Tag Archives: West Roane County Fire Department

Large Brush and Forest Fire in Roane County

(Photo Submitted) Crews from the Tennessee Division of Forestry have been on the scene of a large wildfire on Rockwood Mountain on Walden’s Ridge west of Harriman since last night. The woods and brush fire from this past weekend on Walden’s ridge, above Interstate 40, between Rockwood and Harriman, rekindled …

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STATE AND FEDERAL FIRE ASSISTANCE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES NOW AVAILABLE

Apply Sept. 1 through Oct. 14 West Roane County Volunteer Fire Department NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Division of Forestry provides communities, groups, and organizations with technical and financial assistance. This year, the division is offering two direct grant programs through the state and is promoting a new federal program. …

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Steeple Fire at Westel Baptist Church

File picture of Westel Baptist Church in the Westel Community Several Fire agencies were sent to The Westel Baptist Church in the Westel community Tuesday to check out a call from a passerby, stating that smoke was coming from the roof area of the church, the result from an apparent …

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STRUCTURE FIRE IN ROCKWOOD ON MONDAY

Multiple fire agencies were sent to help West Roane County fire department personnel to a mobile home and garage fire in the Rockwood area across from Strickland Lane and Blackjack Road Monday. The 9-1-1 call came in just after 9pm for agencies to respond to a structure fire at a home in the woods, just off …

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Fire in Midtown leaves family displaced

Around 10 pm last night (October 8, 2020), several fire agencies rushed to a structure fire at 3024 Roane State Highway in Midtown, just behind the former Bowling alley. When Midtown fire personnel arrived on the scene, they saw heavy smoke coming from the attic area of the single-story dwelling.  …

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Rockwood Brush Fire contained

Brush fire that burned about 15 acres on Sunday in Rockwood. Photo by Aylor Evans. Volunteer Fire Departments from Roane, Rhea, and Cumberland Counties and Westel Fire Department, along with Forestry Personnel were all sent to a fire off Page Road in the Mountain View Area, south of Rockwood on …

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