Submitted by JCFD News and Events. Posted July 29, 2010. JOHNSON CITY, TN- The Johnson City Fire Department Citizen’s Fire Academy is designed to increase understanding of fire and emergency medical operations and to promote citizen interaction with Johnson City Fire Department firefighters. The program is designed to enhance awareness of the department’s capabilities and limitations [...]
Posted on July 27th, 2010. Submitted by Amy Maxwell. HAMILTON COUNTY, TN- At 3:00 pm, a large thunderstorm and ground lightning hit several areas of Hamilton County. At 3:05 pm, lightning strikes a house at 4102 Wilson Avenue (Walden’s Ridge area). Walden’s Ridge Emergency Services responds and confirms smoke showing but significant fire. At 3:05 pm, [...]
Posted on July 22, 2010. Submitted by Amy Maxwell. HAMILTON CO., TN- Over 150 emergency service personnel work for 4 hours to free a 19 year old constructor worker who was buried in a trench at 9508 Heathwood Drive (Ooltewah area). According to contractors from Allied Civil Contracting, at 8:30 pm they made a 9-1-1 [...]
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 [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2010. CHATTANOOGA, TN- The city of Chattanooga has been sued for allegedly failing to extinguish a fire that eventually destroyed a home in East Brainerd. The Circuit Court suit, that asks $3 million in damages, was also filed by Norma O’Neal against Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company. The lawsuit states that [...]
Posted on July 16th. NASHVILLE, TN – The Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association presented Germantown Fire Chief Dennis Wolf with the Fire Chief of the Year Award for 2010. Wolf received the award July 13 during the association’s banquet in Nashville.Chief Wolf received the award in recognition of his contributions to the fire service in Tennessee through [...]
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. CHATTANOOGA, TN- Chattanooga firefighters are currently on the scene of a house fire at 3846 Wauchula Drive. It started out as a kitchen fire. A 25-year-old woman was cooking and the grease in the frying pan caught on fire. She tried to carry the burning pan out the front door. Before [...]
