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The Paper | Thursday, August 2, 2012
West Jackson Fire Department ■ Units responded July 22 to a Davenport Road personal care home where a resident was displaying signs of a possible stroke. Personnel assisted in loading the patient for transport by Med 3. ■ A man cutting grass on July 22 on Amy Industrial Lane called for assistance after he said he was blown off his lawn mower. He complained of back and leg pain. Med 3 provided transport. ■ An EMS call was made to a Wood Crest Drive residence on July 23 where the patient was conscious but not alert. She said she had checked her blood sugar but the meter was not reading correctly. After personnel checked her sugar, she said she was feeling fine and did not require transport. ■ A call later that day found personnel at another Wood Crest residence where a patient was showing possible stroke signs. She said the pain of the past five days was getting worse and she requested to go to St. Mary’s Hospital. Personnel assisted in loading the patient for transport by Med 3. ■ An alarm sounded at Haverty’s on Broadway Avenue on July 24 but the call was cancelled by the alarm company. ■ A July 25 medical call was responded to on Walnut Ridge. The patient was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center by Med 3. ■ A Walnut Road resident was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center on July 25 after the patient was stabilized.
■ A Doe Ridge resident was transported to Athens Regional Medical Center on July 26 after possibly suffering a stroke. ■ On July 27, personnel responded to The Olive Branch. A patient was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center by Med 3. ■ A system malfunction was determined to be the cause of a smoke alarm activation at CVS on the afternoon of July 27. All customers were outside the store when fire personnel arrived on the scene. After fire personnel checked for smoke in the photo section and finding no fire, the manager was able to successfully reset the alarm. ■ A Pocket Road resident was transported by Med 3 on a July 27 medical call. ■ Personnel responded July 27 to a report of a dog bite on Pinecrest Street. Units were cancelled en route. ■ A Roberts Road resident was advised to extinguish the illegal burn of construction materials on July 27. The lumber was left to burn with no one around. ■ The patient at a Highway 53 medical call on July 27 was transported by Northeast Georgia Medical Center by Med 3. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office cleared the scene before emergency responders entered the residence. ■ A medical call was responded to in the early morning hours of July 28 on Johnson Drive. The patient was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center by Med
3. ■ At 3:50 a.m. on July 28, Engine 31 and Med 3 responded to Highway 124 and Maddox Road where a vehicle had struck a pedestrian in the roadway. The patient was lying in the middle of the road. When Med 3 arrived, Emory Flight was dispatched to the scene. Other West Jackson Fire Department personnel responded to a second alarm to respond to West Jackson Primary School to set up landing zone and E32 responded to the land zoning while the E31 crew assisted Med 3 crew in placing patient in full spinal immobilization, loading the patient onto stretcher and into Med 3. One of E31 crew drove Med 3 to the landing zone. The patient was transferred to Emory Flight and transported to Atlanta Medical Center. ■ Just after 3 p.m. on Saturday, firefighters responded to an outside equipment fire at 401 Lewis Braselton Blvd., where a transformer had blown. Firefighters found transformer, power pole and grass beneath on fire. Firefighters contained the fire to the area awaiting the arrival of the Jackson EMC crew which disconnected power from the transformer. The ground fire and fire on pole below transformer was extinguished by firefighters and Jackson EMC personnel extinguished the transformer fire with handheld extinguishers. Units responded back to the location just after 5 p.m. to wet down the power pole at the request of Jackson EMC crews.
Hero’s Ball will honor public safety members The second annual Hero’s Ball will feature recognition of four public safety workers from West Jackson, according to organizer Amber Chatham. The Hero’s Ball is a “Dress Blues, Black Tie Optional” event to honor the men and women of the West Jackson Fire Department, Braselton Police Department and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. All of the proceeds support eXchange, Chatham’s nonprofit that supports the wives and children of wounded and deceased Special Operations Forces Soldiers. eXchange also assists Operation One Voice in its support of the families of Special Ops soldiers. The eXchange was founded in the spring of 2011 out of Chatham’s conviction to tell her heroes “Thank you for eXchanging your life for my everyday freedoms.” The Hero’s Ball will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31, at the Braselton-Stover House in Braselton.
Tax-deductible tickets are $100 per person and tickets include dinner prepared by Cornbread and Caviar from food donated by Whole Foods, a special gift from Funari Realty and Chateau Elan, entertainment by Nelson Brownstone and access to a cash bar and gun raffle. A complimentary cigar bar is being provided by D&R Ci-
gars. Sponsorship of a $2,500 table will include seats for two public safety persons and their guests. Special room rates at Chateau Elan will be available for event-goers. For more information on the eXchange or the Hero’s Ball, visit www.exchangeusa.org or contact Amber Chatham at 706-224-5493.
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While fighting this Sunday house fire, a firefighter suffered heat-related injuries.
Sunday fire destroys home
Units from Jackson Trail, West Jackson and the Jackson County Correctional Institute Fire Departments were dispatched at 5 p.m. July 29 to 86 Cottonwood Road in Jefferson on a reported structure fire. Firefighters responded and found a twostory single-family residence which was half engulfed by fire. One firefighter was injured due to heat and transported by Jackson County EMS to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville for evaluation. The house was listed as a total loss and the cause of the fire is under investigation by the Jackson Trail Fire Department. The scene was cleared just before 10 p.m. No was home at the time of the fire.
Pedestrian struck by vehicle Emergency units from West Jackson Fire
and Jackson County EMS responded at 3:43 a.m. on July 28 to Zion Church Road at the intersection of Highway 124 to a reported auto accident with injuries. Upon arrival they found a 16-year-old male who had been struck by a vehicle in the roadway. The patient had sustained several injuries including a possible head injury. The patient was treated on the scene and prepared for transfer to Atlanta Medical Center in Atlanta. Air Methods was requested for helicopter transport and the patient, who was listed as critical at the scene, was flown to that facility. According to Jackson County Director of Public Safety Steve Nichols, the condition of the patient at Atlanta Medical is unknown. Emergency crews left the scene at 5:16 a.m. – From Jackson County Emergency Services