For the second time in just a few months, the Richardsville Volunteer Fire and Rescue visited The Salvation Army’s Camp Rappahannock in Virginia. This second visit was at the invitation of The Salvation Army to share their praise and thanks for the volunteers’ efforts to extinguish a forest fire on September 7th of this year.

Major Bobby Parker of The Salvation Army said, “The fire was only 200 yards from the tree line behind the chapel,” “We were thankful for the multi-agency response from local and state emergency personnel.”

In addition to the Richardsville team, nine fire and forestry teams worked toward containing the blaze. That included the Virginia Department of Forestry, which assisted with digging trenches around the camp perimeter to contain the flames over 60 acres. Water was pumped from the camp’s lake with a drone team monitoring active fires, wind shifts, and threatened areas.

“We were very blessed,” said Lenny Grove, Camp Rappahannock facilities supervisor. “It was like God was blowing it back in the other direction away from camp. Thanks to all those firefighters for coming out fast and getting it under control.”

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