Tag: Dunlap Fire Department

Dunlap’s 10th Annual Stuff and Truck for Those is Need

Everyone, mark your calendars for December 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for Dunlap’s 10th annual Stuff the Truck. Dunlap Police, Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Department, Sequatchie County Rescue Squad, the Lions Club, Dunlap Fire Department, and Thrive Sequatchie are working together to collect new unwrapped toys, canned food, and monetary donations. They’ll be set …

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Fire Reports from the Dunlap Fire Department

On Saturday, 11-23-2024, the Dunlap Fire Department was dispatched to a single-vehicle accident with entrapment on Hwy 111 across from the Cagle Trading Post. A vehicle had left the roadway, sideswiped a tree, and came to rest in thick underbrush. Firefighters extricated the passenger using Hurst eDRAULIC tools. Puckett EMS transported both occupants with non-life-threatening …

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Update!! Arson Suspected in Palmer School Fire

On Sunday afternoon, October 27, at approximately 3:43, the Palmer Fire Department responded to the former Palmer Elementary School for a possible structure fire with smoke visible from the building at the time of the call. Initial first responders immediately requested the additional response of mutual aid resources from surrounding fire departments for manpower and equipment, …

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Monday Night Two Vehicle Crash in Dunlap

On Monday, October 7th, just after 7:00 PM, Dunlap Fire responded to a two-vehicle crash on SR 28 and John Burch Road. The crash involved a passenger sedan and a commercial “bobtail” truck. Dunlap Fire was joined on the scene by the Dunlap Police Department, Sequatchie County Rescue Squad, and Puckett EMS. On arrival, it was …

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Dunlap and Jasper Highlands Volunteers Return Home from East Tennessee

Dunlap Firefighters and the Dunlap Police Department Search and Rescue Team returned home safely from their deployment to Unicoi County to assist the victims of the tremendous flooding. Firemen from the Jasper Highlands Fire Department have also returned home after helping victims of the hurricane flooding. The road to recovery in East Tennessee is going …

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Local Responders Continue to Assist Flood Victims

Some members of Dunlap Fire and Police, Signal Mountain Fire Department, Jasper Highlands, Sequatchie County Rescue Squad, and the Chattanooga Fire Department are all working in the flood area of Tennessee. The ground area search operations are being conducted over a 10-hour day. Lt. Jody Lockhart described the conditions as extremely hazardous, with debris built up approximately 24 …

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Local Area Responders Helping Flood Victims

The Dunlap Fire Department has been deployed with Dunlap Police, Sequatchie County Rescue Squad, Chattanooga Fire, and Jasper Highlands Fire to assist with operations in Unicoi County after the flooding from the hurricane. Crews arrived safely at the staging area at around 1:00 AM Central Time on Monday. They expect sporadic updates as crews are …

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Farming Fire in Dunlap

On September 20, 2024, at around 1:30 PM, the Dunlap Fire Department was dispatched to a farming Combine on fire in a bean field off of Old York Highway near the Sequatchie River. Dunlap Fire and personnel from the Dunlap Police Department, Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office, and Sequatchie County Emergency Management responded to the scene. …

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Dunlap Fire Chaplin and Sequatchie Rescue Squad Attend Fallen Firefighters Memorial

On Saturday, September 7, Chaplain Kevin Benoit represented the Dunlap Fire Department at the annual Tennessee Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service at the Firefighter Memorial in Bell Buckle. Dunlap’s fallen firefighter, Rickey Hitchcox, is listed along with 269 Tennessee Fire and Rescue personnel. Representatives from the Sequatchie County Rescue Squad also attended as they remembered and …

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Dunlap Fire Responds to Apartment Fire

On Saturday, September 7, 2024, just before 5:00 PM Central, Dunlap Fire received an initial assignment for a fire in a flower bed at the Valley View Garden Apartments on Highway 28 in Dunlap. The assignment was quickly upgraded to a structure fire. Dunlap Fire Chief Norman Hatfield arrived to find a mulch bed with …

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