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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 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 4th, 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: Download PDF  |  Submit Online

Special Unit Forms: Download PDF



Band Awards for 2011

Auxiliary Unit:
Exeter Township High School

Outstanding Drum Major:
Monticello High School

Military School Bands:
First Place: Randolph-Macon Military Academy

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

Class C:
Third Place: Beaver Area High School
Second Place: Mardela Middle & High School
First Place: Monticello High School

Class B:
First Place: Patterson Mill High School

Class A:
First Place: Exeter Township High School

Overall Awards:
Director’s Award (3rd Place Overall):
Mardela Middle & High School

President’s Award (2nd Place Overall):
James Buchanan Middle School

Fire Chief’s Award (1st Place Overall):
Monticello High School




Firefighting Equipment Awards for 2011
Sponsored by The Dealers for Rosenbauer Fire Apparatus:
CW Williams/All American Equipment/DPC

Custom Pumper:
3rd: Yorkshire
2nd: Spotsylvania
1st: Potomac Valley

Commercial Pumper:
2nd: Lovettsville
1st: Sperryville

Aerial Device (Greater than 75’):
2nd: Front Royal
1st: Hollywood

Aerial Device (Less than 75’):
1st: Glasgow

Attack:
1st: Shenandoah Shores

Brush:
3rd: Shenandoah Farms
2nd: Purcellville
1st: Glasgow

Elliptical Tanker (Single Axle):
NO ENTRIES

Elliptical Tanker (Tandem Axle):
1st: Blue Ridge Mountain

Tanker/Pumper (less than 1250 gal.):
1st: Shenandoah Shores

Tanker/Pumper (greater than 1250 gal.):
2nd: East Rivanna
1st: Earlysville

Heavy Rescue:
3rd: Yorkshire
2nd: Fayettsville
1st: Spotsylvania

Rescue Engine:
1st: Weyers Cave

Fire Department Special Unit:
3rd: Earlysville – Haz Mat Unit
2nd: Martinsburg Fire Dept. – Fire Prevention Trailer
1st: Shenandoah Shores – Gator

Best In Parade - Firefighting Equipment:
Potomac Valley – Custom Pumper

 

Rescue Equipment Awards for 2011
Sponsored by Gear Clean

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

Advance Life Support:
2nd: Strasburg
1st: Purcellville

EMS Special Unit:
2nd: Valley Health- Medical Mobile Unit
1st: Virginia Airborne Search & Rescue – Helicopter

Best In Parade - EMS Equipment:
Virginia Airborne Search & Rescue – Helicopter

Over All Judges Award:
Wells Fargo – Stagecoach

 

Frederick County Awards for 2011

Best Appearing EMS Equipment:
(Sponsored by GearClean)

Reynolds Store

Best Appearing Firefighting Apparatus:
(Sponsored by Rosenbauer Dealers)
Round Hill Community

 

 

 

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