The Nolensville Volunteer Fire Department is raising money to create a swift water rescue team just days after strong storms and flash flooding left parts of the area underwater.
On Sunday, strong storms dumped inches of rain on Nolensville, creating areas of heavy flash flooding. "The historic school, the rec center was underwater, it was over all the roadways,' Nolensville Volunteer Fire Chief Adam Spencer said. "We had multiple water rescues going on at one time."
But most of those rescues, as well as water rescues that happened during another flash flooding event two weeks ago, were actually performed by nearby agencies in places like Brentwood, Williamson County or Rutherford County.
Spencer said that's because the Nolensville department doesn't have a swift water rescue team of their own.
"The decision has been made that we need to start and form our own swift water rescue team," Spencer said.