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

Apartment Fire 213 E. Unaka Ave. Johnson City Tn 37601

 

 

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For Immediate Release

08/26/2010

Johnson City Apartment Fire

 

On August 26^th at 12:32 a.m. the Johnson City Fire Department responded to an apartment fire at 213 E. Unaka Avenue. The structure was a three story, wood frame residence that had been converted into a seven unit apartment. The first unit arrived on the scene within three minutes and found flames visible from the right side of the dwelling’s second and third floors. Occupants were alerted to the fire by smoke detectors that had been placed throughout the building. Personnel from the Johnson City Police Department, under the command of Lt. Brian Rice, were assisting in the evacuation of occupants from the building. A second alarm was called bringing a total of four engines, one command unit, one rehab unit, one ladder truck and one rescue unit. There were a total of 16 fire department personnel that responded. In addition, Washington/Johnson City EMS dispatched one rescue unit, one ambulance, and a shift commander unit.

 

                The first arriving fire companies were able to contain the spread of the fire with an aggressive interior attack in a second floor unit.  The structure was built using balloon frame construction which has the exterior walls assembled with wood studs that are continuous from basement to the roof. There are open channels between each pair of studs that extends to the attic. Each of these channels provides a path that enables a fire to spread unrestricted and without being visible. Incident Commander, Captain Stanley Daniels said that “the firefighters did an excellent job in anticipating that fire might extend through these voids by opening them up and extinguishing the fire and preventing rapid vertical extension”.  Captain Daniels went on to say “this is a good time to remind everyone that all residences should have working smoke alarms because they save lives”.   

 

Three apartments and the attic suffered direct flame and heat damage. Four apartments suffered smoke and water damage. Twelve occupants were affected by the fire. The American Red Cross responded to the scene and assisted the victims. There were no reports of any injuries to occupants or responders.  Origin and cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the Johnson City Fire Marshal’s Office. 

 

 

Stanley Elie Daniels, Captain

Johnson City Fire Department

sedaniels@johnsoncitytn.org

423-483-5828 or 423-975-2840

 

Recall: Apartment Fire 213 E. Unaka Ave. Johnson City TN 37601

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Apartment Fire 213 E. Unaka Ave. Johnson City TN 37601

 

#### NEWS RELEASE ####

For Immediate Release

08/26/2010

Johnson City Apartment Fire

 

On August 26^th at 12:32 a.m. the Johnson City Fire Department responded to an apartment fire at 213 E. Unaka Avenue. The structure was a three story, wood frame residence that had been converted into a seven unit apartment. The first unit arrived on the scene within three minutes and found flames visible from the right side of the dwelling’s second and third floors. Occupants were alerted to the fire by smoke detectors that had been placed throughout the building. Personnel from the Johnson City Police Department, under the command of Lt. Brian Rice, were assisting in the evacuation of occupants from the building. A second alarm was called bringing a total of four engines, one command unit, one rehab unit, one ladder truck and one rescue unit. There were a total of 16 fire department personnel that responded. In addition, Washington/Johnson City EMS dispatched one rescue unit, one ambulance, and a shift commander unit.

 

                The first arriving fire companies were able to contain the spread of the fire with an aggressive interior attack in a second floor unit.  The structure was built using balloon frame construction which has the exterior walls assembled with wood studs that are continuous from basement to the roof. There are open channels between each pair of studs that extends to the attic. Each of these channels provides a path that enables a fire to spread unrestricted and without being visible. Incident Commander, Captain Stanley Daniels said that “the firefighters did an excellent job in anticipating that fire might extend through these voids by opening them up and extinguishing the fire and preventing rapid vertical extension”.  Captain Daniels went on to say “this is a good time to remind everyone that all residences should have working smoke alarms because they save lives”.   

 

Three apartments and the attic suffered direct flame and heat damage. Four apartments suffered smoke and water damage. Twelve occupants were affected by the fire. The American Red Cross responded to the scene and assisted the victims. There were no reports of any injuries to occupants or responders.  Origin and cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the Johnson City Fire Marshal’s Office. 

 

 

a humble city employee

 

Stanley Elie Daniels, Captain

Johnson City Fire Department

sedaniels@johnsoncitytn.org

423-483-5828 or 423-975-2840

 

Business Fire

At 10:00 pm, Wednesday August 18, 2010, units from the Johnson City Fire Department were dispatched to 820 Rolling Hills Drive on a business fire alarm. The business was Crothall Laundry Services.

Upon arrival, firefighters found that there was water flowing inside the building. Entry was made and light smoke was visible. A small fire was located in the center of the clean laundry holding area.

Two sprinkler heads had activated. The sprinkler system held the fire to a small area which was then extinguished by firefighters.

The damage was estimated at $5,000.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Johnson City Fire Department’s Fire Marshal Division.