A Guide to the Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes, 1942-2005 Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes MSS 05-46

A Guide to the Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes, 1942-2005

A Collection in The Fairfax County Public Library

Record Group Number MSS 05-46


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Repository
Fairfax County Public Library
Record Group Number
MSS 05-46
Title
The Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes, 1942-2005
Extent
2.0 linear feet
Creator
Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department
Language
English
Abstract
The Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes span the years 1942-2005 and contain minute books, loose minutes, and correspondence.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

None

Use Restrictions

Consult repository for information.

Preferred Citation

Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes, MSS 05-46, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milburn Sanders, May 2011

Processing Information

Chris Barbuschak, April 2017
EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024

Historical and Biographical Information

The Forestville Volunteer Fire Department was organized at the Great Falls Grange on May 4, 1942 as an auxiliary of the McLean Volunteer Fire Department. In October 1955, the name was changed to the Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department. Today, GVFD is designated as Company 412 by the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department.

Scope and Content

The Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes span the years 1942-2005 and contain minute books, loose minutes, and correspondence. The collection contains minutes of the general membership meetings of the fire department and the Board of Directors from May 4, 1942 through April 4, 2005. The majority of these minute books were recorded by Milburn Sanders, the recording secretary for the fire department.


Index Terms

  • Fire departments - Virginia - Fairfax County
  • Great Falls (Va.) - History
  • Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department
  • Sanders, Milburn P. (1922-2012)

Container List

Box 1 Folder 1: Minutes. May 4, 1942- Dec 7, 1942 (loose leaf), 1942
Box 1 Folder 2: Correspondence, 1942
Box 1 Folder 3: Correspondence, 1943
Box 1 Folder 4: Minute Book, January 4, 1943 - September 19, 1949, 1943-1949
Box 1 Folder 5: Minute Book, October 3, 1949 - February 2, 1953, 1949-1953
Box 1 Folder 6: Minute Book, March 2, 1953 - September 12, 1955, 1953-1955
Box 2 Folder 1: Minute Book, October 3, 1955 - November 1, 1965, 1955-1965
Box 2 Folder 2: Minute Book, December 6, 1965 - September 9, 1985, 1965-1985
Box 3 Folder 1: Minute Book, October 7, 1985 - December 17, 1990, 1985-1990
Box 3 Folder 2: Minute Book, January 7, 1991 - January 9, 1995, 1991-1995
Box 3 Folder 3: Minute Book, January 9, 1995 - January 5, 1998, 1995-1998
Box 4 Folder 1: Minute Book, January 5, 1998 - December 3, 2001, 1998-2001
Box 4 Folder 2: Minute Book, January 7, 2002 - August 4, 2003, 2002-2003
Box 4 Folder 3: Minute Book, August 14, 2003 - April 4, 2005, 2003-2005