Everyone is invited to our 30 years of Service Open House to see Claylick’s first ever NEW fire apparatus and our newly remodeled space to accommodate our ever growing department. Claylick Fire Department was organized and built by community members to help protect and serve the Claylick community back in 1981. The first fire truck was backed into the new building on March 1st of that year setting in motion 30 years of progressive community service which continues today. Come out and meet YOUR fire department. Hope to see you there.

The rain started on May 1, 2010 and didn’t stop till mid afternoon on the 2nd. The water rose to record levels by Sunday morning and covered the Petway bridge on Hwy 250 at the county line. TDOT did an excellent job getting that bridge back open after the water receded. Gray Rd was covered early Sunday morning covering a hand full of homes and displacing several families. Many left by boat with what little they could carry. The residents of the Claylick community have done an excellent job rescuing and assisting neighbors, family, and friends. Stringfellow Rd was also covered over by late Saturday night blocking all access to the Petway community. The waters continued to rise and finally crested then began to slowly fall early Monday morning beginning to reveal just the tip of the damage to come. Claylick Fire Department monitored water levels throughout the weekend and checked on residents accordingly. We were able to close Hwy 250 just north of Lee Greer Rd and also Stringfellow Rd at the last address before the county line. Claylick FD responded to several calls on Sunday as far south as I-40 and as far north as Hwy 49E as well as multiple non-flood related calls within our immediate coverage area. Our team of fire and rescue personnel have done a superb job during the event and continue to prepare for clean-up within the community. If anyone needs our resources, please feel free to call. We ask that people please stay out of hazard areas to allow the residents to clean-up. From the community and Claylick FD, we would like to thank the American Red Cross for their support and resources, Walgreens of Dickson for the donated supplies, Lowe’s of Dickson for donated supplies, and all the individuals who came to help by donating goods, lending resources, and providing labor. We are proud to serve such a strong community. We will be posting pictures of the flooding in the near future in the Gallery section. If you have pictures that you would like to share you can email them to claylickwebsite@bellsouth.net to post them here. Also please share any stories that you have by posting a response here.

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Claylick Fire Department closed the bidding process on the new apparatus at 1600 hours on April 25, 2010. The following companies place a sealed bid and the results are listed below. Claylick FD will award the bid based on quality and needs met, not solely on price. A meeting is set for the 26th at 1830 to award the bid.

Summit Fire Apparatus and Custom Fabricators
Edgewood, KY                        $248,780

Bluegrass Fire Apparatus
Elizabethtown, KY               $234,220.39

Deep South Fire Trucks Inc.
Jackson, MS                     $220,000

Utility Equipment Company
Spring Hill, TN           $218,799

Pro-Fire Equipment
Olive Branch, MS                  $237,084

Claylick Fire Department was awarded a grant from FEMA for the purchase of a new fire engine in the amount of $190,000 with a match of $10,000 from the department. Claylick applied for the grant in April of 2009 and was awarded on March 19, 2010. FF Martin Morel wrote the grant with assistance of the officer staff at the department. Claylick has applied for the grant once before without success. This grant will allow for the purchase of a new 2000 gallon, 5-man cab fire engine which will be the first ever NEW fire apparatus for the department. The truck will serve as a rescue company, tanker, and first line engine when needed. We hope to reveal the truck at the 2010 Apple Butter Festival in October of this year.

Dickson County Rescue Squad, White Bluff FD, and Claylick FD stood by for THP’s SORT team as they burned a house to clean up several sticks of dynamite and other blasting material in White Bluff on Monday, March 1st. Claylick Fire Department assisted the owner of the house with removing personal items prior to the controlled burn. The house was abandoned and had only been used for storage for several years. Trespassers discovered the material and reported it to authorities. The materials were NOT a danger to the community, but only dangerous to people who might illegaly go into the house. In the best interest of everyone, THP decided, with the permission of the homeowner, to burn the house with the material left inside so that no one would be exposed to the dynamite in the future. Claylick crews stood by for several hours as the SORT team burned the structure and maintained a perimeter until the scene was cleared by all agencies. No one was injured during the burn. News 2 did a story on the incident and can be seen at http://www.wkrn.com/global/Category.asp?c=175880&clipId=4587781&topVideoCatNo=126088&autoStart=true.

In Memory of Mr. E.C. Hooper

E.C. Hooper has served on the Board of Directors since the doors opened in 1981. Mr. Hooper passed away on October 24, 2009. Mr. Hooper was the Chairman of the Board and helped to keep the Fire Department operational throughout his time of service. Claylick Fire Department is dedicating the the E.C. Hooper Training Building in honor and memory of the man who led us for so long. Thank you Mr. Hooper, you are greatly missed.

You may have noticed the burnt spot on the road at the intersection of Claylick Rd and Hwy 47N. Claylick Fire Dept responded on June 8, 2009 at 12:21 to 16 ft bumper pull trailer loaded with last year’s square bails on fire. The driver noticed a small flame over the forward driver side axle while waiting to pull out onto Hwy 47. The Fire Department suspects the cause of the fire to be friction related, either from the brakes or a tire rubbing the fender well of the trailer. Once the driver noticed the flame, he quickly put the vehicle in park and began to unhook from the trailer. Witnesses said the the man barely had time to unhook before the tow vehicle would have been affected. According to witnesses, the fire grew rapidly and consumed the whole load in under 4 minutes. FF/EMT-IV Cato was the first to arrive on the scene in his personal vehicle. Asst. Chief Bryant, FF Sullivan, and FF/FR A.Woodard responded in 381, our first-out engine. WBFD was requested for mutual aid. The fire was quickly brought under control, but the damage to the roadway had already taken place. The fire was so hot that it melted the 16 ft trailer and melted the asphalt. Hwy 47 Lumber Co sent a loader to the scene to assist in quickly reopening the road. Bryant & Bryant Construction sent a trailer to haul off the melted frame. TDOT did the final clean up of the roadway, hauling 3 loads of burnt hay from the site. We would like to thank WBFD, DCRS, Bryant & Bryant, Hwy 47 Lumber, DCSO, and TDOT for their assistance in the quick handling of the incident.

Claylick FD unit 386 was permanently placed out of service due to mechanical problems after responding to a call at Autumn Ridge Manor on Old County House RD and failed to make it back to the station. 386 carried all of our medical and rescue equipment. 386 was purchased by the fire department a number of years ago from Nashville FD. The unit was an old Metro ambulance. CFD converted the truck to haul extrication equipment, medical supplies, and a 5 bottle cascade system to refill SCBA bottles on the scene. All equipment has been placed on our two engines, unit 381 and 382. We hope to have a replacement unit in service in the near future.

R.I.P. 386