{"id":1480,"date":"2024-05-03T07:35:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T11:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2024-08-08T11:38:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T15:38:41","slug":"apple-blossom-festival-2024-firefighters-parade-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/apple-blossom-festival-2024-firefighters-parade-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards Received at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Firefighters&#8217; Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nokesville participated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebloom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">97th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival\u00ae Firefighters&#8217; Parade<\/a> on Friday evening, May 3, 2024, in historic Old Town Winchester. This is among one of the largest firefighters\u2019 parades in the nation. The festival attracts crowds more than 250,000 people over 10 days. The parade includes modern and antique fire apparatus.<\/p>\n<p>Tower 525 (2016 E-One Typhoon II 95&#8242; Aerial) and Engine 525 (2024 E-One Typhoon II, 1500 GPM, 750 Gal.) joined in the parade with hundreds of other departments as they showcased their apparatus. We also entered these units in the muster competition and won an award for each of our units.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the parade recording below, starting at the time our units passed the camera (time 2:25:11).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1480 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/apple-blossom-festival-2024-firefighters-parade-awards\/img_2320\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_2320-1024x741.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_2320-1024x741.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_2320-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG_2320-768x556.jpeg 768w, 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/apple-blossom-festival-2024-firefighters-parade-awards\/img_8984-heic\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8984.HEIC-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8984.HEIC-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8984.HEIC-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8984.HEIC-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8984.HEIC.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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src=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8986.HEIC-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8986.HEIC-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8986.HEIC-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8986.HEIC-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8986.HEIC.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/apple-blossom-festival-2024-firefighters-parade-awards\/img_8987-heic\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8987.HEIC-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8987.HEIC-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8987.HEIC-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8987.HEIC-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8987.HEIC.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/apple-blossom-festival-2024-firefighters-parade-awards\/img_8992-heic\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8992.HEIC-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8992.HEIC-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8992.HEIC-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8992.HEIC-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8992.HEIC.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/apple-blossom-festival-2024-firefighters-parade-awards\/img_8994-heic\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8994.HEIC-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8994.HEIC-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8994.HEIC-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8994.HEIC-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IMG_8994.HEIC.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2024 Firefighters&#039; Parade - 97th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival\u00ae\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7FdwAHqs_uw?start=8711&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nokesville participated in the 97th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival\u00ae Firefighters&#8217; Parade on Friday evening, May 3, 2024, in historic Old Town Winchester. This is among one of the largest firefighters\u2019 parades in the nation. The festival attracts crowds more than 250,000 people over 10 days. The parade includes modern and antique fire apparatus. Tower 525 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1480"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1526,"href":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1480\/revisions\/1526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nvfdrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}