1731 THL

SCOPE AND CONTENT: This collection includes the news articles, records and scrapbooks regarding Winchester Volunteer Rescue and Millwood Station Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company #21, Inc. dating from 1957 to the present.  
(3 boxes) Last updated 12/15.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL:   From its initial birth in 1958, the Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad was established to provide rescue services to Winchester, Frederick County and other counties expanding into West Virginia. The charter members included 25-30 people and continued to expand to roughly 100 members in the 1980s. The rescue squad had moved locations three times before it formally changed its name and purpose in April of 1998. The Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad adopted the name Millwood Station Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company #21, Incorporated and became Virginia’s first Rescue Squad Volunteer Association member to become a fire and rescue company.  In January of 2004, the company relocated for a fourth time to its current location at 250 Costello Drive, Winchester, Virginia, 22602, where it continues to serve the Winchester and Frederick County areas.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: From John Harden’s “Formation and History: Winchester Volunteer Rescue Squad, Inc. and Transition to Millwood Station Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company #21”, Millwood Station Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company #21, Inc. #1731 THL, Stewart Bell Jr., Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA.

CITE AS: Millwood Station Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company #21, Inc. #1731 THL, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Box 1:

Winchester Volunteer Rescue-Deeds (1961-1997). 24 leaves, Typescript.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue- Dispatcher Corp. 7 leaves, Typescript.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue- History. 25 leaves, Typescript.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue-Installation Banquet. 1 item, 9 pages, printed

Winchester Volunteer Rescue- Membership. 3 leaves, Typescript.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue-Minutes (March 16, 1964). 3 leaves. Typescript.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue- News Articles. 12 leaves, Print.

Box 2:

Winchester Volunteer Rescue Scrapbook- 1957-1958. 26 pages.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue Scrapbook- April-December 1959. 38 pages.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue Scrapbook- January-December 1960. 35 pages.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue Scrapbook- January-December 1961. 41 pages.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue Scrapbook- January-December 1962. 30 pages.

Box 3:

Winchester Volunteer Rescue Scrapbook- January- March 1975. 14 pages.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue Scrapbook- April- May 1975. 18 pages.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue Scrapbook- June- August 1975. 16 pages.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue Scrapbook- September- October 1975. 15 pages.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue Scrapbook- November- December 1975. 16 pages.

Winchester Volunteer Rescue Scrapbook- 1977-78, 1982, 1985. 8 pages.