HOUSTON – HENRY – DALE – HEADLAND: In all areas of the Wiregrass, Houston County Sheriff Donald Valenza, Dale County Sheriff Mason Bynum, Henry County Sheriff Eric Blankenship, Headland Police Chief Mark Jones are out on the streets working. The command staff of Dothan Police Department are on the streets working.
Dothan Utilities has stopped the utility crews from being in buckets trucks. The wind speed is estimated at 40 miles hour plus.
In Bay County Florida the emergency crews have stopped responding unless a life threatening call. In Lynn Haven Florida the fire department has stopped responding to calls because of the wind speed.
All departments are rolling. Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Chief Randy Hall, Ashford Fire Chief Jimmy Posey and other volunteer fire chiefs have divided the county up and handling management of their volunteer fireman to calls. Some of the Chief’s are on the trucks and some in command and dispatching departments to calls.
Heard earlier, in one county but did not catch location, a tree fell on a residence and crews responded because a child was trapped.
Paid and Volunteer fireman, EMS, and law enforcement working very hard to serve and protect.
