Knox County river rescue
Knox County Rescue’s swift water rescue team was out at Seven Islands state birding park, rescuing...
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Tag: Knox County Rescue
Mo Abbas: A busy man for KCR, Denark
Mohamed Abbas, otherwise known as Mo, is Knox County Rescue’s (KCR) operations battalion chief, a...
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Fire or wreck: Who you gonna call?
(Updated to clarify that Karns FD is a non-profit) Fire protection and first responder emergency...
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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...
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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...
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T.J. Giles loves life in emergency services
Firefighter. Emergency Medical Technician. Combat Medic. Arson Investigator. Rescue Technician....
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Justin Faulkner is KCR’s ‘next generation’
Every emergency service organization in Knoxville and Knox County will tell you their biggest...
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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...
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Dr. Russ Frazier: Caring professional heads KCR
He has his collection of Knox County Rescue (KCR) uniforms and an array of hats, coats, shirts and...
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Diver ‘Hippy’ Jenkins has many talents
Matt Jenkins is 44 and a man of many talents, one could say. He could handle a Bobcat and backfill...
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Rescue volunteer still going strong at 73
He’s a spry 73, all 5 feet 6 inches of him. These days he’s a handyman by trade, fixing this and...
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Young Seymour vol follows his passion, fills a need
Ethan Adkins was the second responder of the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department to arrive at the...
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