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Tag: Piney Volunteer Fire Department

Fatal Accident on Hwy 399

On Thursday, Cagle Volunteer Fire Department responded to a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident with entrapment on Highway 399. They were joined on scene by Dunlap Fire Department, Piney Fire Department, Palmer Fire Department, Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP), Sequatchie County Sheriff’s Office, Sequatchie Emergency Management, Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, Puckett, and Grundy EMS. Multiple agencies worked …

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Man Saved from Tree

Early Saturday morning just after 7:00 pm Piney Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to a man who was stuck in a tree stand. Spencer Fire Rescue also responded. Dunlap Fire Department was requested as mutual aid. Firefighters arrived to find the man in a tree stand approximately 25 ft high. His harness had a malfunction …

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Rope Rescue at Fall Creek Falls

On Saturday, around 2:00 pm, the Piney Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to Fall Creek Falls State Park for a medical emergency below the Cable Trail. Park rangers found the patient about 1,000 feet down the creek, and Piney Fire personnel assisted with care. Multiple agencies from surrounding counties, including Dunlap, Pikeville, Doyle, Signal Mountain …

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Man Rescued after Paragliding Accident in Dunlap

At 5:17 p.m. on Thursday, the Dunlap Fire Department responded to a report of an older male involved in a paragliding accident on Lewis Chapel Mountain off Window Rock Road. The patient was approximately 40 feet over the side of the mountain with a possible broken ankle. Piney VFD was requested as mutual aid. Volunteer …

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Truck Fire on Cagle Mountain Tuesday Morning

On Tuesday morning, June 3, 2025, at 8:19 AM, the Dunlap Fire Department responded to a semi-truck fire on Hwy 111 northbound going up Cagle Mountain below the waterfalls. Piney Volunteer Fire Department also responded as mutual aid with their tanker.  Sequatchie County Sheriff’s deputies and Sequatchie County EMA also responded for assistance at the …

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Teenagers Rescued at Fall Creek Falls

On Thursday afternoon, just after 12, Piney Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to Fall Creek Falls State Park for a report of females in a raft below the swinging bridge, and one was injured. Park rangers and fire personnel arrived to find everyone out of the water. The teenagers had ridden an inflatable raft down …

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Tuesday Injury Crash in Dunlap

On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, the Dunlap Fire Department was dispatched to a 2-car motor vehicle accident at the intersection of SR 399 and SR 8/111. Firefighters used Jaws of Life to remove the driver’s side door and extricate one victim. Two victims were transported by Puckett EMS to an LZ and were flown to Erlanger …

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Father and Son Rescued after Fall at Fall Creek Falls

Dunlap and Pikeville Fire Departments responded with their rope rescue teams to a mutual aid request from Piney Volunteer Fire Department on Sunday around noon. Two people fell off an embankment on the Paw Paw Trail at Fall Creek Falls. Piney responded with Fall Creek Falls Fire Department, Van Buren County EMS, and Fall Creek …

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Fire at Fall Creek Falls

At 2:42 Saturday afternoon, Piney Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire with Spencer Fire-Rescue, Fall Creek Falls Fire Dept, and Cedar Grove Fire Department. The structure was a large shed with many golf carts inside at the Dead Zero Shooting Park. Due to the reported size of the fire and the location, the …

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Man Rescued after Falling at Can Creek Falls

On Sunday afternoon around 12:30 Piney Volunteer Fire Department and Fall Creek Falls Fire Department received a call of a person injured at the base of Cane Creek Falls / Cable Trail area. Fall Creek Falls State Park rangers arrived to find the patient in the water at the base of the falls. The patient …

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