Category Archives: Recent Calls

Accident on Sharps Chapel Rd.

On 4/21/15, Sharps Chapel VFD was dispatched to a vehicle accident on Sharps Chapel Rd. near Maynardville Hwy. Upon arrival, units found the vehicle on its side. The patient was out of the vehicle and fire units monitored patient until care was … Continue reading

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Sharps Chapel Lost Historic Building to Fire

In the early morning hours on 4/3/15, Sharps Chapel VFD responded to a structure fire. Engine 51 and Engine 52 both responded to the blaze. Upon arrival, units found the old post office building and store on Dr. Davis Rd. … Continue reading

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SCVFD Responds to Vehicle Fire

On 4/2/15, Sharps Chapel fire units responded to a vehicle fire. Upon arrival, firefighters found a flat bed pick up truck hauling a tank full of gasoline. Units cooled the gasoline tank and extinguished the fire in the driver compartment … Continue reading

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South Claiborne Trailer Fire

Units from the Sharps Chapel VFD were dispatched to a trailer fire near the Union/Claiborne County line on 3/30/15. While enroute, the home was found to be inside of Claiborne County. Sharps Chapel units along with Northeast Union and Maynardville VFD’s continued in to … Continue reading

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Beach Island Camper Fire

On Friday the 13th of March, Sharps Chapel VFD was dispatched to a structure fire at Beach Island Marina Campground. Engine 52 responded and was the first to arrive on scene. Upon arrival, E-52 crew found 2 campers to be fully … Continue reading

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SCVFD has busy Valentine’s Day

Sharps Chapel VFD was dispatched to a residential fire on Valentine’s Day. Engine 51 & 52 along with Tanker 51 responded. When units arrived, homeowner had extinguished the fire. Hot ashes that were dumped in the yard caught the grass … Continue reading

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Sunset Bay Brush Fire

SCVFD responded to a grass fire on February 2, 2015 in the Sunset Bay community. With the assistance of Northeast Union VFD, the fire was extinguished quickly and contained to less than an acre. The fire started from a small paper fire … Continue reading

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Accident on Maynardville Hwy

On Saturday, January 31, 2015, SCVFD was dispatched to a vehicle accident on its top just north of 33 Bridge on Maynardville Hwy. The vehicle went off the steep embankment. A rescue operation was set up to safely get the … Continue reading

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Sharps Chapel Rd Wreck

On Sat Jan 17 2015 Sharps Chapel VFD responded to a 1 vehicle mva off the road way  into a phone pole. Fire crews got on scene to find one patient out of the vehicle with no injury.

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SCVFD Fire Alarm Call

SCVFD was dispatched to the first fire alarm of the year. Engine 52 responded to the scene with 4 crew members. Upon arrival, located homeowner and discovered that construction was taking place in the home. Due to the construction, the … Continue reading

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