Weekly Newsletter 2/17 - 2/23

1. The Chappell Hill VFD prides itself on being there for the community in its time of need. Whether it be a natural disaster, house fire, vehicle accident, wildfire, or your fire alarm going off for an unknown reason. Our highly trained firefighters will respond to any incident and be there for the citizens of this great community. The community relations that have been increasing over the last couple of years are going to become more frequent. The community deserves to know these men and women who want to help the community. The department, however, wants to see community support; with a decrease in donations last year, the department sent out its yearly campaign letter, and only 19.1% of the community responded with monetary donations. The support requested here is the creation of Washington County ESD #1. This would bring in newer equipment that is more reliable on fire scenes and newer and better fire apparatus that is not over 20 years old and has the potential of breaking down on the way to a call. It also allows the department to start incentivizing volunteers to operate the station during peak hours to reduce response time to your emergency and eventually bring in paid personnel 24/7. But this takes time and continued support. We invite anyone interested in joining our agency to reach out and become part of a great team! Thank you, and enjoy the weekly report.

Weekly Call Review

On February 17th, 2025, at approximately 01:22 hours, firefighters were dispatched to a crash without entrapment on Highway 290 East near Main Street. While responding, units were notified that the accident was on Highway 290 East and FM-2447. Firefighters arrived on the scene to find a single-vehicle accident with road blockage, airbag deployment, and oil leaking onto the roadway. Firefighters performed traffic control to ensure scene safety for all first responders and put out absorbent to help clean up oil off the roadway to prevent another incident. Once a wrecker arrived on the scene and took possession of the vehicle, all responders cleared the scene and returned to in-service status.

On February 18th, 2025, at approximately 1158 hours, firefighters were dispatched to a reported smoke investigation in the area of Old Plantation Road and Allwise Road. Firefighters arrived in the area and found a control burn being monitored by the homeowner and made sure it was safe. Firefighters cleared the scene and returned to service.

On February 18th, 2025, at approximately 1312 hours, firefighters were dispatched to a reported crash without entrapment on Highway 290 East near William B Travis Lane. Firefighters arrived on the scene and found an 18-wheeler and a small car on the side of the road with minor damage. Firefighters checked in with both drivers and turned the scene over to law enforcement and cleared the scene.

On February 22nd, 2025, at approximately 2106 hours, firefighters were dispatched to a reported crash without entrapment in the area of 7901 Highway 290 East. Firefighters arrived on the scene and found two vehicles off of the roadway with multiple car parts in the roadway. Firefighters performed traffic control and performed scene protection until eventually released by law enforcement when the wrecker took possession of the vehicle.

On February 23rd, 2025, at approximately 0306 hours, firefighters were dispatched to a reported crash without entrapment in the area of 7833 Highway 290 East. While units were responding law enforcement arrived on the scene and found it to be a motorist assist and canceled all fire department personnel to the call.