Local Departments Assisting in Fighting Fires in East Tennessee

Tullahoma Fire & Rescue and Manchester Fire & Rescue have teamed up to assist with the ongoing firefighting effort in Hamilton County, Soddy Daisy area. Friday morning both teams came together and deployed up to the fire area to assist local area departments and other departments deployed to the area (Knoxville, Brentwood, Chattanooga, and Hardin County Fire Depts). At the request of the Tennessee Fire Chiefs Association mutual aid group from the State Forestry Service another team of area firefighters has deployed to Hamilton County, Soddy Daisy area to continue the firefighting efforts. These teams will be combating the fires for the next few days or until relieved by on site Incident Management Team.
Manchester Fire Chief George Chambers said, “This is a continuation of the efforts started the week before by Coffee County Fire departments (Summitville, Hillsboro, Hickerson Station Volunteer Fire Departments and Tullahoma Fire Rescue along with Metro Moore County Fire Department). Chambers added, “This is has truly been an outstanding team effort by area firefighters coming together to assist other departments and communities in need of assistance.”