Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Company

06/21/2026

06/15/2026

88th Annual Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Company Lawn Party Fireman’s Parade 🎉🚒

Mark your calendars for Friday, July 17, 2026!

📍 Parade Information
No sign-up paperwork is required, but participants must represent a business or organization to participate.
Individuals not affiliated with a business or organization will not be permitted in the parade lineup.
Lineup begins at 6:00 PM
Parade steps off at 7:00 PM

Lineup Locations
🚒 Fire Trucks & Commercial Entries – Old River Road
🐴 Horse Teams & Clubs – Dry River Road
🥁 Marching Bands & Majorette Groups – Quality Street

⚠️ Important Rules
No throwing items from vehicles or floats. Participants may walk alongside and hand out candy or other items.
One entry per business.
No commercial-size trailers.
Pickup trucks, SUVs, and farm tractors may pull trailers.
No sirens or air horns.
Entries may not stop to perform at the judges' stand.
Organizations and horse groups must display a group name to be judged.
Safety is our top priority. Unsafe behavior may result in immediate disqualification.

📞 Questions? Contact Ashley Craun at 540-908-0815

We look forward to seeing our local businesses, organizations, fire companies, bands, horse groups, and community members come together for another great Bridgewater Lawn Party tradition!

06/10/2026

Today Wednesday, June 10th, 2026 at 5:19 PM Crews from Bridgewater Volunteer Fire Company, Harrisonburg Fire Department, Hose Company #4, Rockingham County Fire & Rescue, Bridgewater Volunteer Rescue Squad & Harrisonburg Volunteer Rescue Squad were dispatched to a reported barn on fire near the intersection of Main Street and Eberly Road in Dayton. While crews were responding the address was updated to be in the 400 block of Main Street in Dayton. The response caused road closures in the area of Main Street and John Wayland Highway that were handled by Dayton Police Department and Bridgewater Police Department. Crews will remain working for an undetermined amount of time.

06/05/2026

Come out and support your local fire department tomorrow!

05/23/2026

Here is the long awaited lawn party schedule for the 2026 Lawn Party Steam and Gas Show. July 15-18 2026. We look forward to seeing you there, and will add more details as we have them.

***Please note that there will be handicapped parking only on the grounds and shuttle bus service will run from TA all nights.

04/23/2026

Tanker 15 from Bridgewater along with tankers from Grottoes, Verona, Stuart’s Draft, Elkton, and Hose Company #4 supported operations for a house and woods fire along Paines Run Road this afternoon.

04/10/2026

This afternoon crews responded to a reported brush fire on Summit Church Road.

Crews from Bridgewater, Mount Solon, Weyers Cave, and Verona worked for about two and a half hours to extinguish the fire after which the scene was turned over to the property owner.

04/10/2026