40 Athletes Way North - At 1:35 PM, A call was received by Mount Juliet Police & Fire Communications requesting the fire department to respond to a demolition/cleanup site at one of the buildings severely damaged by the March 3rd Tornado. The caller stated that some batteries had caught on fire and they were not able to extinguish them with fire extinguishers.

The first units to arrive on the scene were Brush-100 and Engine-104 (A Shift), under the command of Captain Jason Ross [1201]. He reported on his initial size-up that he had a 75' x 75' area of debris on fire.

As firefighters were preparing to deploy handlines and extinguish the fire, a strong wind, which was part of the initial problem, fanned the flames and it extended to the contents of the structure.

Squad-103 was also requested to respond and a manpower page was transmitted requesting any available volunteers to assist. One firefighter responded back to station 1 from the scene in Brush-100 to retrieve Tower-114.

Mutual Aid was requested from the Wilson County Emergency Management Agency (Two Engines to the scene) and the City of Lebanon Fire Department (One aerial to the scene).

Engine-3 & Engine-5 from WEMA, and Lebanon Engine-4 responded to the scene. Two Aerial waterways and several master streams were put into operation.

After 4 hours from the time of dispatch, mutual aid had been released and crews were able to pick up and return to quarters, leaving the scene with the demolition company to continue pulling the debris apart with the understanding that Captain Ross would return periodically to check on the status of what would undoubtedly continue to smolder for some time.