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Why is Fluvanna County the only local County without paid Fire/Rescue providers?	Date Posted: August 24, 2008
Lake Monticello Volunteer Fire and Rescue is one of the main reasons that Fluvanna County remains a county without paid providers. We provide local support with over 200 volunteers plus auxiliary personnel, and are staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We rely on donations from the community in order to staff and equip our community. Lake Monticello Volunteer Rescue Squad was licensed in December of 1975 with 10 members and 1 ambulance. We now have four cardiac equipped ambulances plus a squad car, and over 90 members consisting of Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support providers. Lake Monticello Volunteer Fire Department was formed in 1974 with a handful of members and 2 pieces of apparatus. Today the department has 2 engines, a tanker, a truck company, a brush truck, and a command vehicle. They currently operate the only aerial ladder in Fluvanna County and now have over 50 members. Lake Monticello Volunteer Water Rescue was formed in 1987. The team consists of over 30 members. They currently have a Zodiac boat, Dive 5, and house Central Virginia’s only Rescue Airboat and Rescue Sled.