Established in 1949
by six members of the community to provide fire and rescue services
to the area of Independent Hill. Started as
the Independent Hill Volunteer Fire Department, the original fire station
was located on Rte. 234. Adjacent to the fire station a 110 foot
fire tower was constructed. The tower was used for spotting fires
in the then, mostly wooded areas of Prince William County. In 1979,
the need for larger equipment and more space required the building of
the current fire station, also located on Rte. 234. In early 1980,
the old station was given it's last call and demolished. The fire
tower was outdated due to increasing population and 9-1-1 phone system. It
was removed and transported to South Carolina in 1988, it is still in
use today.
Our
current membership stands at 45 active members and 28 Associate
members. The
size of our membership allows us to provide the community with trained
personnel in a variety of fields in the fire service. We now have
4 ALS Providers, 3 BLS Protocols Instructors, and 1 CPR Instructor. Plus
a variety of skilled trained fire fighters. We currently
employ 2 Pierce Quantum's Pumpers, a 2500 gallon Pierce Lance tanker,
a Spartan Salisbury heavy duty squad, 2 Ford F-550 4x4 ambulances,
GMC brush truck and 5 Chief's vehicles.
