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Sharps Chapel VFD Receives Pumper/Tanker from Pennsylvania

Sharps Chapel VFD is excited to announce that a fire apparatus has been donated to the department. The West Penn Fire Company Inc., located in New Ringgold, Pennsylvania, donated a 1983 Spartan Pumper/Tanker. A few members from the Sharps Chapel … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas from Sharps Chapel VFD

The Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department would like to wish everyone a safe and very Merry Christmas!! Below are a few photos from the 2016 Union County Christmas Parade. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]

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Fire Safety Day at Sharps Chapel Elementary

Fire Safety Day at Sharps Chapel Elementary School was held on Wednesday, October 26, 2016. Members from the Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department and Tennessee Division of Forestry were on hand to meet with all of the students and staff … Continue reading

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Snow Hits Sharps Chapel on Valentine’s Day

  Snow started falling in Sharps Chapel during the afternoon on Valentine’s Day. Road conditions deteriorated quickly. Sharps Chapel VFD blocked the horseshoe bend at the request of law enforcement until the highway department could scrap and spread sand to help … Continue reading

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Wild Land Fire Season has Started

We would just like to remind everyone that you must now have a burn permit for any open outdoor burning of debris. Burn permits are required if burning between October 15th and May 15th. Burn permits are free of charge … Continue reading

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Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department Earns Life Safety Achievement Award

The Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department was recently presented with a Life Safety Achievement Award for its fire prevention accomplishments in 2014 by the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) Fire Research and Education Foundation in partnership with Grinnell … Continue reading

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Active Saturday for SCVFD

Saturday morning started off as training for SCVFD members. Pump testing was conducted on our engines and other apparatus from other county departments. Firefighters also shuttled water to a dump tank to keep plenty water on hand for the testing. … Continue reading

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Rummage Sale is Great Success

The Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank the community for the great turn out and success of the rummage sale held this past week at the community center. Around $2,000.00 was raised to help with the general operations … Continue reading

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Fire Sale May 15 & 16, 2015

Fire Sale at Sharps Chapel Senior Center on May 15 & 16, 2015 8am until ? All proceeds go to Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department. Do you have something you don’t want that someone else might need? Donations will be … Continue reading

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2015 Spring Road Block and Driver Training

Members of the Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank everyone that donated to the fire department today. Members spent the day at Horseshoe Bend to collect donations for the department. Thanks to your help, our roadblock was … Continue reading

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