Public Safety Log for 01-12-2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-12-2020


1:04am Public Assist Franklin EMS

1:05am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

3:40am Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Red to Mission)

4:00am OUTAGE UPDATE 

Duke Energy

Macon County 98 active outage locations and 1,902 customers w/o service

Carolinas 1,196 active outage locations and 44,698 customers w/o service

Haywood EMC

Macon County 1 customer w/o service

System-wide 25 customers w/o service, most of them in Haywood County

9:40am Structure Fire Franklin VFD/Franklin EMS/Squad 4

+ Structure fire near 600 Pressley Road. West Macon and Clarks Chapel VFDs provided mutual aid. [LINK] 

9:59am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

10:05am Medical call Franklin EMS/Burningtown-Iotla VFD

11:16am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

11:40am Medical call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

12:15pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

12:20pm POWER OUTAGE UPDATE

Duke Energy and Contract crews continue to work on restoring power in the county after last night's storms. Over 2,000 Maconians were w/o electrical power at the peak and that number has been reduced to a little over 1,300.

Duke Energy

Macon County 76 active outage locations and 1,309 customers w/o service

Carolinas 715 active outage locations and 21,319 customers w/o service

Haywood EMC


0 customers w/o service in Macon County and 42 customers w/o service in the region.

12:46pm Medevac MAMA-2 (Cherokee Indian Hospital to RER)

+ liftoff at 1:00pm

1:55pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

3:43pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

5:17pm Medical Transfer Highlands EMS

• Code Orange transfer from Highlands-Cashiers to Mission

5:17pm Medical Standby Franklin EMS

• Cover the Highlands District while their ambulance is out of district

5:22pm Fire Alarm West Macon VFD 

• Fire Alarm at 3170 Wayah Road (LBJ Job Corps Washington-Lincoln Dormitory)

6:38pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

7:32pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

10:11pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja VFD

11:49pm Medical Standby Franklin EMS

• Cover Highlands District while their ambulance is on a call in Scaly Mountain

11:50pm Medical Call Highlands EMS (fall injury)



Published at 3:50am on Sunday, January 12, 2020, and added to as needed.