Hurricane Irene

As the Hurricane appraoched our area the members of Company 10 began to get prepared for whatever Irene was goning to bring our way. Members made sure all of the equipment was ready for service, handing out evacuation notices and watching the weather, so once Irene got , everyone would be ready. Company 10 answered right around 80 calls for service, mostly trees down and wires down, but we did have 2 trees on houses and 2 working fires. The members did not get much time to rest from the beginning to the end of the storm. Both houses that werestruck by the trees were severly damaged, but no injuries at either call. Our first fire was at the Bel Alton Thrift Store. Units arrived to find fire showing from the Alpha and Delta sides of the building. All the units worked together to bring the fire under control within 30 minutes. The second fire was on Davis Drive in King George Virginia. Units arrived to find a 2 story single family house with fire on the 2nd floor and in the attic. The units pulled a second line and relieved the crew from Dahlgren and extinguished the fire.