(Updated to clarify that Karns FD is a non-profit)
Karns and Rural Metro are both subscription based, but Karns is a non-profit. Rural Metro is the only for-profit
Fire protection and first …
Fire or wreck: Who you gonna call?
Our Town Heroes: We don’t want their jobs
For almost three years now Monday’s feature we call “Our Town Heroes” has been my baby, my gig for KnoxTNToday. A KFD firefighter had carried a resident out of a …
Steve Moyers: KCSO’s top corrections officer
His name is Billy. No last name. Just Billy. Not his real name. He’s 21. Maybe 22. For nine months his address was 5001 Maloneyville Rd., Knoxville, Tennessee. Billy lived in …
‘Angel’ Gallow prevents a suicide
He had his loaded .38 pushed hard into his sternum. It was cocked and his thumb was on the trigger. Suicide was his plan, sitting on the back porch of …
Melvin Tamsiran: Suriname to KFD
He’s approximately 2,800 miles from his hometown of Paramaribo, the capital and largest city of Suriname. He was a firefighter there for 17 years, an assistant chief, when he left …
Is Hasty a hero? This veteran says ‘no’
Mark Hasty is an interesting and humble chap, a firefighter who has saved lives in his native Maryville and again during the deadly and devastating Gatlinburg Fire. Heroes save lives. …
KPD puts special unit on the beat
When Chris Medina joined the Knoxville Police Department four years ago, he never envisioned walking a beat, shoe leather on the pavement. That’s part of his job now, as he …
Teen buddies begin careers at Rural Metro
Today we’re talking about “Our Town Heroes of the Future.” Four of them. They’re still teenagers, but these young men know who they are, where they’re going … and why. …