Posted on July 19th, 2010. KNOXVILLE, TN- Eight young adults have the quick thinking of an off-duty Knoxville firefighter and a little luck to thank for saving them from a fire Sunday morning. The fire involved two historic Victorian houses in the 400 block of 11th Street in Fort Sanders next to Fort Kid and the [...]
Posted on July 18th. Submitted by Lynn Feagins. On May 1 and May 2, 2010, the city of Nashville and surrounding communities received almost 22 inches of rain. The resulting floods that devastated the area left 22 dead and thousands homeless. There were countless rescues in many different areas in and around Nashville. The Nashville [...]
I recently travelled to Boston, MA on a 6-day vacation. While I was actually staying in Waltham, I decided to search the Twitter network and see if I could locate anyone in the area to possibly give me a tour around the firehouse. I ended up contacting Greg, @BOSTON_FIRE_L29, a firefighter on Ladder 29 who [...]
BLUFF CITY, TN — With flashing lights, blaring sirens and rolling cameras, the Hickory Tree Volunteer Fire Department rushed two trucks onto the scene of a trailer less than 100 yards away from the fire station. Smoke from a smoke machine seeped out of a back window and a director called for quiet on the set [...]
Posted on July 14th, 2010. HAMILTON COUNTY, TN: At about 8:40 AM, Tuesday, July 13, 2010, the Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department responded to a report of a possible residential structure fire at 8815 Point South Lane. Engine 1245 arrived on the scene minutes later and reported a single story wood frame house about 50 percent [...]
Posted July 13th, 2010. MAYNARDVILLE, TN — A fire at an East Tennessee school caused a lot of smoke, but burned only a shelf of textbooks.The Knoxville News Sentinel reported custodians arriving to work at Big Ridge Elementary School in Maynardville on Tuesday morning found smoke coming from the front doors.Firefighters found flames of about 6-8 [...]
Posted July 11th, 2010. First, I would like to appologize for my lack of updates throughout the past several months. I was greatly disappointed with the lack of submissions and let it get me discouraged. I have decided to give this another shot. I find myself checking many of Fire News sites often, and couldn’t [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
