Structure fire at 202 Heather View Drive Johnson City TN 11 Sept 10

Four Engines, one Ladder, one rehab unit, and three command units from the Johnson City Fire Department, one Engine from the Jonesborough Fire Department from automatic mutual aid, units from the Johnson City Police Department, and crews from the Washington County/EMS agency responded to a structure fire at 202 Heatherview Drive on 11 Sept 10. The alarm was received at 21:12:56 and the first Engine arrived at 21:19:00 to find flames coming through the roof. The fire quickly advanced through the roof structure causing imminent roof collapse. Defensive emergency operations commenced with the application of an elevated fire stream from the Ladder apparatus. Two exposure occupancies were protected from fire extension. The homeowners were not at home at the time of the fire. There were no reported injuries to responders. A Johnson City Fire Department Fire Marshal was dispatched to the scene for investigative purposes. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

 

Contact Information:

Lt. Jerome Palmer

423-483-5830

japalmer@johnsoncitytn.org

Harrison Village

The Johnson City Fire Dept. responded to a called in fire alarm at Harrison Village on Lamons Lane. Upon arrival, crews discovered a cooking fire had set-off a sprinkler head in a second floor apartment. The sprinkler extinguished the fire, but the structure suffered water damage in three apartments before water was shut off to the sprinkler system. Crews worked diligently to keep water damage to a minimum, by covering furniture and making water chutes in the first floor hallway to carry the water outside. There were no injuries.

Residential Structure Fire at 2107 Barnett Dr.

The Johnson City Fire Department responded to a residential structure fire at 2107 Barnett Drive on 2 Sept 10.  The alarm was received at 11:28:56, and the first engine arrived on scene at 11:34:08. First arriving crews found flames coming from the front of the residence. The homeowners were able to escape the premises without injury prior to arrival of fire department units. There were no injuries at the incident. Two engines, a manpower unit, a ladder truck, a command vehicle, the rehab unit, Washington County/Johnson City EMS, and the Johnson City Police Department responded to the incident. Units cleared the scene at 02:25:16. The cause of the fire was accidental as the fire began in the kitchen area. The occupants were provided assistance by the Johnson City Fire Department’s Chaplain Division and the American Red Cross.

 

Contact Information:

Lt. Jerome Palmer

japalmer@johnsoncitytn.org

423-975-2840