jasper highlands fire truck naming contest

The Hatcher Mtn/Indigo Lane fire in Wears Valley.

Voting will close at the end of the day on Tuesday, March 29. Jasper Highlands Fire Department Placed on Standby for Last Week’s Sevier County Fires Last week Sevier County had two major wildfires simultaneously. Jasper Highlands is taking name submissions, and the public will be asked to vote on the best three names starting Thursday, March 24. The names for the fire trucks have been submitted, and awards of 10,000, 7,500 and 2,500 will be donated to the schools that came up with the top three names as voted on by the public. Second place will get $7,500 and third place will get $2,500. PREVIOUS STORY: The naming contest for three new fire trucks that will serve the Jasper Highlands development is underway. Elementary school students from Marion, Grundy and Sequatchie counties are asked to submit fire truck name ideas at The first-place winner gets $10,000 for his or her school. The Jasper Highlands volunteer fire department is hosting a naming competition for its three new trucks. In an announcement of the fire department’s formation on Thursday, John “Thunder” Thornton, owner and developer of the Jasper Highlands and CEO of Thunder Enterprises, said the occasion marked the completion of an ultimate goal for the master-planned community, to have its own fire department. Jasper Highlands, the high-end mountain-top development in Jasper, Tenn., now has its own volunteer fire department, complete with three trucks.ĭevelopers were previously rebuffed when they sought fire protection from neighboring Foster Falls, so they bought their own trucks. This article was originally published on.

Jasper highlands fire truck naming contest