Bedford County Department of Fire & Rescue is a mission driven organization. Each of our members has an obligation to carry out our mission:

To protect the lives and property of the citizens and visitors of Bedford County while providing safe, timely, compassionate, effective and efficient services.

To strive to find better ways of protecting the lives and property of our fellow man through education, prevention, preparedness, outreach and innovation in order to be a leader in the fire and emergency services field. We must be forward thinking and take a proactive approach to all that we do.

BCoFR Strong. You will often see this used as a hashtag on social media posts. BCoFR is not one person, one fire company, one EMS agency—it is the combination of our dedicated men and women who are striving to meet our mission every single day.

 Fire and EMS services work cannot be accomplished effectively and efficiently without a system that works. From the agency practices themselves, to the time the call is received by the dispatcher, the dispatcher toning the call, the individuals responding…without the team we would not be succe