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The association was founded in 1906 as the "Fire Marshals Association of North America," with the purpose of promoting fire safety and prevention tactics. [2] On October 9, 1911, the association, alongside the local insurance organization Western Insurance Union, [2] held the first "Fire Prevention Week" to commemorate the memory of the Great Chicago Fire forty years prior.
The Enterprise South Industrial Park, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee consists of 6,000 acres (24 km 2). [1] Originally the site of the Volunteer Army Ammunition Plant and operated by the U.S. Department of Defense, a large portion of the property is now home to the Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant as well as other industries.
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is the second largest campus of the University of Tennessee System, with a student population of over 11,587 as of 2017–18 school year. [271] Chattanooga State Community College is a two-year community college with a total undergraduate enrollment of roughly 8150 students in 2018. [272]
This is a list of Superfund sites in Tennessee designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The interchange is located along the border between the southeastern part of Chattanooga and East Ridge, a suburb of the former, approximately one mile (1.6 km) north of the Georgia state line. It serves as the eastern terminus of I-24 at I-75. It is exit 2 on I-75 and exits 185 A and B on I-24.
State Route 8 (SR 8) is a 75.43-mile-long (121.39 km) north–south state highway in East and Middle Tennessee. It connects the cities of Chattanooga and McMinnville via Signal Mountain and Dunlap .
It is currently the largest fire protection company in the world. Grinnell Fire Protection was purchased by Tyco in 1976. Tyco bought Simplex Time Recorder Company on January 5, 2001, for US$ 1.15 billion and merged it with Grinnell Fire Protection, forming SimplexGrinnell.
The railway is one of the main tourist attractions in the Chattanooga area, totaling over 100,000 visits annually. [8] The top station features an observation deck and a gift shop. Fire-damaged Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, after the December 7, 2024, wildfire (facing uphill (west) from just below Guild Trail).