Events & Fundraisers

2009 Fund Drive
Residents who live in the Sharps Chapel area will soon be receiving a 2009 Fund Drive Brochure in their mail.  The Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department does this yearly mail-out to update citizens on what the Fire Department is doing, and to help keep the Department budget built up.

The SCVFD is an all-volunteer organization.  We provide fire protection and rescue services to approximately 3,000 residents, and or community is growing each year.  We currently have about 30 active members who attend training sessions, meetings, community activities and respond to emergency calls within our area.  We are on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Community Involvement:  SCVFD provides free smoke detectors to residents in the community. We also have a Fire Prevention at Sharps Chapel Elementary School each year, as well as conduct periodic fire drills at the school.  We support the Union County Red Cross in their effort to help members in the community at their time of need.

In 2008, we responded to 161 calls, but as this area continues to grow, we have noticed our call volume grow as well.

We receive funding from the county which helps cover vehicle insurance and liability insurance.  The remainder of our budget is funded by the contributions we receive from the community.  The funds are used to pay for fuel, maintenance, training, equipment, utilities, and a loan payment that we must pay each year.  We operate on a yearly budget of approximately $45,000.00.  The County contributes $15,000.00.

Chief Upton and all of the Sharps Chapel VFD members would like to thank the community for their continued support.

If you are able to send a contribution of any amount to us for this 2009 Annual Fund Drive, it will be greatly appreciated, and may be mailed to:

Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department
PO Box 83
Sharps Chapel, TN 37866

UPDATE:

A SPECIAL THANK YOU

The Sharps Chapel Volunteer Fire Department would like to issue a special thank you to the community and everyone who contributed to the spring roadblock fundraiser this past weekend, over $2,000.00 was raised.

Chief Chris Upton and the fire department members would also like to thank the whole community for their generous contributions during the 2009 mail out fund drive this year. These funds are essential to our yearly general operations budget. Again, THANK YOU to everyone for your continued support!