Tag: ambulance
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Touch a Truck returns this weekend at Home Depot
Local first responders and workers will be out this coming Saturday for the fourth annual Touch A Truck hosted by Polk County government in Cedartown. Vehicles will be parked at The Home Depot in Cedartown and will include a variety of equipment that youth will be able to climb behind the wheel and get a…
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GSP: Two transported in Thursday wreck on Hwy. 278 West
Georgia State Patrol reported that two people were taken to the hospital following a Highway 278 wreck on Thursday, according to officials. The GSP reported that a Chevy Silverado pickup and a Nissan Versa collided when the Versa was slowing down on to turn into a private driveway to the right, and was struck from…
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PCPD: Man charged for public indecency following report from EMT
A man suffering from a mental episode was charged after he was told not to expose himself to emergency personnel while in an ambulance, but continued to do so during a ride to Polk Medical Center on Tuesday. Officers charged Richard Wesley Escutia, 31, of a Cedartown address with public indecency after he exposed himself…
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Touch-A-Truck returns for October 19
Family-friendly fun for all ages is in store in mid-October as Touch-A-Truck returns to Cedartown. The 3rd Annual Touch-A-Truck will be Saturday, October 19th, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Home Depot of Cedartown. Polk County’s local government organizes the event and brings out heavy equipment from Public Works, vehicles from local law…
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EMA gets donation for Mobile Command Post from AdventHealth Redmond EMS
Polk County Emergency Management Agency has big plans for a new ambulance donated earlier this week. AdventHealth Redmond EMS turned over a ambulance recently retired from their fleet to Emergency Management officials on Monday, June 3, providing the keys and title to a vehicle that will soon be utilized as a Mobile Command Post for…
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Payton Goodson, Leah Phanmanee and Elia Lucas-Vail are all graduates from PSD who now serve in ambulances. They delivered an ambulance retiring from AdventHealth Redmond's fleet to the College and Career Academy for students to learn to use in practical experience. Ambulance donation provides College and Career Academy students practical experience
AdventHealth Redmond EMS provided the Polk County College and Career Academy with one of their ambulances coming out of the fleet, which is the perfect opportunity for current and future students a chance to learn by doing with the tools the professionals use every day. This donation came about as a collaboration between two men…
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UPDATE: Wreck on Highway 278 blocked traffic in Fish Creek area this afternoon
Update: Polk County Police report that the driver of a car sustained only minor injuries in a wreck on Highway 278 at the Fish Creek bridge this afternoon. Chief Kenny Dodd reported that the car overturned, and based on a video provided to Polk Today, the red passenger car that appears to be a late…