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SCVFD attends 2024 Sunset Bay Homeowners Annual Meeting
Lt. Dustin Ray and Firefighter Rich Zerbey attended the Sunset Bay Homeowner’s Association Annual Meeting and set up a booth for the Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department. The firefighters gave out fire safety materials to the homeowners and answered any … Continue reading
Maynardville Highway Rollover Accident
During the early morning hours of Sunday, October 13, 2024 around midnight 30 units from the Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to a one vehicle accident on Highway 33 between the Sharps Chapel Road entrance and Highway 33 … Continue reading
Homepark Road Trailer Fire
The Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a trailer fire on September 4, 2024 around 9:24pm at 199 Homepark Road in the New Tazewell section of Union County, behind Rhonda’s Market and Deli. While in route to the … Continue reading
SCVFD Purchases New Equipment from Grant
The Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department recently purchased four (4) new Scott Self Contained Breathing Apparatus’s and eight (8) new air bottles for their department. The funds for the new equipment came from a state grant that the department applied … Continue reading
Man Flown Out by Lifestar after Fall
On Wednesday, February 11, 2024 around 2:26 pm Union County 911 Center received a call that a male subject had fallen from a ladder while working on the roof of a home on Pearl Point in the Norris Shores Community … Continue reading
Maynardville Highway Accident
SCVFD units were dispatched to a one vehicle accident on Maynardville Highway between the Sharps Chapel entrance and Highway 33 Veterans Memorial Bridge. The accident took place on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 around 6:10pm. SCVFD Engine 54 arrived on scene … Continue reading
Fire Prevention Day at Sharps Chapel Elementary
Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department visited the students of Sharps Chapel Elementary on Thursday, November 16, 2023. SCVFD members talked with students about cooking and kitchen safety along with who to call in an emergency, knowing two escape routes, and … Continue reading
Tragic Accident Kills Local Man and Injures Another
The SCVFD was dispatched along with other emergency agencies to 235 Oak Grove Road on October 18, 2023 around 12:50 pm. where 2 men were trapped under a small building out in a field. When Rescue 51 arrived on scene … Continue reading
Sunset Bay Brush Fire Gets Out of Control
On Sunday, October 22, 2023 around 1:40pm the Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a brush fire call on Russell Brothers Road near Nikki Street in the Sunset Bay area of Sharps Chapel. Rescue 51 arrived on the … Continue reading
SCVFD Members Attend TARS Training Classes
Two of the Sharps Chapel VFD members recently attend the Annual TARS Convention held in Pigeon Forge during the first week of October. Lt. Dustin Ray attended a 2 day class of Lost Person Behavior and Michael Walker a member … Continue reading