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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]
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
Location of Virginia Beach in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. The locations of National ...
Ferry Plantation House, or Old Donation Farm, Ferry Farm, Walke Manor House, [3] [5] is a brick house in the neighborhood of Old Donation Farm in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The site dates back to 1642 when Savill Gaskin started the second ferry service in Hampton Roads to carry passengers on the Lynnhaven River to the nearby county courthouse ...
The Virginia Beach Surf & Rescue Museum was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Another extant Coast Guard Station was located at Little Island, located south of Sandbridge, Virginia. The City of Virginia Beach owns it. However, the Little Island Coast Guard Station is not open to the public.