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Vehicle Fire at Walmart

The department was dispatched for a vehicle fire in the Walmart parking lot on Saturday, September 29, 2012, at 1:48am.  Upon Engine 3's arrival, firefighters found a Ford Taurus heavily involved.  Attack crews extinguished the blaze with the bumper line.  Crews...

Barn Fire in Fairview

On Sunday, September 23, 2012, at 9:07pm, the department was dispatched for a barn fire on East Winds Lane off of Davis Knob Road.  Upon arrival, the barn was fully involved and mostly collapsed.  The barn contained approximately twenty round bales of hay.  The...

Landing Zone at Oakland School

On Wednesday, September 19th, at 3:25pm, the Galax Fire Department was dispatched to set up a Landing Zone for Pipers Gap Rescue Squad at Oakland Elementary School.  Pipers Gap responded to a male patient with a broken leg from an incident at Greg's Core Supply on...

Low Gap Trailer Fire

Galax Fire responded at 10:08pm, on Thursday, September 13th, 2nd tier for a working structure fire in Low Gap.  Engine 2 and Tanker 10 responded to 127 Spurlin Lane to assist Skull Camp Fire.  Engine 2 was the 2nd unit to arrive on scene.  Upon arrival, members found...

Independence Brush Fire turns into Structure Fire

On Tuesday, September 11th, at 9:43am the Galax Fire Department was requested for mutual aid assistance by Independence Fire for a working structure fire.  Independence originally received a call for a brush fire at 1153 N Independence Avenue.  When they arrived, they...