Welcome to Aldie Volunteer Fire Department Web Site!

The Aldie Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD) is along the Route 50 corridor in southern Loudoun County, VA.  We are known as Loudoun County Station 7, or Station 607 under the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) numbering system.  We are "first due" to around 40 square miles, with approximately half of this area being mountain and/or wildland area.

The AVFD was organized in 1955 by a group of dedicated Aldie area residents and its first piece of fire apparatus, a used 1948  fire engine, was purchased for $5,500.  This fire engine was kept at the Aldie Garage on the west end of Aldie.  In 1956, the department purchased its first station, which was formerly a garage and service station on the east end of Aldie, and we also bought a used 1939 Ford fire engine.  The AVFD responded to 18 calls their first year of service, and relied solely on donations from the community for their operating expenses.

In 1964, the department bought its first new fire engine, a 1964 Ford/American La France for $17,000.  Then, in 1971, Company 7 built a new station on the same property as the old fire station.  In June 1972, the new fire station and all of the fire apparatus was damaged by flash flooding that struck the station during Hurricane Agnes.  One engine was totally destroyed.

A used 1953 GMC fire engine that formerly ran from the Herndon, VA, fire station was purchased to replace the destroyed engine.  In the late 1970's, our first modern diesel-powered fire engine was purchased to replace the 1953 GMC.  This unit was a 1978 Mack Model MB with a 750 gallon per minute pump and a 750 gallon water tank.  Due to a large donation from the Gudelsky Family, this unit was paid for within two years, and a 1981 Mack Model MC with a 750 gallon per minute pump and a 750 gallon water tank was purchased to replace the 1964 Ford/American LaFrance fire engine.  Over the years, vehicles were replaced as needed and this has resulted in the current AVFD fleet.

In 2000, the AVFD requested and received career staffing to supplement the volunteer responders for our station.  In February 2006, this staffing was deployed to 24 hour staffing with a crew of three firefighters for the county-owned engine and/or heavy rescue, and a crew of two for a county-owned Paramedic ambulance that is housed in our station.  The Aldie Volunteers still own five vehicles; a brush truck, a Wildland Support unit, a Fire & EMS-equipped UTV, and two utility vehicles.  On average, units based in Aldie respond to around 900+ incidents each calendar year.

We are always interested in speaking with potential new volunteers!  Please visit the following link for information about volunteering! 

https://opennewdoors.org/