Waldens Ridge Emergency Services (WRES) provides fire and EMS services to the Walden community. WRES is a non-profit, volunteer department.
Waldens Ridge Emergency Service, Inc. is an all-volunteer department consisting of 55 non-paid members with two stations supporting a mountainous district of 33 square miles. We are located on Signal Mountain in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Our two stations are at 2100 Taft Highway in the Town of Walden and 7339 Sawyer Pike in an unincorporated area. Mutual Assistance. We automatically respond to calls in the Town of Signal Mountain, the Lone Oak Community of Signal Mountain, and the City of Red Bank. Through the Tri-State Mutual Aid Association, we are linked to almost 40 other departments in Southeast Tennessee, Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama.
WRES Leadership
Jimmy Hillis, Chief of Operations
Jim Gault, Deputy Chief
Randall Hawkins, Assistant Chief
Sib Evans, Captain
Jay Heavilon, Captain
Jeff Nix, Captain
Gary Sivley, Lieutenant
David Atkinson, Lieutenant
Jason Lockery, Lieutenant
Sam Guin, Lieutenant
Matt Wildman, Lieutenant