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The band performed again at the Fairfax Fire and Rescue Retirement Picnic held his year at Dunn Loring Station 13.  This picnic is held each year to honor those who have retired from the Fairfax Fire and Rescue Department and also honor those retirees who have died in the last year.  It is an honor to meet many of the “old timers” including those that have been retired for quite some time.

This is the band with 4 of the oldest retirees.  From left to right they are:

Jimmy Woodard, Badge# 28, Hired in 1955,
Gene Gray, Hired in 1960,
James Myers, Badge# 31, Hired in 1955 and,
Vincent Guidi, Badge# 8, Hired in 1949

John McNeece was a founding member of one of our brother bands, the Baltimore Fire Brigade Pipe Band.  Please come out and support this worthy cause.  Information on the event is contained below.

Ed Snyder is one of the band’s original founding members and is responsible for the design of our uniform that we wear to this day.  To say that Ed has made an impact on our band is an understatement.  To honor his commitment to the band and all the good works he has done on behalf of the band, he has been made a Legacy Pipe Sergeant for life.  Congratulations Ed on this great achievement!

Congratulations to Matt Lopez for being promoted to Pipe Sergeant!  Matt was a Pipe Corporal and this is another well deserved promotion!

Congratulations to our newest Pipe Sergeant, Tom Clappi!  Tom was a Pipe Corporal and is the band’s Treasurer.  This is a well deserved promotion!

On Wednesday July 4, 2018 Steve Cochran stepped down as the Pipe Major after many years of faithful service.  He has turned the reins over to Steve Boulton as the new Pipe Major.  Congratulations to Steve Boulton on a well deserved promotion!  Steve Cochran will still be around, just now as the Pipe Major Emeritus.

Welcome to the new Northern Virginia Firefighters’ Emerald Society Pipe Band website.  We added quite a lot of new features including a shopping cart so you can buy all of your NVFESPB swag easily as well as having all our music available.  Additionally we also have a calendar that is updated regularly so you can see what we are up to and come out and see us!