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Friday, May 24, 2013
Spring Hill fire station closed for mold clean-up    view comments tweat me share on facebook
Spring Hill firefighters will have to vacate fire station 1 on Beechcroft Road for a few weeks while mold is removed from the building. “Right now, we are looking at either moving them to a small travel trailer on the property or to station 3,” City Administrator Victor Lay said. If moved to station 3, located on Campbell Station Parkway, the response time will be longer for residents in the Beechcroft Road area, Fire Chief Jim Swindle said.
columbiadailyherald.com
Fire Chief Asks City to Fund Two New Full Time Firefighter Positions    view comments tweat me share on facebook
Smithville Fire Chief Charlie Parker is asking the aldermen to fund two more full time firefighter positions in the new budget year, which begins July 1. Parker made the request during a budget workshop with the mayor and aldermen Tuesday night. Other department heads also made budget requests to meet their needs. No final decision has been made. The mayor and aldermen will meet in another budget workshop next Tuesday night, May 28 at city hall.
WJLE 1480-AM & 101.7-FM
2 in critical condition after West End home catches fire    view comments tweat me share on facebook
Two people are fighting for their lives after their home caught fire Thursday night. Firefighters were called to the West Linden Avenue home near the west end area just before 10:30 Thursday night. Two people who lived in the home were taken to the hospital in critical condition with smoke inhalation. The fire marshal will return to the home to investigate the cause. The extent of the damage is unknown this morning.
WKRN-TV ABC 2 Nashville

Thursday, May 23, 2013
Firefighters battle apartment fire in Etowah   view comments tweat me share on facebook
More than two dozen firefighters battled an apartment fire in Etowah Wednesday afternoon. It happened around 1:00 p.m. in the 500 block of 10th Street. Jay Thomson with Etowah Fire and Rescue says firefighters were called to a reported grease fire, and spotted flames when they arrived. About 30 firefighters from Etowah Rural Fire Department, Englewood Rural Fire Department and West Polk Fire-Rescue battled the blaze, which eventually spread to all four units.
WRCB-TV NBC 3 Chattanooga
Chattanooga agencies practice what would happen if post office found anthrax letter   view comments tweat me share on facebook
Local emergency response workers practiced how to respond to a biohazard threat at the Shallowford Road Post Office on Wednesday and tested their overall response plan. The drill specifically tested how the center would respond to an anthrax attack, like the one that killed five people in the U.S. in 2001. "What that's doing is simulating what would happen if a suspicious package found its way into our facility," said David Walton, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service.
Chattanooga Times & Free Press
Greenbrier and Pleasant View communities collecting donations for tornado victims   view comments tweat me share on facebook
The City of Greenbrier and the Town of Pleasant View are working together to gather donations for victims of the deadly tornado that struck Oklahoma on Monday. They are trying to gather enough items by the end of today to fill a semi-truck. Greenbrier firefighters delivered two truckloads of food to Pleasant View yesterday. Donations can be delivered to the Greenbrier Fire Hall, located at 202 West College Street.
Nashville Tennessean






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