Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY: 711 and Fax:703-385-1687
Duty PIO (Weekends/After-hours): 703-280-0694
Media Information Line: 703-324-3000
Email: fire-rescue.Pa-LSE@fairfaxcounty.gov
Website: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fire

2/21/2008

Firefighters Return from New Hampshire

Technicians Stephen McCay, and Alexander Obert, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, have returned from their recent hiking trip in New Hampshire and will be available for media interviews at 10 a.m., Friday, February 22, 2008, at Fire and Rescue Station 11, Penn Daw, 6624 Hulvey Terrace, Alexandria, Virginia.

Both were hiking the Presidential Trail in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, and were rescued by helicopter Tuesday morning, February 19, 2008. Both firefighters are fine and have returned to duty. They are both skilled, avid hikers, and have hiked the area previously.

For more information, call Daniel L. Schmidt or Lieutenant Raúl G. Castillo, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, 703-246-3801 and TTY 711. Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request.