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

Fairfax County Public Library
City of Fairfax Regional Library
Virginia Room
10360 North Street
Fairfax, VA 22030-2514 USA
Virginia Room: 703-293-6227 x6
Fax: 703-293-2155
Email: va_room@fairfaxcounty.gov
URL: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/virginia-room

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.

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

Adjunct Descriptive Data

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