Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department

Union County 911 operators received a call from a local hunter around 11:40pm on Sunday evening January 17, 2021 requesting help. According to the caller, he had been out with his coon hunting dogs and they had been in pursuit of a coon. The dogs, while in hot pursuit, followed the coon into a drain pipe at a residence on Leadmine Bend Road in Sharps Chapel. The caller said he had tried effortlessly to get the dogs out, but they were in a long underground small drainage pipe and were unable to get free. Units from the Union County Rescue Squad responded to assist the man with freeing the dogs and requested assistance from the Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department. Once rescue units arrived at the scene and evaluated the situation they decided to dig down to the pipe and cut a hole in order to get to the dogs. After about 2 hours of digging and cutting, both dogs had been freed and were grateful to be back with their owner. The dogs were not injured and were happy to return home. The rescuers were happy to help and glad all turned out well. A big Thanks to our local volunteers for all you do to help our community in times of need.

A 62 year old man with medical issues was reported missing last week when family members came home and could not locate him. The incident took place on Friday, December 11, 2020 around 5:00pm when Union County dispatch was notified.

Units from the Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department and Union County Rescue Squad responded to the scene in the 900 block of Walker Road in Sharps Chapel. SCVFD was also assisted by the Union County Sheriff’s Department, K-9 units and Tennessee Highway Patrol, who did fly overs with their helicopter.

Several family members and local citizens also assisted in looking for the man. A local citizen had reportedly drove by the residence around 1:00pm and saw the man in his back yard
As the search went on into the night, a family member contacted authorities and advised the man had been located in a barn approximately 1 mile from the residence he went missing from. He was located around 2:00am.

The man was checked and evaluated by Union County EMS with no injuries reported and returned home. SCVFD Fire Chief Chris Upton said he would like to thank everyone who helped with the search in any way and was very grateful he was returned home safely with no life threatening injuries.

On Thanksgiving morning, November 26, 2020 at 2:46 a.m. South Claiborne Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire in Rock Harbor in Claiborne County. When they arrived on scene the 3 story home was fully engulfed. Mutual aid was requested along with Sharps Chapel, and Northeast Union Volunteer Fire Departments from Union County. No injuries were reported from the blaze as the homeowners made it out safely.

On Thursday Evening, November 5, 2020 just before 6pm the Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department was called out to rescue a 14 year old boy who had fallen down an embankment in the Norris Shores area of Sharps Chapel.

The Sharps Chapel Fire Department responded to the incident at 139 Cove Point near the lake where a 14 year old male had apparently fallen down an approximately 75 foot embankment and sustained injuries to one of his legs. Sharps Chapel VFD requested assistance from the Union County Rescue Sqiuad who also sent a unit out to assist with the rescue.

According to the report, A low angle rescue was set up and the teen was placed in a stokes basket and pulled back up the embankement where he was then taken to Union County EMS and transported to an area hospital.

The teen was expected to fully recover with non-lifethreatning injuries.