Public Safety Log for 01-31-2020

File photo taken on January 30, 2020



Public Safety Log for 01-31-2020



12:23am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

12:25am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

8:29am Public Assist Franklin EMS

9:03am Structure Fire Clarks Chapel VFD/Franklin EMS

• A structure fire near 1900 Wide Horizon Drive with a person still inside. The person was removed by the first in units. [LINK]

9:04am Mutual Aid Franklin VFD/Otto VFD (assist with the structure fire on Wide Horizon Drive

9:15am Accident Franklin EMS.Franklin VFD

• Car over the guardrail on the US-441 bypass in the southbound lane near the Cullasaja River Bridge. The chief requested that another VFD be called due to all of Franklin's units being out on the structure fire on Wide Horizon Drive. [LINK]

9:16am Accident Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

• Car over the guardrail on the US-441 bypass in the southbound lane near the Cullasaja River Bridge.

9:46am Public Assist Franklin EMS

9:59am Accident Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD

• Accident near Cashiers Road and Rain Tree Lane. [LINK]

10:02am Accident Franklin EMS/West Macon VFD

• Accident reported about a quarter-mile from Wayah Bald Road on Wayah Road, hanging off the road with female and child reported still in the vehicle. [LINK]

10:08am OPEN THREAD established on Facebook so the community can keep each other informed on road conditions. [LINK]



10:22am OPEN THREAD established on Jackson Media Facebook page so readers can keep each other informed about road conditions. [LINK]



10:29am Medical Transport Franklin EMS

10:57am Medical Call Franklin EMS (patient at structure fire)

11:03am Medical Call Highlands EMS

11:42am Accident Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD

• report of accident near 1800 South Fourth Street

11:51am Medical Call Scaly Mountain VFD

• Highlands EMS is requesting a Scaly Mountain Firefighter respond to drive an ambulance to the hospital.

11:52am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD/MCSO (medical call with law enfocment response due to combative patient)

12:30pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

1:08pm Medical Transport Franklin EMS

1:35pm Fire Alarm West Macon VFD

2:26pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

4:11pm Medical Call Franklin EMS (fall)

5:26pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD (fall injury)

6:04pm Medical Call Highlands EMS/Scaly Mountain VFD

6:06pm Medical Standby Franklin EMS (cover Highlands district while their ambulance is on a call)

11:15pm Medical Call Franklin EMS






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Published on Friday, January 31, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-30-2020

File Photo from September 2016.



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Public Safety Log for 01-30-2020


3:23am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

8:41am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall injury in the parking lot at Social Security Office)

11:45am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Mountain Valley VFD

1:39am Accident Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

• A two-car accident was reported at Siler Road and Siler Farm Road. The accident was actually on Siler Farm Road at the entrance to SCC and the county library. There were no injuries. [LINK]

2:15pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

3:48pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

4:11pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

5:26pm Message Franklin VFD

7:05pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

9:13pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Orange transport to Mission)

9:43pm Medical Alarm Franklin EMS/Burningtown-Iotla VFD

11:10pm Public Assist Franklin EMS





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Published on Thursday, January 30, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-29-2020

File photo of a fire taken in May 2016.


Public Safety Log for 01-29-2020




1:05am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

1:22am Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code One Trip to Mission) from Angel ER

1:28am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

[not able to monitor scanner]

9:28am Medical Call Franklin EMS

12:52pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

1:05pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Angel to Eckerd Center in Highlands)

2:56pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

3:25pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

5:00pm Medical Call Highlands EMS/Scaly Mountain VFD

5:30pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Yellow from Angel ER to Harris Regional)

5:31pm Message Mountain Valley VFD

6:42pm Medical Call Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD

6:44pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

8:19pm Mutual Aid Nantahala VFD

• structure fire 1854 Junaluska Road in Cherokee County

8:48pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Orange Transport to Mission)

8:49pm Fie Alarm West Macon VFD

• Fire alarm at LBJ Job Corps at 3170 Wayah Road

9:15pm Public Assist Highlands EMS

9:23pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

10:01pm Medical Call Franklin EMS (fall injury)




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Published on Wednesday, January 29, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-28-2020

File photo. May 3, 2016.


Public Safety Log for 01-28-2020


12:49am FIre Alarm Burningtown-Iotla VFD (Liberty Woodworks)

• MCSO also dispatched when burglar alarm later activated. Response canceled by the keyholder.

1:05am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD

4:48am Public Assist Franklin EMS (fall)

7:48am Accident Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

• Accident reported northbound on US-441 just north of Dowdle Mountain Road (often called Siler Road). The location turned out to be closer to the Little Tennessee River Bridge. [LINK]

9:14am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja VFD

9:58am Public Assist Franklin EMS

10:58m Medical Transport Franklin EMS

11:10am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

11:54am Medical Call Franklin EMS

12:06pm Blood Draw Franklin EMS

•NCSHP needs a blood draw at the Macon County Detention Facility. [This is to determine the level of impairment]

12:35pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

1:09pm Fire Alarm Franklin VFD (manual pull station at Lowe's)

1:29pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall injury)

2:57pm Fire NC Foest Sevice/Franklin VFD

• Loose grass fire on Burnett Road. Caller extinguished it before VFD arrived. Response canceled.

3:24pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

4:13pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

5:49pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

• Respond to an assault, stage nearby until law enforcement can secure the scene.

6:17pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

9:41pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

• report of a person passed out in a van in the parking lot of Franklin Plaza

9:47pm Medical Alarm Franklin EMS

10:04pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

11:00pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD/MCSO (medical call requiring law enforcement response)

11:26pm Arrest Report MCSO (Macon County Sheriff Office) 

The following report published on social media, no press release sent to this outlet. --editor

Detectives with the Special Victims Unit of the Macon County Sheriff’s Office & SBI Agents have arrested Mark Wayne Saffran of Franklin following an investigation that was initiated from an ICAC tip. Detectives with The MCSO Special Victims Unit are also part of the SBI ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) Task Force. Once contacted SVU detectives and SBI agents worked to identify and locate the suspect involved with the possible internet crimes against children. Mr. Saffran was identified and located to be living in Franklin at Pines RV Campground. MCSO executed a search warrant on his residence and vehicle. Late this evening Saffran was formerly charged with 3rd Degree Exploitation of a Minor Class H Felony and booked into the Macon County Detention Center where he remains under $100,000 bond. Mr. Saffran previously lived in Indiana but has been living here for a period of time at the campground. Owners of Pines RV Park were fully cooperative with our investigation and have provided assistance throughout the course of today’s investigation.

Detectives seized several items of evidence including electronic equipment and are currently attempting to identify other minors. If you have any information or know of children who may have been associated with him you are encouraged to contact our office. We are in the process of going through images and trying to identify other children who have obviously been victims of sexual abuse and other crimes against children.

Sheriff Robert Holland states, “This investigation should serve as yet another example of why parents should take the necessary steps to know who their children are communicating with and what information they are sharing. Your minor children DO NOT and SHOULD NOT have a right to privacy when it comes to their computers & phones. If you believe they do... then you are a parent who is a “Predators Dream Come True.”

This investigation is ongoing and additional charges are forthcoming.

If you have any information concerning this investigation please contact SGT. Dani Burrows of the Special Victims Unit of the Macon County Sheriff’s Office 349-2268
CrimeStoppers Hotline 349-2600.






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Published on Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-27-2020

This photo was taken at Shaw Industries in September 2016.



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12:03am EMS Mutual Aid Franklin VFD

• assistance with EMS call dispatched at 11:48pm [LINK]

12:11am Medical Call Franklin VFD/Otto VFD

1:44am Medical Transfer Franklin EMS 

•Code Orange transport from Angel ER to Mission

8:38am Medical Call Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD

8:44am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

9:13am Public Assist Franklin EMS (fall)

9:51am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

11:06am Medical Call Nantahala EMS

11:09am Public Assist Franklin EMS

11:30am Medical Call Franklin EMS/West Macon VFD

11:37am Medical Standby Franklin EMS (cover Nantahala district while their ambulance is out of district)

12:06pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD

12:44pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (Comfort Inn)

2:33pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

3:04pm Medical Call Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD

3:05pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

4:13pm Medical Transport Franklin EMS (Red Transport from Angel ER to Mission)

4:49pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge (fall injury)

5:07pm Medical Call Cullasaja-Gorge (request additional manpower to the previous call)

5:29pm Message Franklin VFD (Executive Board Meeting at Station)

5:29pm Message Scaly Mountain VFD (Reminder of multi-company training in Rabun County tomorrow)

6:09pm Smoke Investigation Otto VFD

• Caller reports a fire is causing health issues near 5700 Georgia Road

6:36pm Accident Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

• Hit and run of pedestrian reported near Siler Road and Sylva Road.

8:42pm Medical Call Franklin EMS






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Published on Monday, January 27, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-26-2020

An overturned truck on US-441. The photo was taken on March 30, 2017.


Public Safety Log for 01-26-2020



12:07am Fire Alarm Burningtown-Iotla VFD (Liberty Wood Products)

3:32am Medical Call Franklin EMS

5:25am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

9:46am Medical Cal Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

10:44am Medical Call Franklin EMS

2:34pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

• an inmate at the Macon County Detention Facility suffered a broken ankle (bone is protruding from the skin), unknown cause. Emergency personnel found the inmate had multiple broken bones, including both ankles and a leg.




A report by the Sheriff's Office was posted on Facebook, but no press release was sent to this outlet.

"Earlier today an inmate was injured at the Macon County Detention Center. 911 was immediately notified and EMS & first responders from Franklin Fire Dept. responded to the scene. Inmate was checked out and transferred to a medical facility.

An investigation into the incident was initiated immediately. The preliminary findings are that the injured inmate was being encouraged by other inmates to climb up to the bunk area of the cell block & jump from the elevated area to the floor below. The inmate jumped at an elevation of between 15-18 feet. After landing on the floor below and injuring himself, other inmates notified detention officers who responded and called 911. Inmate’s injuries includes fractures to both ankles with one compound fracture and one leg fracture. After several attempts, Detention Staff was able to contact a family member and notified them of the incident and subsequent injuries.

As with all inmates incarcerated at the Macon County Detention Center, unless a waiver has been signed or verbal authorization has been granted by an inmate, medical information may not be released, not even to family members. This is due to the fact that there are strict federal & state guidelines that govern who and what information we can release.

We see no reason to release the identity of this inmate. We are releasing the information into this incident because other inmate’s families have been contacting us concerned after hearing about EMS responding to the Detention Center and were concerned. This particular inmate’s family has been contacted and they are in communication with MCSO Detention Staff. Our staff will now be responsible for around the clock security at the hospital."

2:35pm Medical Alarm Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

3:18pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

4:23pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

5:36pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

10:51pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

11:48pm Medical Call Franklin EMS (fall injury)


12:03am EMS Mutual Aid Franklin VFD

• assistance with EMS call dispatched at 11:48pm [LINK]

12:11am Medical Call Franklin VFD/Otto VFD

1:44am Medical Transfer Franklin EMS 

•Code Orange transport from Angel ER to Mission





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Published on Sunday, January 26, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-25-2020

Photo taken January 23, 2020

Public Safety log fo 01-25-2020



1:51am Medical call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

7:08am Accident Otto VFD/Franklin EMS/Squad 4

• Report of a twelve-year-old being run over by an automobile on Pleasant Cove Road. Personnel arrived to find that a vehicle being worked on had fallen on a man working on it.

9:25am Medical Call Franklin EMS

9:31am Medical Call Franklin EMS (unwitnessed death)

10:37am Public Assist Franklin EMS

11:08am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall injury)

11:21am Medical Standby Franklin EMS

• An ambulance from the Franklin EMS Base was transferred to Station 5 in Rabun County while multiple units from Rabun County EMS were occupied working an accident at the intersection of US-441 and Cathey Road. [CLAYTON TIBUNE] [WDUN]

11:28am Medical Call Franklin EMS (fall injury)

4:17pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

5:19pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

8:15pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

8:55pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD

9:12pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

•female reported down on the side of the road near Tallent's Produce.

11:23pm Medical Call Nantahala EMS/Nantahala VFD

11:24pm Structue Fire Mountain Valley VFD

• A person observing a live feed from a security camera reported their neighbor's house looked like it was on fire. Firefighters arrived and could find no fire.

11:25pm Mutual Aid Structure Fire Franklin VFD/Cowee VFD (see narrative on previous entry)

11:26pm Medical Call Franklin EMS






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Published on Saturday, January 25, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-24-2020

An NC Highway Patrolman observes a truck being pulled from the Little Tennessee River on June 20, 2016.



Public Safety Log for 01-24-2020

12:43am Medical Call Franklin EMS/West Macon VFD

3:04am Public Assist Franklin EMS

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8:17am Medical Call Franklin EMS (fall injury at Bojangles)

9:29am Public Assist Highlands EMS

9:30am Medical Standby Franklin EMS (cover Highlands District)

10:09am Accident Scaly Mountain VFD

• Highlands Police request traffic control at an accident at the Blue Valley Overlook on Dillard Road (NC-106).

11:41am Public Assist Franklin EMS

12:21pm Accident West Macon VFD/Franklin EMS

•Single-vehicle accident on Poplar Cove Road. [LINK]

12:41pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

2:44pm Medical Alarm Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

5:27pm Medical Transport Franklin EMS

5:49pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

7:25pm Medical Call Franklin VFD

• MCSO request EMS respond to West Macon VFD Station #2

9:16pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

9:59pm Accident Franklin VFD/Franklin EMS

• Accident with injury near the old Bojangles

10:59pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall injury)

11:12pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD

1:51am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD






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Published on Friday, January 24, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-23-2020

West Macon Truck #1753. Photo was taken on January 22, 2020.


Public Safety Log for 01-23-2020


8:26am Structure Fie Franklin VFD/Franklin EMS

• Electrical outlet reported on fire in a residence on Rolling Hills Drive. Command canceled response shortly after arriving.

8:27am Mutual Aid Mountain Valley VFD and Cullasaja-Goge VFD (canceled while enroute to the above call)

9:14am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD (adult patient at South Macon Elementary School)

12:25pm Medical Call Franklin VFD/Franklin VFD

12:42pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

1:38pm Illegal Burn Otto VFD

• At the request of Squad 4 to extinguish an illegal burn on the Old Georgia Road, address not given.

1:41pm Structure Fire Highlands VFD

• Repot of working structure fire on Lost Horse Trail, off Buck Creek Road. COmmand cut response to routine traffic shortly after arrival.

1:41pm Mutual Aid Cullasaja-Gorge VFD and Scaly Mountain VFD (responding to the above call)

1:43pm Medical Standby Highlands EMS (standby at the scene of a structure fire on Lost Horse Trail

1:48pm Loose Fire North Carolina Forest Service (woods on fie at structure fie on Lost Horse Trail

2:07pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

2:41pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall injury)

5:04pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

5:32pm Message Cowee VFD

5:33pm Message Franklin VFD/Clarks Chapel VFD

6:02pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

8:42pm Tones/No Voice Franklin EMS

10:02pm Medical Transport Franklin EMS

10:03pm Fire Investigation Otto VFD

• Caller reports large fire visible from the 1600 block of Tessentee Road.

11:00pm Public Assist Franklin EMS



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Published on Thursday, January 23, 2020.>

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Public Safety Log for 01-22-2020

A photo taken during the Jones Gap Fire taken on October 29, 2016.



Public Safety Log for 01-22-2020



12:10am Medical Call Franklin EMS (fall injury)

2:24am Medical Transport Franklin EMS

8:13am Medical Call Franklin EMS/CUllasaja VFD (fall injury)

8:41am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD (fall injury)

8:45am Structure Fire Franklin VFD/Franklin EMS

• Caller reports smell of electrical fire in residence on Janelle Street. Situation handled by first in units, all others canceled while enroute. [LINK]

8:45am Mutual Aid Mountain Valley VFD/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD (assist with fire on Janelle Street)

8:52am Medical Call Franklin EMS

9:13am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

10:15am Livestock in Road MCSO/Animal Control

• Two goats were reported on the Georgia Road (US-441) near the Welcome Center. [LINK]

11:18am Medical call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD (MVI School)

11:44am Medical Transport Franklin EMS

11:56am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

12:12pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall at Macon Co Health Center)

12:25pm Accident Franklin VFD/Franklin EMS

• Vehicle over an embankment on Sanderstown Road (near the US-441 side). Caller reports a vehicle struck a tree.

1:33pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Orange from Angel ER to Mission ER)

2:21pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (medical alarm at Franklin Health & Fitness)

2:22pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall injury)

2:41pm Accident Otto VFD/Franklin EMS

• Report of a head-on collision on Coweeta Church Road at Batemans Trailer Park. [LINK]

2:48pm Medical Call Franklin VFD

• medical call at Macon County Detention Center

2:57pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

3:47pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall injury at old Ingles)

4:17pm Medical call Franklin EMS 

4:46pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

4:57pm Medical Transport Franklin EMS

5:27pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall with injury)

5:43pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Orange transport to Mission)

6:21pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Burningtown-Iotla VFD (fall injury)

6:41pm Accident Highlands VFD/Highlands EMS

• car over an embankment near the Buck Creek Recycling Center

7:51pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

8:01pm Tones No Traffic Highlands EMS/Franklin VFD/Franklin EMS

8:01pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (probably the call that was meant to be toned out in the previous entry)

9:57pm Medical Call Franklin EMS








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Published on Wednesday, January 22, 2020.

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Public Safety Log for 01-21-2020

A photo of the Jones Gap Fire taken on October 29, 2016.



Public Safety Log for 01-21-2020

1:02am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

1:08am Medical Call Franklin EMS

2:30am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

• EMS and FIre dispatched to 1866 Highlands Road to a report of a person suffering from frostbite. The person reported they had been refused a ride by law enforcement to their home multiple times.

6:13am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

11:21am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

11:53am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

1:40pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

3:17pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

4:14pm Medical Call Franklin EMS (call at the request of MCSO units on scene)

4:21pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

5:24 Message Scaly Mountain VFD

5:26pm Message West Macon VFD

5:26pm Message Mountain Valley VFD

5:27pm Message Franklin VFD/Clarks Chapel VFD



12:10am Medical Call Franklin EMS (fall injury)

2:24am Medical Transport Franklin EMS




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Published on Tuesday, January 21, 2020.

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Public Safety Log for 01-20-2020

A BAT mobile from Raleigh on March 4, 2016. [LINK]


Public Safety Log for 01-20-2020



5:51am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall injury at new Ingles)

8:15am Public Assist Franklin EMS

8:56am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja VFD

11:42am Medical Transport Franklin EMS

12:02pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/West Macon VFD

1:16pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

1:22pm Medical Transport Franklin (transport to a long-term care facility in Jackson County)

2:12pm Earthquake 

• A magnitude 3.8 earthquake occurred near Fincastle, Tennessee near the Kentucky border (94.4 miles northwest of Franklin). Many local residents felt it and reported it via social media. [Facebook] [Article]

4:16pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

4:41pm Gunshot Wound Franklin EMS/Otto VFD/MCSO

• EMS and First Responders dispatched to stage at Addington Bridge Road and South Skeenah Road until law enforcement can clear the scene of a reported gunshot would at 1333 South Skeenah Road. A homeowner shot at a person during a breaking and entering. MAMA-2 was put on standby, then taken off standby at 4:56pm and the response of Otto VFD was discontinued at 5:01pm by MCSO unit 5750.

5:36pm Message Franklin VFD/Clarks Chapel VFD

7:23pm Medical Call Highlands EMS/Highlands EMS (fall injury)

8:20pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Burningtown-Iotla VFD






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Published on Monday, January 20, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-19-2020

Firefighters extinguish a small brush fire on March 24, 2016, in Franklin.


Public Safety Log for 01-19-2020


1:49am Public Assist Franklin EMS

4:03am Public Assist Franklin EMS

8:21am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

9:17am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

10:39am Public AssistFranklin EMS

11:34am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

12:18pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD (Lifeline)

1:34pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Yellow to Mission ER)

4:29pm Medevac MAMA-2 (Patient to Labor and Delivery at Mission)

6:12pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

7:47pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Yellow to Mission)

8:53pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

10:03pm Structure Fire Franklin VFD/Franklin EMS (Katie Lane)

10:04pm Structure Fire Clarks Chapel VFD/West Macon VFD (Mutual Aid for Franklin VFD)








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Published on Sunday, January 19, 2020

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Daily Weather Briefing for Saturday, January 18, 2020

Outlook

A cold front will cross Tennessee today as precipitation develops over our area ahead of the front. As the cold front moves off the Carolina coast on Sunday, very cold high pressure will drop south out of central Canada. Expect this high pressure to bring below normal temperatures through the middle of the week.

SpaceX to Test In Flight Abort System this Morning





**update** the test has been postponed until tomorrow due to weather conditions.

SpaceX, a private space launch company, will be testing its in-flight abort system for its Dragon space capsule as part of the procedure to gain acceptance for the craft as approved for manned missions to space. If the test is successful, SpaceX could launch manned missions to the International Space Station as early as March. The test is expected to take place soon after 8am.

Marcus House, a citizen journalist focusing on space and technology, describes the test and why it is important for both SpaceX and NASA:




Below are some links to where you may watch the test live:

Official SpaceX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhrkdHshb3E

Everyday Astronaut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrPq8vC7C4E


Public Safety Log

Today's log is available and will be updated as needed. [LINK]  

Yesterday's log is also online. [LINK] 



THREE DAY GFS FORECAST
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Green, Yellow, and Red indicate rain. Orange and Purple Indicate Freezing Rain or other freezing precipitation. Blue indicates snow.

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Weather Hazards

A light wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain will be possible as precipitation develops this morning. Any snow or ice accumulation should be light and confined to the higher terrain, but some slick spots may develop in these areas before precipitation transitions to all rain this afternoon.

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WEATHER FORECAST MAPS

Forecast maps for 7 am, 1 pm, and 7 pm.
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FRANKLIN AREA FORECAST

Today

Rain, mainly after noon. Patchy fog is expected to develop in the early afternoon. Highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight

Rain, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog before 1am. Lows around 30. WInds out of the east 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the upper teens. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 7 mph.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Sunny, with highs near 40. Calm winds in the morning, then increasing and coming out of the northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the upper teens.

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OTTO AREA FORECAST


Today

Rain, mainly after 10am. Patchy fog after 1pm. Highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the east 5 to 10 mph in the morning, then shifting to come out of the southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.

Tonight

Rain, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog before 1am. Lows around freezing. Winds out of the west 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the south before midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday

Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with highs in the mid-40s. WInds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 20. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Sunny, with highs near 40. Winds out of the northwest 3 to 5 mph.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows around 20.

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HIGHLANDS PLATEAU FORECAST

Today

A chance of freezing rain before 9am with a transition period and then rain after 10am. Patchy fog after 9am. Highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Tonight

Rain, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog is expected to develop overnight. Lows around 30. WInds out of the southwest 20 to 25 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper teens and wind chill values in the single digits. Winds out of the northwest 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph before midnight and as 35 mph after midnight.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Sunny, with highs in the mid-30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the mid-to-upper teens.

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NANTAHALA AREA FORECAST


Today

Rain, mainly after 11am. Patchy fog is expected to develop after noon. Highs in the mid-40s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.

Tonight

Rain, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog before 1am. Lows in the mid-to-upper 20s. Winds out of the southwest 5 to 10 mph shifting to come out of the northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday

Sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 30s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the mid-to-upper teens. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Sunny, with highs in the mid-30s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with lows in the upper teens.


Published at 5:20am on Saturday, January 18, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-18-2020

Franklin truck #1160 responding to a medical call on January 17, 2020


Public Safety Log for 01-18-2020



1:20am Public Assist Franklin EMS

1:35am Medical Call Franklin EMS

6:30am Vehicle Fire Franklin VFD/Squad 4

• a vehicle was reported on fire in the old Ingles parking lot on East Palmer Street. Firefighters arriving on the scene advised the fire was closer to the Orkin Pest Control building. [Facebook] 

10:47am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD

• Initial dispatch report of a person down beside the road near Tractor Supply. A Scaly Mountain Firefighter reported it as near Colonial Inn. Firefighters and the NCSHP removed the man from the roadway and response was cut to routine traffic. [Facebook]

12:01 Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Yellow transport to Mission)

12:30pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

2:20pm Contact EOC Otto VFD

• The Emergency Operations Center toned on the chief and assistant chiefs and asked them to contact the EOC. This was for a search. The subjects were eventually located above Hurricane Creek by Squad 4 at around 3:09pm and transported to Franklin Plaza, where they were reunited with their party. Squad 4 was not formally toned out to this incident.

2:48pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD (injury at Macon Middle School)

2:50pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD (injury at Macon Middle School) (no response to the first callout)

3:18pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

5:49pm Fire Alarm Burningtown-Iotla VFD (firefighters arrived and vented smoke from the residence)

9:36pm Fire Alarm Cowee VFD

10:07pm Accident West Macon VFD/Franklin VFD

• overturned vehicle reported two miles west of the point where the four-lane become a two-lane road on US-64.

10:34pm Medical Call Franklin EMS (laceration injury)

10:36pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

11:09pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

11:28pm Chimney Fire Highlands VFD/Highlands EMS (Rich Gap Road)


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Published on Saturday, January 18, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-17-2020

This photo was taken on November 4, 2019.





Public Safety Log for 01-17-2020



2:51am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

[no access to scanner]

10:46am Medical Transport Franklin EMS

11:42am Public Assist Franklin EMS

11:43am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

12:08am Public Assist Franklin EMS

1:56pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

1:59pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD (MVI school)

3:10pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

4:24pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

5:31pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Orange transport to Mission)

6:11pm Medical Call Franklin EMS (injury)







Published on Friday, January 17, 2020.
Updated as needed.

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Public Safety Log for 01-16-2020

The new sally port [definition] behind the Macon County Courthouse. Photograph taken from the fourth floor on January 15, 2020.



Public Safety Log for 01-16-2020


2:28am Medical Call Franklin VFD/Otto VFD

3:04am Fire Franklin VFD/Franklin Police

• Fire of unknown origin a reported at the old concrete plant just north of the Georgia Road Ingles. Firefighters responded and extinguished a campfire established by homeless people.

8:04am Public Assist Franklin EMS

9:31am Structure Fire Cullasaja VFD/Franklin EMS [Facebook]

• A structure Fire reported at 77 Griffin Road. Firefighters arrived to find a single-wide trailer on fire.

9:31am Mutual Aid Clarks Chapel VFD and Franklin VFD (assist with a structure fire on Griffin Road.


Press Release from the Macon County Fire Marshal's Office:

Press Release
For Immediate Release
Macon County Fire Marshal’s Office
January 16, 2020
Jimmy Teem



Cullasaja Gorge Fire and Rescue responded to a structure fire involving a single wide mobile home located at 87 Griffin Lane Thursday morning around 9:30 am. The fire originated in the kitchen area causing major damage to the residence. No one was home at the time of the fire. Cullasaja Gorge Fire and Rescue was assisted by Franklin and Clarks Chapel Fire and Rescue Departments, and Macon County Fire Services. The American Red Cross was contacted to provide assistance to the resident.

10:14am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

10:18am Medical Call Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD

10:19am Medical Call Nantahala EMS

10:21am Medical Standby Franklin EMS (cover Nantahala District)

11:07am Public Assist Franklin EMS

11:15am Medical Call Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD

11:42am Public Assist Highlands EMS

11:43am Public Assist Franklin EM (to the location previously dispatched to Highlands EMS)

2:28pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

3:29pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

3:34pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Orange transport from AMC to Mission)

4:35pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

5:11pm Medical Call Highlands EMS

5:36pm Message Cowee VFD

6:37pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

6:50pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

8:24pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Red transport from Angel ER to Mission)






Published on Thursday, January 16, 2020.

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Public Safety Log for 01-15-2020

Public Safety Log for 01-15-2020



12:11am Medical Call Franklin EMS

1:58am Vehicle Fire Franklin VFD/MCSO

• Pickup truck fully involved in fire on Sprinkle Road. A deputy arrived and reported it was fully involved.

2:02am Medical Call Franklin EMS/ClarksChapel VFD

8:59am Medical Call Franklin EMS (nursing home)

1:13pm Power Pole on Fire Franklin VFD

• Report of a power pole on fire at the intersection of Jacobs Branch Road and Airport Road.

1:14pm Medical Call Franklin EMS (nursing home)

1:47pm Medical Call Highlands EMS

2:55pm Accident Mountain Valley VFD/Franklin EMS

• An accident with possible injury on Sylva Road (US-441) between Gold City and Coon Creek Road.

4:29pm Accident Franklin VFD/Franklin EMS

• Report of an accident near 1200 Airport Road.

4:39pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (code orange from AMC to Mission)

6:03pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

7:21pm Medical Call Franklin VFD


Published on Wednesday, January 15, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 01-14-2020

Franklin Truck 1160 responding to a medical call on January 14, 2020

Public Safety Log for 01-14-2020


2:10am Medical Transport Franklin EMS

4:15am Medical Call Franklin EMS 

5:57am Accident Mountain Valley VFD/Franklin EMS

• Report of a truck in the runaway truck ramp on US-441 (Cowee Mountain). [LINK] 

7:36am Medical Call Highlands EMS/Scaly Mountain VFD

7:39am Medical Standby Franklin EMS (cover Highlands District)

8:27am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall injury)

10:04am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Framklin VFD

10:14am Medical Transport Franklin EMS

11:09am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

11:29am Medical Call Franklin VFD/West Macon VF

2:48pm Medical Call Highlands EMS/Scaly Mountain VFD (fall injury)

2:49pm Medical Standy Franklin EMS (cover Highlands District)

3:29pm Accident Nantahala VFD/Nantahala EMS

• Pedestrian hit by a vehicle mirror on Wayah Road, two miles from US-19

3:34pm Medical Transport Highlands EMS

3:53pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

4:04pm Medical Standby Franklin EMS (cover Nantahala District)

5:01pm Medical Call Franklin EMS.Clarks CHapel VFD/MCSO

6:17pm Fire Alarm West Macon VFD

8:22pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall injury)

11:05pm Medical Call Franklin EMS






Published on Tuesday, January 14, 2020

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