WEBB: 1:44 PM Houston County 911 has dispatched a fire alarm, kitchen zone, on Wallace Buie Road. There is automatic aid agreements on structure fires which automatically triggers Webb Volunteer Fire, Kinsey Volunteer Fire, Columbia Volunteer Fire, and Houston County Sheriff Deputies to respond.
The call is dispatched based on a fire alarm at residence. Unknown if actual fire. Units responding.
UPDATED @ 1:50 PM
Alarm company made contact with home owners and it is a false alarm. All responding units are advised the return to service.
WHAT…For the Freeze Warning, a hard freeze with sub-freezing temperatures as low as 22 expected. For the Cold Weather Advisory, very cold wind chills as low as 13 expected. For the Freeze Watch, a hard freeze with sub-freezing temperatures as low as 22 possible. * WHERE…Portions of southeast Alabama and south central and southwest Georgia. * WHEN…For the Freeze Warning, from 1 AM EST /midnight CST/ to 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ Monday. For the Cold Weather Advisory, from 1 AM EST /midnight CST/ to 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ Monday. For the Freeze Watch, from late Monday night through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Wind chills this cold could be hazardous for those without access to adequate warmth or protective clothing.
GENEVA COUNTY: Sometime around midnight Geneva County 911 dispatched Samson Rescue, Geneva County Deputies, and ALEA – Troopers to a motor vehicle accident on Highway 52 near Kinston. This is in the far end of Geneva County/ Reports of single vehicle which struck a tree. Reports are critical injuries. Enterprise Rescue Medical Helicopter responded and the patient was flown from the scene to a hospital.
DOTHAN: 2:30 AM Dothan 911 dispatched Dothan Police to a burglar alarm on T-Mobile on South Oates Street across from Wal-Mart. Officers arrived to find evidence of burglary. Suspect ran out the back door with a Dothan Police Officer armed with a Dothan Police K-9 Officer. When the suspect did not follow commands to stop the Dothan Police K-9 Officer was deployed and apprehend the suspect. The dog got his bite. Dothan Fire was dispatched to check the suspect’s injuries from the K-9. Subject taken into custody.
DOTHAN: 04:26 AM Dothan 911 dispatched Dothan Fire and Dothan Police to Westgate Parkway and Montgomery Highway to a motor vehicle accident with injuries. On arrival emergency units found a semi truck. The semi had been hit in the side fuel tanks and leaking fuel. There were no injuries but there has a fuel spill. Dothan Fire Haz – Mat dispatched and part of Montgomery Highway is closed at this time 06:11 AM.
COLUMBIA: 03:13 AM Houston County 911 dispatched Columbia Rescue dispatched to a medical emergency on County Road 22.
REHOBETH: 02:46 AM Houston County 911 dispatched Rehobeth Rescue to a medical emergency at the Rehobeth Fire – Rescue building on Malvern Road. A vehicle pulled up outside the building for a patient check.
REHOBETH: 05:16 AM Houston County 911 dispatched Rehobeth Fire – Rescue to 2577 West Cook Road to a motor vehicle accident verses a tree. There were no injuries. ALEA – Troopers responded.
ASHFORD: 01:18 AM Houston County 911 dispatched Ashford Rescue to a medical emergency on Oak Street in Ashford.
ABBEVILLE: 02:30 AM Henry County 911 dispatched Abbeville Fire – Rescue to Henry County Health and Rehab to a patient not breathing and CPR in progress.
ABBEVILLE: 04:29 AM Henry County 911 dispatched Abbeville Fire – Rescue to Henry County Health and Rehab. A patient had removed their tube and had to be transported to a Dothan hospital.
ENTERPRISE: 01:19 AM Enterprise 911 dispatched Enterprise Fire and Enterprise Rescue to Lakeshore Road to reports of a person not breathing.
ENTERPRISE: 05:13 AM Enterprise 911 dispatched Enterprise Fire and Enterprise Rescue to Laurel Breeze Drive to a lift assist of elderly patient.
DOTHAN: 02:31 AM Dothan 911 dispatched Dothan Fire and Pilcher Ambulance to dog bite, burglary suspect, 3341 South Oates:
DOTHAN: 03:43 AM Dothan 911 dispatched Dothan Fire, Pilcher Ambulance to an assault on Camberly Court.
DOTHAN: 04:01 AM Dothan 911 dispatched Dothan Fire, Pilcher Ambulance and Dothan Police to a suicide attempt on South Bell Street.
DOTHAN: 05:42 AM Dothan 911 dispatched Dothan Fire, Pilcher Ambulance and Dothan Police to a medical emergency on Hill Street.
DOTHAN: 06:00 AM Dothan 911 dispatched Dothan Fire, Pilcher Ambulance and Dothan Police to Fairlane Drive
NEWTON: 10:49 PM SATURDAY NIGHT Ozark – Dale County 911 dispatched Ozark EMS, Newton Police and Dale County Sheriff Deputies to Spring Street in Newton to a ATV Accident. Reports of a Polaris roll over with a female bleeding from the head.
And that is all I have. Time to get ready for Church!!!
DOTHAN: 05:54 AM Dothan 911 dispatched Dothan Fire Engine Company 1 ( Central ), Truck 1 9 Central ), Engine Company 5 ( Eastside ), Engine 9 ( Technology Drive ), Rehab 2, Battalion Chief, Pilcher Ambulance and Dothan Police to reports of a structure fire at 1002 Allen Road.
05;59 AM Dothan Fire Engine Company 5 ( Eastside ) has arrived on the scene followed by Dothan Fire Engine Company 1. First arriving engine company reported a single story residential structure, nothing visible, all incoming units go to level 1 staging.
06:01 AM Dothan Fire Engine 5 made entry and reported no structure fire, that all units could return to service.
SLOCOMB: 6:29 PM Geneva County E911 dispatched Slocomb Fire Rescue, Fadette Volunteer Fire Rescue and Malvern Volunteer Fire Rescue to 701 E. Lawrence Harris Highway for a fire in a production commodities warehouse.
While responding and based on information provided by Geneva County 911 and arriving units Slocomb Fire – Rescue Chief Kyle Hovey mutual aid requested Rehobeth Fire – Rescue to be dispatched. One reason for Chief Hovey’s mutual aid request of Rehobeth Fire – Rescue to be dispatched is Rehobeth Fire – Rescue has a ladder truck.
Chief Hovey, who as Fire Chief attempts to stay informed what businesses have, cautioned responding units of forklifts inside with propane tanks and urged the fireman to exercise caution, Also Chief Hovey knows where the fire hydrants are located and instructed incoming fire engines of their specific location and what to connect to as they arrived.
Slocomb Engine Company 4 arrived on scene and gave a BIR ( Brief Incident Report ) which provided specific details. Some of those details, a commercial metal building, single story, smoke and flames visible and top include, heavy blackpressurized smoke visible from approximately 20,000 square-foot warehouse.
Slocomb Fire – Rescue made forcible entry into the building. Slocomb Fire – Rescue and incoming foreman from responding departments made an interior offensive attack on the active fire. The fireman located several tons of peanuts and pallets on fire.Fire crews wereable to extinguish the fire.
The City of Slocomb local street department responded with their backhoe to assist the owner of the warehouse in removing smoldering products. No one was injured.
Slocomb, Fadette, Malvern, in Geneva County, Rehobeth, Taylor, Bay Springs and Southern Junction in Houston County and Wicksburg in Houston County, all border each other as does Hartford. Each department views county lines for political people and not for emergencies. And they all assist each other.
Geneva County depends on the municipalities for emergency EMS coverage and Geneva County supports the EMS to only $ 1,000.00 per year. Slocomb Fire – Rescue staff is comprised of paid and volunteer, but they handle both fire and EMS services and all are trained in both fire fighting and EMS. Tonight with the active fire of a commercial 20,000 square foot building took their resources. Not wanting to bring Hartford rescue to the east end of Geneva County, and Rehobeth Fire – Rescue having equipment and resources in Slocomb and Rehobeth maintaining coverage for their territory, Mr. Joey Pilcher of Pilcher Ambulance in Dothan dispatched a ambulance crew to Slocomb to stand by in the event any EMS calls came into the east end of Geneva County while Slocomb Fire – Rescue fought the fire.
TO THE CITIZENS OF GENEVA COUNTY AND HOUSTON COUNTY … I probably monitor radio traffic more than most people. I heard this fire when dispatched. In listening to the response, Chief Hovey responding from home, Operations Chief Brandon Hovey responding from Dothan with his family, the on duty and off duty members of Slocomb Fire – Rescue responding from the station and those not at the station from wherever on a Saturday night, adjacent departments responding, Geneva County 911 in management of radio traffic and resources, Slocomb Police and Geneva County Sheriff Department, each of you citizens can be proud of your emergency responders. They do this out of a heart of service, many for free and those paid are paid very little for the emergencies they handle.
