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Erlanger and the Chattanooga Fire Department are working together to prevent burn injuries in our community during National Burn Awareness Week (February 2-8, 2025). National Burn Awareness Week, an initiative of the American Burn Association, is a collaboration of burn, fire and life safety educators to make the public aware of the frequency, devastation and causes of burn injuries. It also aims to provide measures to prevent these injuries and how to best care for those that are injured.
We've gotten a few questions about a public notice sign that was put up near the Fireman's Fountain. Here's an update: The public notice sign is there because the City of Chattanooga is donating the property that the fountain sits on to Hamilton County. This does not mark a significant change, as the county is already maintaining the fountain. The fountain is also in need of some substantial repairs. So in the near future, it will be temporarily removed so that it can be repaired and then put back in place to be enjoyed for years to come.
Several pets were saved from a duplex fire overnight. At 1:07 AM on 1/29/25, Blue Shift companies were dispatched to the 1900 block of Rawlings Street on reports of a residential structure fire. The occupants weren’t home at the time, but their neighbors on the other side of the duplex called 911 when they smelled smoke and heard popping noises. Firefighters responded and forced entry, quickly extinguishing fire in a back bedroom. Crews did an outstanding job keeping the fire contained to the room of origin. They removed several cats and Guinea pigs.
Training, ingenuity and experience came into play Sunday night as Chattanooga firefighters conducted a complex extrication in Hixson. At 5:28 PM, Blue Shift companies responded to a single-car motor vehicle accident with entrapment in the 6600 block of Sandswitch Road. According to officials on the scene, it appeared that someone cut a large tree and it fell on a car that was traveling down the road at that exact moment, crushing the car and trapping the driver in her mangled vehicle.
North Chattanooga house fire and pet rescues: On 2/25/25 at 5:45 PM, Green Shift companies responded to the 300 block of Pine Ridge Road in District 12. A fire started in the kitchen of a home and was quickly extinguished by first arriving crews. While other units on scene performed search and ventilation, multiple dogs were rescued from the house. Four dogs in total were rescued. Three were rehabilitated with oxygen therapy on scene, but one perished. No other injuries occurred. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Green Shift companies quickly tacked a highly visible fire at a homeless encampment Sunday afternoon. At 3:28 PM on 2/16/25, Hamilton County 911 started receiving multiple calls from drivers on Highway 27 who reported seeing smoke and flames in the area of Cherokee Boulevard and West Manning Street. Chattanooga firefighters responded and found that the homeless encampment blaze had spread to the surrounding woods. The brush fire was moving in the direction of nearby buildings. An aerial was used to knock down the flames and then handlines were used to fully extinguish the fire.
An apparent electrical issue sparked a house fire on the city’s east side Wednesday morning. At 6:50 AM on 2/5/25, Green Shift companies responded to a home in the 3900 block of Grace Avenue. Flames were visible on the back corner of the structure as crews arrived on the scene. The residents were on the front porch, including a handicapped occupant. Firefighters got them down the front steps to safety. Meanwhile, other firefighters started a fire attack on a shed on the back of the house. The interior of the home was searched as a precaution and no one was found.
Chattanooga firefighters conducted water rescues Thursday afternoon in a flooded creek near the intersection of Quinn Adams Street and E 42nd Street. Several people and multiple animals were trapped by rising waters in a large homeless encampment on 2/13/25 around 12 PM. Chattanooga Fire responded with our Swiftwater Rescue Team. Firefighters were in the flood waters for hours searching individual camps and bringing people and their pets out on boats.
At 2:11 PM on Sunday (2/23/25), Ladder 19 Green Shift responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a vehicle into a building in the 5000 block of Hixson Pike. Ladder 19 arrived on scene, assessed the situation and called for Squad 19 to respond for assistance. One adult elderly male was driving when the accident occurred. When CFD got to the scene, the driver had already self-extricated. HCEMS arrived to treat and transport the driver. Squad 19 and Ladder 19 then called for a wrecker service. Battalion 3 also responded.
A Chattanooga family was displaced late Tuesday night due to a kitchen fire. At 11:35 PM on 2/18/25, Green Shift companies responded to a home on Badger Lane near the Dunkin on Highway 58 after Hamilton County 911 received a call from the residents that a grease fire in the kitchen had gotten out of hand. Calls from witnesses in the area started to flood 911 indicating that flames were visible. All occupants exited safely. Chattanooga firefighters arrived and found heavy smoke coming from the back of the house.