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Firefighters' Parade

firetruckCoordinated by members of the Winchester and Frederick County Firefighters for the 78th year, the Firefighters’ Parade will step off at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 30th, in Old Town Winchester. (No Parade was held from 1942-1945).

bandThe first Torchlight and Mummer’s Parade in 1929 stepped off at 8 p.m. with each of the Winchester Fire Departments participating. Each Firefighter carried a flaming torch. From its humble beginning it is now the largest and one of the oldest annual Firefighters’ Parades in the World.

Division sponsors include:
Pre-Parade - Home Instead Senior Care
1st Division - Walmart - Front Royal
2nd Division - Culligan
3rd Division - Shenandoah University

Adobe AcrobatView Map of Parade Route

Antiques Forms: Click here to download Antique Forms

Special Unit Forms: Click here to download Special Unit Forms



Band Awards for 2010

Auxiliary Unit:
Exeter Township High School

Outstanding Drum Major:
James Buchanan Middle School

Military School Bands:
First Place: Randolph-Macon Academy

Jr. High/Middle School
Second Place Middle School: Elizabethtown Area High School
First Place Middle School: James Buchanan Middle School

Class C:
Third Place: Shenandoah Valley High School
Second Place: Keystone Oaks High School
First Place: Mardela Middle & High School

Class A:
First Place: Exeter Township High School

Overall Awards:
Director’s Award (3rd Place Overall):
Exeter Township High School

President’s Award (2nd Place Overall):
Mardela Middle & High School

Fire Chief’s Award (1st Place Overall):
James Buchanan Middle School




Fire Equipment Awards for 2010
Sponsored by CW Williams. Dealer for Rosenbauer Apparatus

Custom Pumper:
3rd: Martinsburg Bureau of Fire
2nd: Hollywood
1st: Berkeley Springs

Aerial Device:
1st: Hollywood

Mini Pumper/Attack:
2nd: Williamsport
1st: Shenandoah Shores

Brush Apparatus:
1st: East Rivanna

Elliptical Tanker:
1st: Stanley

Tanker/Pumper:
1st: East Rivanna

Fire Department Heavy Rescue:
1st: Coles District

Rescue Engine:
3rd: Shepherdstown
2nd: Woodstock 1st Earlysville

Fire Department Special Unit:
3rd: East Rivanna (Command Vehicle)
2nd: Hollywood (Utility)
1st: Earlysville (Hazmat Unit)

 

eMS Units Awards for 2010
Sponsored by Gear Clean

Basic Life Support:
3rd: Yorkshire
2nd: Remington
1st: Purcellville

Advance Life Support:
2nd: Marshall
1st: Valley Medical

EMS Special Unit:
1st: Virginia Airborn Search & Rescue

 

overall Equipment/EMS Awards for 2010

Best In Parade - EMS Equipment:
Valley Medical – Neo Natal Unit

Best In Parade - Firefighting Equipment:
Hollywood – Aerial

Over All Judges Award:
Virginia Airborn Search & Rescue (Helicopter)

 

Frederick County Awards for 2010
Sponsored by Gear Clean

Best In Parade - EMS Equipment:
Greenwood Volunteer Fire & Rescue

Best In Parade - Firefighting Equipment:
Middletown Volunteer Fire & Rescue

 

 

 

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