Fire Wire - Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services
Fire Wire - Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services
Fire Wire - Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services
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The <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>Wire</strong><br />
Page 4<br />
<strong>Cherokee</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> Department Participates in<br />
Blankets Creek Ribbon Cutting<br />
Ribbon cutting ceremonies were held on June 25th<br />
at the Blankets Creek Bike Trails, located at 2125<br />
Sixes Road. Blankets Creek Bike Trails recently had<br />
some renovations including new restrooms, an<br />
increase in size to the parking lot, a new paved<br />
entrance, a couple of new pavilions, <strong>and</strong> a bike wash<br />
station.<br />
<strong>Cherokee</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> Operations Chief, Greg<br />
Erdely, speaks to those gathered at the event at<br />
Blankets Creek Bike Trails.<br />
Representatives from <strong>Cherokee</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Services</strong> were on scene today to<br />
showing off their new fire rescue boat <strong>and</strong> ATV with<br />
a patient transport trailer. <strong>Cherokee</strong> <strong>County</strong> Field<br />
Operations Chief, Greg Erdely, spoke about these<br />
two new pieces of equipment that will be very<br />
beneficial to the fire department if we have to get to<br />
a biker in the case of an emergency. Some of the<br />
bike trails are very narrow which prevents an<br />
ambulance to travel to the injured person.<br />
“The recent purchase of an ATV will help us get the biker much quicker,” said Erdely. The bike trails also<br />
back up to Lake Allatoona <strong>and</strong>, on several occasions, we have used the fire rescue boat to get to an injured<br />
person on the bike trail. Several <strong>Cherokee</strong> <strong>County</strong> firefighters, members of the <strong>Cherokee</strong> <strong>County</strong> Board of<br />
Commissioners, the <strong>Cherokee</strong> Recreation <strong>and</strong> Parks Department, the Woodstock chapter of the Southern<br />
Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA) <strong>and</strong> representatives of the <strong>Cherokee</strong> <strong>County</strong> Chamber of Commerce<br />
attended this morning’s ceremonies.<br />
Help Us Save Lives At The Animal Shelter<br />
<strong>Cherokee</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Services</strong> is<br />
competing in the Choose A Hero Contest to benefit<br />
the <strong>Cherokee</strong> <strong>County</strong> Animal Shelter. Animal lovers<br />
are asked to go by the local animal shelter, located<br />
on Univeter Road, <strong>and</strong> purchase a t-shirt of your<br />
favorite public safety heroes, either <strong>Cherokee</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Services</strong> or the<br />
<strong>Cherokee</strong> <strong>County</strong> Sheriff’s Office.<br />
The t-shirts are $10.00 each <strong>and</strong> proceeds will go to<br />
the animal shelter to help with the fight to save more<br />
lives. Please support this cause <strong>and</strong> please support<br />
your local firefighters in this competition.<br />
PHOTO AT LEFT - Laura King, Office Clerk for<br />
<strong>Cherokee</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Fire</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Services</strong>,<br />
models the new t-shirt to support the animal shelter.
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