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"It's taken me a while to get here, but 17 years later I finally get to go through this school," said Joshua Xenakis, Fire Captain on Rescue One, VBFD.
This weekend marked the beginning of the 23rd annual Structural Collapse Specialist School.
After traveling to Haiti to help in the response to a deadly earthquake, members of Virginia Task Force 1 returned home to cheering family members.
An urban search and rescue team from Fairfax County is headed to Haiti after a devastating earthquake hit the country on Saturday.
Norfolk mayor recognizes local firefighters for recovery efforts in Surfside condo collapse City of Norfolk and last updated 2021-07-20 22:00:55-04 NORFOLK, Va. - A group of local firefighters is being recognized for helping during a tragedy in Florida. During Tuesday's city council meeting, Norfolk Mayor Kenny Alexander recognized seven members of Norfolk Fire-Rescue for assisting in the recovery efforts after the condominium collapse in Surfside, Florida. The Norfolk firefighters were a part of the USAR Virginia Task Force 2 that deployed to Florida and recovered 25 people from the collap...