Tag: alexandria fire department
Potential firebombing at local 7-Eleven
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
Officials are investigating a potential firebombing that occurred on Monday around 4:30 p.m. at the 7-Eleven located at 2 S....
Del Ray fire causes $1.4M in property loss
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
A three-alarm fire that occurred at a Del Ray duplex on Nov. 19 caused $1.4M in property loss, according to...
Fire hits Del Ray duplex
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
A three-alarm fire caused severe damage to a Del Ray duplex on Nov. 19, displacing two families but resulting in no...
Your Views: The AFD deserves better
To the editor:
My first encounter with the Alexandria Fire Department was when they responded to my father’s unexpected death. My next encounter was...
Alexandria first responders call on city to increase compensation
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
City Council unanimously approved a set of mid-year pay adjustments during Tuesday’s legislative meeting, including a 1.5% pay increase for...
Your Views: Alexandria police: Staffing and morale plummeting
To the editor:
The taxpayers of Alexandria deserve to know that after four years of mismanagement and ineptitude at the executive level of the...
Firefighters union calls for additional funding
By Olivia Anderson | [email protected]
IAFF Local 2141, the union that represents more than 250 of the city’s firefighters, medics and EMTs, wrote an open...
City responds to recent overdose increase
By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected]
The number of opioid overdoses rose about 36% in Alexandria during 2020, reflecting statewide and national spikes in both fatal...
Your Views: What the city doesn’t want you to know
To the editor:
Freedom of Information Act records are crucial to the public’s right to know about their elected leaders and the democratic process....
AFD response to Seminary Road FOIA emails
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Following the legislative meeting on Feb. 11, during which council revisited the controversial Seminary Road restructuring, Alexandria Fire Chief Corey...
