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The Virginia Beach Fire Department is the founding member of one of Virginia's two FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force. [2] Virginia Task Force 2 (VA-TF2) is available to respond to natural or man-made disasters around the country and the world to assist with search and rescue, medical support, damage assessment and communications. [3]
On April 6, 2012, a "catastrophic mechanical malfunction" occurred in a Navy F/A-18D fighter jet causing the jet to crash into an apartment building in Virginia Beach. [11] Ultimately 3 buildings were completely destroyed and 2 additional buildings were damaged. Virginia Beach EMS was the responsible for all EMS activities throughout the incident.
VBPL has 11 locations including a joint-use library with a community college, a law library, and a bookmobile for early literacy outreach. The different library buildings range in size from the large 90,000-square-foot (8,400 m 2) Central Library on busy Virginia Beach Boulevard to the much smaller Pungo-Blackwater Library attached to Creeds Elementary School on Princess Anne Road.
Aviation Historical Park is an outdoor aviation museum just inside the main gate of Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia. [1] It is open for visitors on a tour of the base, which is open to military and DOD employees.
After a nationwide search, Virginia Beach selected one of its own as the fire department’s next chief. Kenneth Pravetz, a 23-year veteran with the Virginia Beach Fire Department, will step into ...
Virginia Beach: Virginia Beach: Tidewater/Hampton Roads: Historic house: Mid-18th-century brick home, open for tours on a limited basis by the Princess Anne County/Virginia Beach Historical Society U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum: Fort Gregg-Adams: Prince George: Central: Military: U.S. Army Transportation Museum: Newport News: Newport News ...
The building was empty for ten years and scheduled for demolition, until Virginia Beach locals gained public support and formed the Virginia Beach Maritime Museum in 1979. The name of the museum was changed to the Life-Saving Museum of Virginia in 1988, but was changed to the Old Coast Guard Museum in 1996.
In November 1995, the Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad moved from 408 20th Street to 740 Virginia Beach Boulevard. This new state-of-the-art facility provides ample room for equipment, training, sleeping and exercise accommodations for members, as well as meeting rooms used for VBVRS functions and community activities.