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Please visit the following link to find out how to help fellow firefighter Pelham Medlock, he has received a liver transplant and is expecting to recover but is still in need of any help he can receive. Pelham is the past Lead Fire Investigator for the Anderson County Fire Department, and a friend to all....... Thanks! |

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OVERTURNED VEHICLE ON I-85 |
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MAY 3-
TVFD AND FORK EMS UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO I-85 SOUTH AT
THE 8 MILE MARKER FOR A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH ONE
OVERTURNED. TVFD AND FORK EMS RESPONDED WITH 18
PERSONNEL. UNITS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND THE VEHICLE
HAD ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT. THE
TWO OCCUPANTS SELF EXTRICATED. CREWS ASSISTED EMS WITH
PATIENT TREATMENT, AS WELL AS SECURING THE VEHICLES. EMS
TRANSPORTED TWO PATIENT'S TO THE HOSPITAL AND TVFD UNITS
RETURNED TO SERVICE IN APPROXIMATELY ONE
HOUR.
RESPONDING UNITS: ENGINE 17-1, E-17, MEDIC 8-2, RESCUE 8
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STRUCTURE AND WOODS FIRE |
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APRIL
18TH- TOWNVILLE VFD, DOUBLE SPRINGS VFD, AND FORK EMS
WERE DISPATCHED FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE ON TOM MARTIN RD.
FIRST ARRIVING PERSONNEL ARRIVED TO FIND AN UNOCCUPIED
MOBILE HOME FULLY INVOLVED NEARING TOTAL COLLAPSE.
E-17 ARRIVED ON SCENE WITH CHIEF MCADAMS IN COMMAND. A
SURROUND AND DROWN OPERATION ENSUED, AS WELL AS
EXTINGUISHMENT OF A MODERATE SIZE WOODS FIRE THAT SPREAD
FROM THE MOBILE HOME. UNITS OPERATED ON SCENE FOR 1 AND
1/2 HOURS. THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNINTENTIONAL
FROM A WELDING TORCH THAT WAS BEING USED TO CUT THE
FRAME OF THE STRUCTURE TO BE HAULED AWAY.
UNITS RESPONDING TVFD - E-17, E-17-1, TANKER 17, GRASS 17 DOUBLE SPRINGS - GRASS 5 ZION VFD - STAND BY
UPON ARRIVAL OF E-17 CLICK ON THUMBNAILS FOR LARGER IMAGE
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OVERTURNED BOX TRUCK.......ON A TRAILER |
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MARCH 2-
AT 15:54 HRS STATION 17 AND SQUAD 8 WERE DISPATCHED TO
I-85 NORTHBOUND AT THE 11.5 MILE MARKER FOR AN
OVERTURNED VEHICLE. E-17-1 ARRIVED TO FIND AN
OVERTURNED BOX TRUCK STILL ATTACHED TO THE TRAILER IN
WHICH IT WAS BEING HAULED UPON. THE TRUCK THAT WAS
TOWING THE TRAILER, AS WELL AS ITS' DRIVER WAS UNHARMED.
PERSONNEL SECURED THE OVERTURNED VEHICLE, AND ASSISTED
WITH TRAFFIC FLOW WHILE THE ACCIDENT WAS CLEARED FROM
THE ROADWAY.
UNITS RESPONDING: ENGINE 17-1, E-17, T-17-1, FORK EMS MEDIC 8-2, AND RESCUE 8
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MVA - HICKORY RIDGE RD |
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FEBRUARY
22- TVFD AND FORK EMS WERE DISPATCHED TO HICKORY RIDGE
RD JUST OFF HWY 24 FOR A VEHICLE VERSUS TREE. UNITS
ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND ONE VEHICLE OF THE ROADWAY HEAD
ON INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE HAD MODERATE DAMAGE, BUT NO
OCCUPANT WAS FOUND. CREWS SECURED THE VEHICLE, AND
CONDUCTED A SEARCH AROUND THE ACCIDENT SCENE, AS WELL AS
GAS STATIONS CLOSE BY. UNITS RETURNED TO SERVICE AND
LEFT THE SCENE WITH HIGHWAY PATROL.
UNITS RESPONDING: E-17-1, E-17, E-17-2 FORK EMS MEDIC 8-2 AND RESCUE 8
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MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH ROLLOVER |
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FEBRUARY
18- AT 1637 HRS TOWNVILLE VFD AND FORK EMS WERE
DISPATCHED TO THE I-85 NORTHBOUND ENTRANCE RAMP AT EXIT
11 FOR AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING 3 VEHICLES WITH ONE
OVERTURNED. UNITS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND AN OVERTURNED
SUV PULLING A CAMPER, AS WELL A DAMAGED VAN AND TRACTOR
TRAILER. MULTIPLE VICTIMS WERE QUICKLY TRIAGED.
OTHER PERSONNEL SECURED THE VEHICLES AS WELL AS
THE SCENE. A TOTAL OF 9 INDIVIDUALS WERE INVOLVED,
BUT ONLY 3 NEEDED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THEY WERE
TRANSPORTED TO ANMED BY FORK EMS WITH NON-LIFE
THREATENING INJURIES. TVFD CREWS RETURNED TO SERVICE IN
APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND A HALF.
RESPONDING UNITS: ENGINE 17-1 & E-17, FORK EMS MEDIC 8-2
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2008 ANDERSON COUNTY VFD CHIEF'S BANQUET |
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FEBRUARY
7 - THE ANNUAL CHIEF'S BANQUET WAS HELD JANUARY
29 AT THE CIVIC CENTER OF ANDERSON. STARR VFD PROVIDED
AN EXCELLENT MEAL AS ALWAYS. AFTERWARDS, SEVERAL AWARDS
WERE PRESENTED. ANDERSON COUNTY 2007 FIREMAN OF THE YEAR
WAS KENASTON NOYES OF PIERCETOWN STATION 13. TWO
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WERE PRESENTED TO CALVIN
BARNETTE OF PENDLETON STATION 2, AND AL GUNDRY OF STARR
STATION 4, FOR THEIR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO
ANDERSON COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, SEVERAL COURAGE AND
LIFESAVING AWARDS WERE PRESENTED INCLUDING ONE OUR
DEPARTMENT RECEIVED. WE WERE RECOGNIZED FOR OUR JOINT
EFFORT WITH DOUBLE SPRINGS STATION 5, FOR THE SAFE
EXTRICATION OF A DRIVER OF AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER. THE
LARGE FEED TRUCK OVERTURNED, AND WAS HANGING OFF OF THE
HATTONS FORD RD BRIDGE OVER LAKE HARTWELL ON DECEMBER
27, ,2007. THE POWDERSVILLE VFD AND WHITEFIELD VFD ALSO
RECEIVED THE COURAGE AND LIFESAVING AWARD FOR THEIR WORK
IN EFFORTS TO SAVE THE LIVES OF SEVERAL PERSONS
INVOLVED IN SERIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
INVOLVING LIVE WIRES DOWN,( POWDERSVILLE), AND A VEHICLE
FIRE (WHITEFIELD).
L TO R - ASST. CHIEF MARK BRYANT, 3RD LT. TOMMY ROBINSON, COUNTY CHIEF BILLY GIBSON, TVFD CHIEF BILLY McADAMS, FF MICHELLE CARROLL, 1ST LT EDDIE MORIARTY, FF-FORMER CHIEF LEWIS CARROLL CLICK ON THUMBNAILS FOR LARGER IMAGE AND DESCRIPTION
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