Posted September 4th, 2010. JOHNSON CITY, TN- The Johnson City Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire at 2107 Barnett Drive on 2 Sept 10. The alarm was received at 11:28:56, and the first engine arrived on scene at 11:34:08. First arriving crews found flames coming from the front of the residence. The homeowners [...]
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 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 12th, 2010. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) — A Knoxville fire captain is recuperating after becoming dehydrated while fighting a fire earlier Saturday. Captain Mike Pickett was taken to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center after a vacant house fire on Division Street. His crew was responding to the blaze when his temperature soared and he [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
