Knox County Rescue’s swift water rescue team was out at Seven Islands state birding park, rescuing some stranded kayakers who overturned and needed assistance. Rescue Boat 2 is pictured here …
Mo Abbas: A busy man for KCR, Denark
Mohamed Abbas, otherwise known as Mo, is Knox County Rescue’s (KCR) operations battalion chief, a reserve firefighter/EMT at Rural Metro, a volunteer rescue technician certified in confined space rescue, structural …
Fire or wreck: Who you gonna call?
(Updated to clarify that Karns FD is a non-profit)
Fire protection and first responder emergency services inside the city of Knoxville are covered by the Knoxville Fire Department. Its annual operating …
Bart Fremow: A true rescue volunteer
“Twitchy” is his nickname at Knox County Rescue and it’s not a stretch to describe him as a “poster boy,” representing what it means to be a proud volunteer for …
Armand Mendez: A KCR man of all trades
Last Tuesday, from 1 p.m. to around 2:35 p.m., Armand Mendez was talking with me about his 26 years with Knox County Rescue (KCR). About 90 minutes later he was …
T.J. Giles loves life in emergency services
Firefighter. Emergency Medical Technician. Combat Medic. Arson Investigator. Rescue Technician. Rescue/recovery certified scuba diver.
Emergency service is his life.
Lt. Thomas Jackson Giles, best know as T.J., leads the Knox County Rescue …
Justin Faulkner is KCR’s ‘next generation’
Every emergency service organization in Knoxville and Knox County will tell you their biggest challenge is recruiting young people into the profession. So, when young Justin Faulkner walked into the …
KCR’s Fremow on tornado devastation: ‘Your soul does not get numb’
Bart Fremow saw things he hopes to never see again: a baby blanket 80 feet up in a tree; pieces of bodies in a field and in trees a mile …
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