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Rushmere Volunteer Fire Department was organized in 1986.  A civic league was formed in our community and we started meeting at First Gravel Hill Baptist Church once a week to discuss our future goals.  We had a number of oppositions but God worked things out in our favor.  Due to the hard efforts of our leaders, Mr. Henry Bradby and Ms. Phyllis Bloxom, we went into operation in 1990.  Our business leaders were as follow: President, Mr. Henry Bradby, Secretary, Mrs. Rita Wilkerson and Treasurer, Ms. Phyllis Bloxom.  Our working leaders were, Mr. William Bowser and Mr. Thomas Reese, Captain.  Our current business officers are as follow:  President, Mr. Jeremiah Jefferson, Secretary, Mrs. Bobbie Romig and Treasurer, Mr. Herman Jones.  Our current working leaders are as follow:  Chief, Mr. Keith Jones, Assistant Chief, Mr. Rudolph Jefferson, Captain, Mr. Kevin Games and Lieutenants Mr. John Price and Dodson Smith, and Mr. Fabian Hewitt is our Chief Engineer


 

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                                                            Rushmere Volunteer Fire Department
                                                                          5354 Old Stage Hwy
                                                                         Smithfield, VA 23430
                                                                              757-357-3207
                                                                          FAX 757-357-2184

 
               Why I Chose to be a Firefighter:

I remember the day that there was a fire at the mobile home around the corner where I lived. That fire took the life of a father and his two little boys. I could see the neighboring fire department responding to the best of their ability, but the distance they had to travel was too great. It seemed that always around the holidays there were fires and those fires always resulted in total loss of the structures. When a fire occurred in Rushmere or the Bacon's Castle area, the out come was always devastating. I kept those memories in my mind.

  Keith Jones, Chief                              

                              Rushmere Volunteer Fire Department

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Jeremiah Jefferson
Chief Assistant Chief Secretary Treasurer
Keith Jones Rudolph Jefferson Bobbie Rooming Herman Jone

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