In coordination with Inova Blood Donor Services, we will be hosting another Blood Drive on Monday, October 5 from 1pm - 7pm in our hall parking lot. Schedule your appointment at http://bit.ly/BurkeVFRDSaves102020 or call 1-866-BLOODSAVES (1-866-256-6372) and use Sponsor Code … [Read more...]
Blood Drive!
The Burke VFRD will hosting a blood drive on Tuesday, July 7 from 1pm - 7pm in our hall parking lot. Schedule your appointment today at https://bit.ly/BurkeVFRDSaves072020 … [Read more...]
FY 2020 Burke VFRD Spring Fund Drive
Our Spring Fund Drive Fund letter has hit the streets. We are truly amazed at the support and generosity the Burke community always shows us - especially this year, during these difficult times. We wouldn't be here with out YOU! There is no way we can truly convey our gratitude … [Read more...]
Status update on Station Activities
As we continue to navigate these uncertain times due to the COVID-19 public health emergency impacting our country, we wanted to provide an update on station activities: Bingo: In compliance with Governor Ralph Northman's directive, our bingo operations have been suspended … [Read more...]
Blood Drive
Due to the COVID-19 public health crisis and the implementation of social distancing, many events, including blood drives, have been cancelled. Due to this, blood supplies within our community and the nation are at dangerously low levels and dropping. While blood donations are … [Read more...]
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Updates
Due to the ongoing concerns around COVID-19, station tours and non-fire department personnel visits to the fire station have been suspended at this time. This includes bingo for Wednesday, March 18, 2020. A determination about March 25 will be made soon. To keep up to date … [Read more...]
It seems we cannot catch a break with this weather. Unfortunately we will need to cancel tonight's Santa Run. We are in talks with Santa and his elves about rescheduling all the runs that have been cancelled; we will make an announcement as soon as we have a decision. As a … [Read more...]
Pancakes with Santa!
We are looking forward to seeing you tomorrow at Pancakes with Santa! Tickets will be sold at the door; we can accept cash or credit. … [Read more...]
Santa Cancelled for December 9
Thanks to everyone for their patience. These decisions are never easy or taken lightly, however, we have made the decision to CANCEL tonight's Santa Run. We will be checking the schedule to see if we can have a make up night for the neighborhood/streets missed … [Read more...]
Rain, rain, go away!!!
The safety of Santa and his elves is our highest priority and as such, we are keeping an eye on the rain and will provide an update on tonight's Santa run as it gets closer to 6:00pm. We will also be hosting another Meet and Greet tomorrow night from 6:00pm - 8:00pm in the … [Read more...]
Santa is on the road!
Santa is back at it again tonight. Click here to track where he is. He will visit the neighborhoods of “Cardinal Estates” and “Heritage Sq.” Streets and neighborhoods directly off Burke Rd between Burke Lake Rd and the Rolling Road VRE, as well as Packard Way and Burke Manor. … [Read more...]
Santa is back in action tonight!
Santa will visit the neighborhoods and streets on Lake Braddock Drive from Burke Lake Road to Rolling Road to include the streets off Signal Hill and Parliament Drive as well as Old Burke Lake Road. See the attached map for the exact streets. Also... good news... our Santa … [Read more...]
Tuesday Night Santa
Santa has headed out to visit the neighborhoods and streets off of Burke Road between Ashbourn Drive and Lake Braddock Drive (high school side) to include Wallingford Drive, Olley Lane and Winbourne Road. Please see map for the full list of streets. Our tracker is still not … [Read more...]
Santa is out and about!
Santa is out and about but unfortunately our tracker is not working. Santa will start on Woodedge Drive, then will visit the highlighted roads off of Lee Chapel, then those off Old Keene Mill followed by the roads off Shiplett all the way to Burke Lake Road. We are not able to … [Read more...]
Happy Holidays!
We hope that you and your family had a safe and relaxing Thanksgiving! It's hard to believe that it is over already, but it's now time to gear up for the rest of 2019 and the remaining holidays. As usual, we will be escorting Santa around on his big green fire and rescue … [Read more...]
