HAMILTON COUNTY, TN- January 12, 2010. Submitted by Amy Maxwell. At 8:06 pm, 9-1-1 dispatcher receives a call from a Alarm System Company reporting heavy smoke detected at Dallas Bay Baptist Church and the adjacent Youth Building (8305 Daisy Dallas Road) Dallas Bay Volunteer Fire Department responded and arrived on the scene within a minute [...]
SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN- January 11th, 2010. Submitted by Matthew Alley. Sullivan West, Bloomingdale, and Warriors Path firefighters responded to the 1700 block of Oaklawn Street on Monday for a reported working structure fire. Initial reports advised responding units that there was heavy fire from the bottom floor of the structure. Firefighters made a quick knockdown [...]
JOHNSON CITY, TN- January 11th, 2010. There was little rest for Johnson City firefighters Monday night with simultaneous and back-to-back fire calls in freezing weather — including one house fire that claimed three family pets. The first fire call of the evening went out at 6:23 p.m. and sent firefighters to 1503 E. Myrtle Ave. where [...]
HAMILTON COUNTY- January 11th, 2010. Submitted by Amy Maxwell. At 10:00 pm, a home owner calls 9-1-1 reporting his house was on fire at 320 Shadow Parkway (Mountain Shadows Subdivision). Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department arrived on the scene reporting 50 percent of the house was fully involved with fire. According to Assistant Chief, Danny Hague, [...]
CHATTANOOGA, TN- Posted on January 6, 2010. A Chattanooga firefighter was taken to the hospital after being injured in a house fire late Monday night. The fire started shortly after 11:00 p.m. Monday at 3515 Battery Drive. Battalion Chief Mike Knox said flames were visible at the rear of the house when the first firefighters [...]
DAYTON, TN- Posted on January 6th, 2010. Flames ripped through one of downtown Dayton’s older homes early Monday evening. No one was injured in the blaze, though officials have figured it to be a total loss. By the time Dayton firefighters were called onto the scene at 281 Fourth Avenue, smoke was billowing from the [...]
MEMPHIS, TN- Posted on January 6, 2010. Flames erupted at a Southeast Memphis apartment complex Tuesday night. It happened around 7:15 p.m. at the Pinebrook Point Apartments. When crews arrived smoke and flames were shooting out of the building. Four units were involved. It took crews 45 minute to get the flames under control. A [...]
One of my friends, the Fire Critic, is hosted a contest for the Fire/EMS blog of the Year. I was honored to be asked to help judge the top 23 websites and help narrow down to the top 10. The final list has been released and the voting is now open until JANUARY 12th, 2010. [...]
JOHNSON CITY, TN- Posted January 05, 2010. The temperatures in the area are in the single digits for overnight lows and the frigid trend is predicted to continue for the next several days with an additional chance of snow in the forecast as well. It is good news if you are one of the many school [...]
MEMPHIS, TN- Posted on January 05, 2010. A man and his 11-year-old daughter escaped from a burning home in Frayser Monday. The fire started around 6:00 p.m. at the corner of Knox and Sellars, just north of Frayser Boulevard. The man suffered burns to his face and hands, and was taken to the MED’s burn [...]
