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Thunderstorm Safety
- Apr
- 22
All thunderstorms are dangerous. Every thunderstorm produces lightning. While lightning fatalities have decreased over the past 30 years, lightning continues to be one of the top three storm-related killers in the United States. On average in the U.S., lightning kills 51 people and injures hundreds more. Although most lightning victims survive, people struck by lightning […]
read moreEaster Egg Fund Raiser
- Mar
- 22
Spring has finally arrived and with it comes the Ladies Auxiliary homemade Easter Eggs. The Ladies Auxiliary to the Mathews Volunteer Fire Department will once again be making their delicious homemade chocolate Easter Eggs. The eggs are offered with three different fillings, peanut butter, butter cream, or coconut. The eggs are $7 each, and all proceeds […]
read moreBarbecue Supper
- Feb
- 12

The Mathews Volunteer Fire Department will host it’s annual barbecue supper March 18, 2017 form 5 PM to 7 PM, at the courthouse fire station 117 Brickbat Road Mathews, Va. 23109. The meal will feature pork barbecue, baked beans, coleslaw, rolls, and homemade desserts. Take outs are available. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at Mathews […]
read moreFire & EMS Departments
- Abingdon Volunteer Fire Department
- Charlottesville Fire Department
- Hartfield Vol. Fire Department
- Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad
- Rappahannock Volunteer Firefighters Association
- Riverside Walter Reed Hospital