Firefighters' Parade

Coordinated by members of the Winchester and Frederick County Firefighters for the 76th year, the Firefighters’ Parade will step off at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2, in Old Town Winchester. (No Parade was held from 1942-1945).

The 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.

1st division presented by Miller & Anderson; 2nd division presented by TV3 Winchester.

View Map of Parade Route

Band Awards for 2008

1st Place Military School Band:
Randolph-Macon Military Academy

Auxiliary Unit (regardless of class):
5th: Franklin County High School
4th: Elizabethtown Area Middle School
3rd: West Greene High School
2nd: Mardela High School
1st: Exeter Township High School

Drum Major(s) (regardless of class):
5th: James Buchanan Middle School
4th: Mardela High School
3rd: Fork Union Military Academy
2nd: Randolph-Macon Military Academy
1st: Exeter Township High School

Jr. High/Middle School
2nd: Elizabethtown Area Middle School
1st: James Buchanan Middle School

Class C:
4th: Clermont Northeastern High School
3rd: Mardela High School
2nd: West Greene High School
1st: Franklin County High School

Class A:
1st: Exeter Township High School

Overall Awards:
Director’s Award (3rd Place Overall):
Franklin County High School

President’s Award (2nd Place Overall):
Randolph-Macon Military Academy

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

Equipment Awards for 2008

Custom Pumper:
1st Potomac Valley
2nd Hamilton
3rd Baker Heights

Aerial Device:
1st Front Royal
2nd Mount Weather

Elevated Master Stream:
1st Glasgow

Mini Pumper:
1st Louisa

Brush Apparatus:
1st Hamilton
2nd East Rivanna
3rd Buckhall

Tanker/Pumper Single Axle-Non Elliptical:
1st Upperville

Tanker/Pumper Tandem Axle-Non Elliptical:
1st East Rivanna

Fire Dept. Heavy Rescue:
1st Yorkshire
2nd Marshall

Custom Rescue Engine Full Height Comp.:
1st Woodstock
2nd Shepherdstown

Commercial Rescue Engine - Full Height Comp.:
1st South Warren

Fire Dept. Special Unit:
1st Shenandoah Shores

Basic Life Support:
1st Buckhall
2nd Remington

Advance Life Support:
1st Valley Medical

Rescue Squad Special Unit:
1st Valley Medical (Nicu)
2nd Woodstock

Best In Parade-Firefighting Equipment:
Potomac Valley

Best In Parade-Rescue Equipment:
Valley Medical (Als Unit)

Best In Parade - Frederick County (Firefighting Equipment):
Middletown

Special Interest Group:
Dcfd Emerald Society Drum & Pipe Corp

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