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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 FBI says it has discovered more than 150 bombs during a raid on a farm in Virginia – thought to be the largest such cache seized by the law-enforcement agency in its history.
Explosives safety refers to the practices taken during the use of explosives to prevent injury or death. Explosives include chemicals such as TNT or dynamite as well as other kinds of explosives, such as land mines , C-4s , and IEDs .
Virginia Beach is a resort city, and the Oceanfront is a primary tourist attraction. The boardwalk, substantially updated in 1988, is a concrete path linking forty hotels and other attractions via pedestrian walkway and separated bike path [ 2 ] -- which in turn connects to nearby trails and surface streets.
A Virginia man is in custody after the FBI found a massive collection of explosives in his home — the largest in the agency's history. Brad Spafford of Smithfield, Va., was initially charged ...
The Westin Virginia Beach Town Center, 38 stories tall, took the top spot from Armada Hoffler Tower when it was completed in 2008 at the newly revitalized Virginia Beach Town Center. The Westin Virginia Beach Town Center is the tallest building in the city, and in Virginia. The city has two skylines: One at Town Center and one at the oceanfront.
Fort Story became a military installation in 1914 when the Virginia General Assembly gave the land to the U.S. Government "to erect fortifications and for other military purposes". The base was named for Major General John Patten Story (1841–1915), a noted coast artilleryman of his day.
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