Message from the Henry Volunteer Fire Department regarding the tremendous response from other departments and agencies in battling the massive fire at the Sigma Renew 360 plastics recycling plant:
“First and foremost our department would like to send out a heart felt thank you to all of the Henry County emergency first responders, Henry County EMA,FEMA, TEMA, OES, along with Carroll County Fire, Weakly, Benton, Henderson, Madison, Obion, Chester, Gibson, Huntingdon, McKenzie, Martin, Dresden, even as far as Nashville. The National Guard, Weakly and Henry County Forestry, Tosh Farms, Conroy Farms, Doyle Sim’s of Gleason, White Farms and also some past Henry Fire personnel who responded to help at the drop of a call and all of the people in the community!
Without you all we would have not made it through the night. The fire was a complete loss despite all of the efforts. But we can not say enough about the fight and determination everyone on scene had working together as one. We also had a tremendous rehab team set up and worked hard the entire night to keep guys and girls fresh and for that Henry Fire and myself will be forever grateful knowing the teams we have that are just a call away!
This post was written by our Assistant Chief and the Incident Commander for the Fire after pouring his heart and soul into managing an incredible amount of resources from all over. If any departments were omitted I can assure you that it was not on purpose! We appreciate every single person who stepped up to help! We are still working on figuring out actual numbers of who all was there!”
Photo by Oakland Fire Chief James Martin.