CFD Deploys To Help With Sevier County Wildfires

Departments from across our area traveled to Sevier County to lend a helping hand in the midst of raging wildfires and evacuations. The Chattanooga Fire Department sent Tanker 21, Engine 12 and one of our Battalion Chiefs to serve on Strike Teams. They deployed on March 30th with several other agencies to battle the fires in Wears Valley and relieve other firefighters working tirelessly in affected areas. Fire Departments from Hamilton County, Rhea and Sequatchie County responded to provide manpower and assistance. Firefighters worked nonstop, fighting the wildfires and responding to calls. A second round of crews responded on March 31st to relieve exhausted personnel. Our engine and tanker were assigned to a task force which included an engine with Dunlap Fire Department, an engine with Signal Mountain Fire Department and Brush 1 from McMinn County. On Thursday, they worked a multitude of calls, including a Tennessee National Guard Blackhawk helicopter that had to make an emergency landing after suffering an engine failure. The chopper crew was safe and uninjured. From 41/22- 4/2/22, a third group of members of the CFD found and attacked multiple spot fires, multiple small to medium brush fires and smoldering remnants of burned out structures with their task force partners from Cleveland and Bristol. They completed their mission and headed home after a job well done. 

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