Conditions worsen during winter storm
Community, News February 8, 2020Blue Ridge, Ga. – Conditions are quickly worsening as a Winter Storm moves through our area.
Snow began to fall in Fannin County early this morning and is expected to continue throughout most of the day.
The Fannin County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) sent out a Nixle Alert at 9:03 a.m. warning drivers to stay off of roadways if at all possible.
Roads are extremely slick with ice under snow. Please stay in if at all possible.
Road crews are working to clear roads but at this time most roads are extremely slick due to snow and ice. Wet pavement under the snow has turned to ice in many areas throughout the county.
Fannin County EMA Director Robert Graham updated FYN on the conditions in our area.
“The pavement was wet when the snow started falling, so the wet areas on our roadways have turned to ice,” Graham explained the situation.
Graham went on to say that he is in contact with Public Works Director Zack Ratcliff: “Zack has crews out now and they are working as fast as they can to try to clear the roads.”
Public Works crews are out on roads throughout the county scraping and salting, but with the ice forming underneath the snow it will be much more difficult to get roads cleared.
According to Graham there are several vehicular wrecks in our area with many of these being along Highway 5. Graham was unsure of the severity of all the accidents at this time, but did state that the majority of wrecks have been people sliding off the roadways and into ditches.
“Many of the roads have become or are becoming impassable,” Graham said, adding, “We are having to shut some of them down.”
Graham urges residents to please stay off the roadways at this time and allow crews to try to clear as much as possible.
FYN will bring your updates throughout the day as they become available.
Special Recognition given by Board of Education
Community, Fannin County EMA/EMS, Rebel's Corner February 17, 2020Blue Ridge, Ga. – The Fannin County Board of Education took time at their Feb. monthly meeting to give special recognition to those who have positively impacted the school system recently.
First to be recognized was West Fannin Elementary School (WFES) First Grade teacher Katy Roberson and WFES Student Governance Team member Jocelyn Miller for their work which has brought state and national attention to the Fannin County School District.
What all began with the reading of a book, Stellaluna, to a class, has become an ongoing project that is now in its third year.
A former student of Roberson told her of a “bat house” that they have at home and from there the project evolved.
“She (Roberson) was able to take the concept of bats and integrate all of the subjects into it and the kids were basically learning math. They were reading. They were doing science, all through the lens of bats,” Miller spoke of the teacher’s work with children.
Miller, who is now going for her doctoral degree, along with Roberson wrote an article about the project titled “At Home with Bats”. This article was published in the National Science Teachers Association peer-reviewed journal “Science and Children”.
Since then the article has gone on to be published on university websites, garnering even more attention for education in our area.
Next to be recognized for their work with the school system was Fannin County’s Emergency Management Agency (EMA).
Through their Stop the Bleed Campaign, Fannin County EMA Director Robert Graham, Fannin County Training Officer Ryan McDavis, and EMS Child Advocate Rebecca Huffman were all recognized for the work put into training staff of the school district.
Stop the Bleed is a program set in place by the American College of Surgeons and works to train people worldwide on how to stop bleeding in a severely injured person.
After training, the school district received several Stop the Bleed kits which have been put in place not only in the schools but also on every bus, along with a standard first aid kits.
Fannin County School System Director of Transportation Denver Foster called these kits, “a little bag with a lot of life saving power in it”.
Foster also thanked Fannin County’s EMA/EMS for their ongoing role in working with the school system to provide safety to its students on a daily basis.
Click here to read about those honored at last month’s meeting.
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report for 6/30 – 7/6
Fannin County EMA/EMS July 8, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
20 Station Ridge
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
June 30, 2019 thru July 6, 2019 Responses
M1: 32
M3: 13
M4: 21
M11: 36
Total: 102
Law: 397
Fire: 6
Rescue: 29
Total Emergency Calls: 509
Total Incoming Phone Calls (911 and Admin): 1037
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report for 6/9 – 6/15
Fannin County EMA/EMS June 17, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
20 Station Ridge
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
June 9, 2019 thru June 15, 2019 Responses
M1: 43
M3: 12
M4: 36
M11: 40
Polk Co. EMS: 2
Total: 133
Law: 353
Fire: 4
Rescue: 41
Total Emergency Calls: 492
Total Incoming Phone Calls (911 and Admin): 1027
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report for 4/28 – 5/4
Fannin County EMA/EMS May 6, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
20 Station Ridge
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
April 28, 2019 thru May 4, 2019 Responses
M1: 28
M3: 13
M4: 19
M11: 27
Total: 87
Law: 373
Fire: 10
Rescue: 30
Total Emergency Calls: 482
Total Phone Calls to 911 Center (Emergency and Admin): 1947
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report for 5/5 – 5/11
Fannin County EMA/EMS May 14, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
20 Station Ridge
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
May 5, 2019 thru May 11, 2019 Responses
M1: 35
M3: 11
M4: 25
M11: 25
Polk County: 1
Total: 97
Law: 403
Fire: 7
Rescue: 27
Total Emergency Calls: 507
Total Incoming Phone Calls (911 and Admin): 983
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report for 5/12 – 5/18
Fannin County EMA/EMS May 20, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
20 Station Ridge
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
May 12, 2019 thru May 18, 2019 Responses
M1: 41
M3: 21
M4: 27
M11: 35
Total: 124
Law: 380
Fire: 8
Rescue: 30
Total Emergency Calls: 507
Total Incoming Phone Calls (911 and Admin): 857
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report for 4/21 – 4/27
Fannin County EMA/EMS April 29, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
20 Station Ridge
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
April 21, 2019 thru April 27, 2019 Responses
M1: 39
M2: 1
M3: 9
M4: 19
M11: 31
Total: 99
Law: 346
Fire: 13
Rescue: 38
Total Emergency Calls: 462
Total Phone Calls to 911 Center (Emergency and Admin): 1781
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report for 3/24 – 3/30
Fannin County EMA/EMS April 1, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
20 Station Ridge
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
March 24, 2019 thru March 30, 2019 Responses
M1: 29
M3: 12
M4: 25
M11: 28
Gilmer: 1
Union: 1
Total: 96
Law: 384
Fire: 12
Rescue: 23
Total Emergency Calls: 497
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report for 4/14 – 4/20
Fannin County EMA/EMS April 22, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
20 Station Ridge
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
April 14, 2019 thru April 20, 2019 Responses
M-1. 31
M-3. 8
M-4. 17
M-11. 27
Total. 83 EMS Calls
Other totals are not available at this time.
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report for 3/3 – 3/9
Fannin County EMA/EMS March 11, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
181 Church St.
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
March 3, 2019 thru March 9, 2019 Responses
M1: 34
M3: 12
M4: 28
M11: 21
Total: 95
Law: 319
Fire: 7
Rescue: 19
Total Emergency Calls: 433
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report 03/17 to 03/23
Fannin County EMA/EMS March 25, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
20 Station Ridge
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
March 17, 2019 thru March 23, 2019 Responses
M1: 33
M3: 9
M4: 29
M11: 24
Total: 95
Law: 368
Fire: 12
Rescue: 25
Total Emergency Calls: 477
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report for 3/10 – 3/16
Fannin County EMA/EMS March 18, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
20 Station Ridge
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
March 10, 2019 thru March 16, 2019 Responses
M1: 47
M3: 13
M4: 31
M11: 22
Total: 113
Law: 359
Fire: 10
Rescue: 28
Total Emergency Calls: 505
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report 12/30 – 1/5
Fannin County EMA/EMS January 8, 2019From: Director Robert Graham
181 Church St.
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
December 30, 2018 thru January 5, 2019 Responses
M1: 43
M3: 19
M4: 28
M11: 38
Union EMS: 1
Total: 129
Law: 332
Fire: 7
Rescue: 42
Total Emergency Calls: 460
Total Calls: 1589
Fannin County EMA/EMS Weekly Report for 2/17 – 2/23
Fannin County EMA/EMS February 25, 2019Fannin County EMA/EMS
Director Robert Graham
181 Church St.
Blue Ridge, Ga. 30513
706-632-1958
Fax 706-632-8003
February 17, 2019 thru February 23, 2019 Responses
M1: 45
M3: 26
M4: 35
M11: 24
Polk County EMS: 1
Total: 131
Law: 246
Fire: 6
Rescue: 24
Total Emergency Calls: 382