PUBLIC "-//Fairfax County Public Library//TEXT (US::ViF::vif00051::A Guide to the Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes)//EN" "vif00051.xml" A Guide to the Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes, 1942-2005 Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes MSS 05-46 © 2024 Fairfax County Public Library. All rights reserved. Machine-readable finding aid created by Ross Landis, January 21, 2024 Description is in English A Guide to the Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes, 1942-2005 A Collection in The Fairfax County Public Library MSS 05-46

Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library Descriptive Summary Fairfax County Public Library The Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes, 1942-2005 MSS 05-46 2.0 linear feet English The Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Minutes span the years 1942-2005 and contain minute books, loose minutes, and correspondence. Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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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 2017EAD 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.

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 Index Terms Fire departments - Virginia - Fairfax County Great Falls (Va.) - History Great Falls Volunteer Fire Department Sanders, Milburn P. (1922-2012) Container List Minutes. May 4, 1942- Dec 7, 1942 (loose leaf), 1942 Correspondence, 1942 Correspondence, 1943 Minute Book, January 4, 1943 - September 19, 1949, 1943-1949 Minute Book, October 3, 1949 - February 2, 1953, 1949-1953 Minute Book, March 2, 1953 - September 12, 1955, 1953-1955 Minute Book, October 3, 1955 - November 1, 1965, 1955-1965 Minute Book, December 6, 1965 - September 9, 1985, 1965-1985 Minute Book, October 7, 1985 - December 17, 1990, 1985-1990 Minute Book, January 7, 1991 - January 9, 1995, 1991-1995 Minute Book, January 9, 1995 - January 5, 1998, 1995-1998 Minute Book, January 5, 1998 - December 3, 2001, 1998-2001 Minute Book, January 7, 2002 - August 4, 2003, 2002-2003 Minute Book, August 14, 2003 - April 4, 2005, 2003-2005