nbspspan stylecolor rgb20 24 35 font-family helvetica arial sans-serif font-size 14px line-height 15.4559993743896pxThree newly graduated firefighters were given what is arguably the most coveted symbol of the craft at last nights monthly meeting of the Purcellville Volunteer Fire Company. Seen in the picture below are L-R Fire Chief Bob Dryden with new firefighters Caleb Blank Thomas Comer and Charlie Grim. They now join famous Americans who served as volunteer firefighters including George Washington Thomas Jefferson Samuel Adams John Hancock Paul Revere Alexander Hamilton John Jay John Barry Aaron Burr James Buchanan and Millard Fillmore. And of course it all began with Benjamin Franklin who started the local volunteer firefighting tradition with the first volunteer fire department in Philadelphia in 1736.spanpp
PVFC welcomes three new graduates from Fire School
