On Saturday September 8th, the Volunteers at Mechanicsville VFD hosted our Second Annual 5K run/walk in the Village of Mechanicsville. The event began at 9am and featured a route that took participants north on Three Notch Trail then back to our firehouse going through the Old Village of Mechanicsville.

The event featured participants ranging in all ages! We cannot thank everyone enough for the participation ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Mechanicsville Volunteers cover approximately 76 square miles, which as you can imagine, includes thousands of homes and hundreds of businesses.
Our diverse first due includes large neighborhoods, commercial developments, industrial and agricultural sites, as well as rural homes and Amish communities.

As the community we serve changes, so have we. Our fire apparatus have iPads with the Active ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 1858 Rescue Squads 2 and 1 along with EMS units were dispatched to the 38700 block of Chaptico Rd for the accident reported one overturned into a pole.

Rescue Squad 2 and Rescue Engine 22 made the response. Safety 7 arrived on scene first confirming one vehicle that had rolled with no occupants inside, with this information Squad 1 was placed in service.

Units found a single patient that had ... (Full Story & Photos)

Beginning in the Spring of this year, the Turnout Gear Committee and the Safety Officer began to research ways to better protect our members from cancer causing carcinogens that we are faced with while responding to fires.

With that, the Turnout Gear committee obtained several hoods that are now particulate blocking hoods. The committee wear tested the hoods to ensure no protection from heat was ... (Full Story & Photos)

On August 14 at 1840 hours, Car 2, Rescue Squad 2, Utility 2, UTV 2, and Brush 2 responded to the 26000 Block of Meadow Wood Dr. In Country Lakes for a Animal Rescue. Engine 23 also made the response later on in the incident after handling another emergency in the first due.

Units arrived to find a horse had become stuck in a large hole within a ravine deep in the woods. The ground level was as ... (Full Story & Photos)

National Night Out was a great success this year with Engine 23, Rescue Engine 22 and Rescue Squad 2 attending 4 locations.

Crews had a great time at Golden Beach, Ben Oaks, Persimmon Hills, and Country Lakes, despite light showers rolling thru the area we were able to show off our apparatus and answer questions from both kids and adults alike.

We look forward to next years event and seeing the ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 1349 hours, Rescue 2 was alerted to Charles Street at Dubois Road for the MVC with entrapment. Rescue Engine 22 was on the air in the first due and made the response in place of the squad, leaving a crew for the squad available in quarters.

Rescue Engine 22 arrived to find a single vehicle on its roof with one subject trapped. Rescue Engine 22 went to work stabilizing the vehicle, and removing ... (Full Story & Photos)