Author Archives: Deputy Chief Simpson

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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