Public Safety Log for 01-01-2020

Public Safety Log for 01-01-2020


12:05am Mutual Aid Franklin EMS 

• standby to cover calls in Highlands while the ambulance at the Highlands Base transports a patient to Harris Hospital in Jackson County.

1:00am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cowee VFD

7:03am Medical Call Highlands EMS

8:59am Medical Call Franklin EMS/West Macon VFD

10:13am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cowee VFD

10:19am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

10:32am Public Assist CullasjaGorge VFD 

•Franklin EMS request non-emergency assistance

12:07pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

12:49pm Wildfire West Macon VFD/NC Forest Service/Squad 4

• Loose fire on Smith Hill Road. One acre at time of call with houses in danger. Firefighters constructed lines around the fire and backfired to protect the lines. Final fire size of about two acres.

2:14pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

2:55pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS 

4:38pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

4:40pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

5:22pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD 

7:43pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD/MCSO  

•injury, stage until law enforcement arrives on the scene.

8:31pm Test Page Cullasaja-Gorge VFD (six test pages)

8:50pm Medical Transport Franklin EMS

9:41pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

11:22pm Automobile Accident Franklin VFD/Franklin EMS

• Automobile accident at the intersection of Sylva Road (US-441) and Siler Road. I did not hear the call live, so I can provide no further info. 
**note** This is the entrance to the new Walmart. Some dispatchers call this Dowdle Mountain Road, as does Google Maps.




Published at 12:01am on January 01, 2020, and edited throughout the day. Links from news stories covering some of the events here may be added in the following days.