabitable, officials said. A preliminary investigation found the fire was an accident.
Homeowner William Cropp Jr. said his son was the only person inside the house when the fire started; the son was taken to the emergency room for possible smoke inhalation but was determined not to have suffered any major injury, he said. Two dogs died in the blaze, however. The Red Cross is assisting the family.
A little before 4 p.m. Sunday, a fire broke out on the second floor of a single-family home on Warrenton s Fourth Street. The fire and the water damage resulting from efforts to extinguish it will leave the structure uninhabitable, officials said. A preliminary investigation found the fire was an accident.
Homeowner William Cropp Jr. said his son was the only person inside the house when the fire started; the son was taken to the emergency room for possible smoke inhalation but was determined not to have suffered any major injury, he said. Two dogs died in the blaze, however. The Red Cross is assisting the family.