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The journey to recovery is not yet complete but we believe now is the time to bring the second chapter of that recovery to a close. After 16 months of providing financial assistance to fire survivors, The Mountain Tough Recovery Team will suspend operations to the public for recovery services on December 20, 2018. The work Mountain Tough completed since ...

The City of Gatlinburg will be testing the Outdoor Warning Siren system promptly at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 for the City of Gatlinburg and the immediate adjacent Sevier County areas. This test will activate all 14 outdoor warning sirens including the 9 new sirens recently installed with Phase 2 and the 5 sirens installed with Phase 1. ...

Sevier County and Gatlinburg are holding a comment period for the proposed Wildfires Memorial. The proposed drawings can be viewed online here, and also at Gatlinburg City Hall and the Sevier County Courthouse. The comment period will close on Wednesday, Jan. 3 at 4:30 p.m. The purpose of this project is to provide a memorial that is easily visible entering ...

The City of Gatlinburg and Sevier County will hold a memorial ceremony in observance of the one year anniversary of the Wildfires. The ceremony will honor those who lost their lives, recognize first responders and give thanks for the progress made on the community’s recovery in the year following the disaster. The ceremony will also include an announcement about a ...

Prior to the one-year anniversary of the historic wildfires that struck Great Smoky Mountains National Park and this East Tennessee community, the city of Pigeon Forge reunited, for the first time, first responders from 39 of the 64 fire stations who came to the city’s aid on Nov. 28, 2016. City officials invited more than 300 first responders to a ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials will open the Chimney Tops Trail to a newly developed observation point this week. The entire trail has been closed to the public since the Chimney Tops 2 Fire event occurred in late November 2016. “We are excited to complete the work on the Chimney Tops Trail in time for the fall color season ...

On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke issued an independent review of the Chimney Tops 2 Fire that burned 11,410 acres in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in November 2016 and merged with other area fires, which caused 14 deaths and millions of dollars in damage in the Gatlinburg area. The report outlines the origins and growth of ...

Rain showers on Wednesday brought an end to firefighting operations for the English Mountain fire. The English Mountain fire was first reported to Sevier County dispatch on Friday night. Firefighters from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture Division of Forestry have been battling the fire since Saturday, but the remote area and terrain made operations difficult. On Tuesday, Black Hawk helicopters ...

Black Hawk helicopters joined efforts to contain the English Mountain fire on Tuesday by dropping water on the active fireline and areas at risk of catching fire. The wildfire on English Mountain, located in the Breeden Brand Road and Wildwood Way area, was first reported to to Sevier County dispatch Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, and has since grown to 220 ...

Officials said Monday morning that firefighting crews have the 200-acre English Mountain fire 70% contained. Crews from the Tennessee Department of Forestry will light backfires again today in an effort to contain a fire located in the Breeden Brand Road and Wildwood Way area on English Mountain in Sevier County. The fire grew to 200 acres over the weekend since ...