On June 13, 2023, at approximately 18:15 the Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to the address of 402 Grizzell Ridge road on report of an out-of-control brush fire. Sharps Chapel Engine 52 responded a minute later at 18:16. Engine 52 arrived on scene at 18:18 and advised Union County Emergency 911 that the fire was out of control and requested mutual aid from the Union County Rescue Squad (UCRS) at approximately 18:24. Union County Rescue trucks 238, 235, and 236 responded at 18:29 to assist with the brush fire. Union County Rescue truck 236 arrived on scene at 18:36 and began helping firemen extinguish the blaze; other UCRS trucks 235 and 238 arrived shortly after. Engine 52 then requested mutual aid from the Northeast Fire Department at 18:39. Northeast fire Engine 31 responded at 18:44 and arrived on scene at 18:59 to assist other Fire and Rescue Units in gaining control of the brush fire. Engine 52 then advised Union County Emergency 911 to contact the Tennessee Forestry Division to come assist extinguish the fire. The Tennessee Forestry Division arrived on scene with their bulldozer and quickly established a fire line around the fire keeping it contained. At 19:33 Sharps Chapel unit 505 Lieutenant Dustin Ray advised the Union County Emergency 911 dispatching center that the fire had been contained. All other Union County Fire/Rescue personnel were released by Grizzell Ridge Command and Sharps Chapel units remained on scene to make sure the fire had subsided. All Sharps Chapel units and fire apparatuses returned to service at 20:10.
