DOTHAN: 8:59 PM Dothan 911 has dispatched Dothan Fire Engine Company 8 ( Highlands ) to the 900 block of Edinburgh Way to a smoke odor call.
The person reporting states to Dothan 911 only smells a smoke odor and no smoke or flames are seen.
Dothan Fire responding. If no update no fire was found.
DOTHAN: 8:49 PM Dothan 911 dispatched a medical emergency unit at Dothan Airport terminal at 8:49 PM. Dothan Airport Fire Department was on the scene scene in 3 minutes.
Dothan Fire Engine 6 ( Napier Field ) was on the scene in 6 minutes. From the station on Napier Field Road until near Highway 231 to the Dothan Airport terminal.
The intial call was a 2 year old child not breathing. The mother was performing CPR.
Dothan Airport Police and Dothan Police responded.
As Dothan Airport Fire arrived it was reported the child was breathing. Pilcher Ambulance is also responding.
Emergency units are on the scene. The response time was above EXCELLANT. It was absolutely fantastic.
At the initial dispatch Dale County Sheriff Mason Bynum was also scrambling Dale County Sheriff Deputies. The Dothan Airport is in the city limits of Dothan but in Dale County.
GREAT JOB to the 911 Dispatchers and responding units.
UPDATED @ 9:13 PM
At 9:10 PM Pilcher Ambulance has transported the 2 year old child to a Dothan Hospital, non emergency. Child is breathing.
DOTHAN: 09:37 AM Dothan 911 dispatched Dothan Fire Engine Company 8 ( Highlands ) to North Brannon Stand Road to a medical emergency. Reports to Dothan 911 a man in his 30’s had fallen off the roof and was bleeding from the head.
Dothan Fire Engine 8 had been on another emergency and was at Hodgesville Road and Ross Clark Circle. Due to distance Dothan Fire Engine Company 6 ( Napier Field Road ) responded.
At 10:00 AM Dothan Fire Engine 6 amd Pilcher Ambulance transported the patient, trauma alert, to a Dothan Hospital.
Dothan Police also responded to the scene.
COWARTS: Houston County 911 dispatched deputies to Glenn Lawrence Road. The petson reporting could hear someone screaming “help me”.
Houston County Sheriff Deputies arrived and slowly patrolled the area and walked the area. The person was located.
Ashford Rescue and Cowarts Volunteer Fire were dispatched. At this time the exact location is unknown, other than the area of Glenn Lawrence Road near Mills Street.
Emergency units are on scene treating medically and determining exactly what they have.
UPDATED @ 9:32 PM.
This was a accident involving a motorcycle. Reported to be a dirt bike.
There were two dirt bikes riding on a dirt road in area of Jordan and Mills Street. One of the drivers crashed. The other driver started rendering medical assistance performing CPR. While performing CPR he was screaming for help. Nearby residents heard someone screaming for help and called 911.
Deputies arrived and quickly spread out, locating the emergency. Ashford Rescue and Cowarts Volunteer Fire responded. Emergency units continued CPR until Medical Control ordered it stopped.
ALEA-Troopers were dispatched to the scene. Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd was dispatched to the sof Mills Streetcene.
ALEA-Troopers are in charge of the investigation.
Some family members were on the scene. The victim’s name has not been released but is reported to be in late 40’s to 50’s.
UPDATED @ 11:38 AM SATURDAY
Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd has identifed the victim of the Friday night accident as Kenneth Preston II, age 55, of Mills Street in Cowarts.
DOTHAN: 6:35 PM. Dothan 911 dispatched a structure fire at 802 Mandarin Avenue.
On arrival of Dothan Fire and Dothan Police it was reported smoke and flames visible. This was a working structure fire. Dothan Fire conducted an offensive attack on the fire.
This was reported to be a garage.
As fire engines were responding to the scene they reported smoke visible from downtown.
Pilcher Ambulance also responded.
ALABAMA: The law is interesting to me. In the recent Federal Court ruling in the case where Escambia County District Attorney and Escambia County Sheriff arrested journalist, the Federal Court made an interesting finding.
“A prosecutor is not entitled to absolute immunity when he ‘performs the investigative functions normally performed by a detective or police officer,’” Moorer wrote, noting that “Billy was participating in an investigation … and share the results of his investigation (with a sheriff’s deputy).”
This is very intresting to me. You have heard District Attorney’s and Attorney General’s say they are the “CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER” of the county or state. I have long disagreed. There are cases where the courts have ruled the Sheriff is the Chief Law Enforcement Officer and the District Attorney is the Chief Prosecutor.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall combined with ALEA and went to Birmingham and raided bingo places. According to the federal court ruling in this Escambia County case, well you can read the ruling of the court. The question is now, can prosecutors and attorney generals conduct investigations and share the results of the investigation?
Honestly, I do not know the answer. Some District Attorney Offices around Alabama have investigators. And some are needed in obtaining investigative information from law enforcement, locating witnesses and preparing the case for trial. There is a huge difference in “investigating the crime” and “preparing the case for trial”. No disrespect to law enforcement officers, but there is a huge difference in investigating the crime and organizing the case for trial.
Interesting questions.
Atmore Retaliation MTD by Rickey Stokes