Fannin County Emergency Management Agency
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06/02/2026
🚨 Emergencies Don’t Wait — Give Blood 🚨
Fannin County Fire & EMS is partnering with LifeSouth Community Blood Centers for an upcoming community blood drive. One donation can help save multiple lives, and the need for blood never stops.
📍 Fannin County Middle School
4560 Old Hwy. 76
Blue Ridge, GA 30513
📅 Saturday, June 6
⏰ 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
🎁 Donor Incentives:
• T-shirt for all donors
• Platelet and double red cell donors receive a $40 e-gift card AND a t-shirt (while supplies last)
💦 Bonus Fun:
• Donate blood and receive 5 throws at our dunk tank for a chance to dunk your favorite Fannin County Fire & EMS administrator!
• Touch-a-Truck featuring fire apparatus, ambulances, and emergency vehicles.
• Helicopter display (subject to availability and emergency response needs).
Every blood donation has the potential to save multiple lives. Bring the family, support a great cause, check out the emergency vehicles, and take your shot at the dunk tank while helping patients who depend on lifesaving blood products every day.
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06/02/2026
🚨 Emergencies Don’t Wait — Give Blood 🚨
Fannin County Fire & EMS is partnering with LifeSouth Community Blood Centers for an upcoming community blood drive. One donation can help save multiple lives, and the need for blood never stops.
📍 Fannin County Middle School
4560 Old Hwy. 76
Blue Ridge, GA 30513
📅 Saturday, June 6
⏰ 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
🎁 Donor incentives:
• T-shirt for all May donors
• Platelet & double red cell donors receive a $40 e-gift card AND a t-shirt (while supplies last)
🩸 Schedule your appointment here:
LifeSouth Blood Drive Appointment Link
Please help us spread the word and support patients who depend on lifesaving blood products every single day.
05/22/2026
Today we had a chance to slow down for a few minutes, sit down together, and celebrate EMS Week with some good food and even better company.
We’re thankful for the men and women who answer the calls at all hours of the day and night, from routine medical calls to the moments that truly change lives. EMS is more than lights and sirens — it’s compassion, teamwork, and showing up when people need help the most.
A big thank you to everyone who helps support our crews and to those who took time to recognize EMS Week. We appreciate our EMS family and all they do for our community every day. 🚑❤️
05/18/2026
This week we recognize and celebrate EMS Week and the dedicated men and women who answer the call day and night, often during some of the worst moments in a person’s life.
EMS is more than lights and sirens. It’s long shifts, missed holidays, difficult decisions, calm voices in stressful situations, and a commitment to serving others no matter the weather, time, or circumstances.
Thank you to our paramedics, EMTs, dispatchers, firefighters, first responders, and all of the healthcare professionals who work together to make a difference in our community every day.
Please join us in taking a moment this week to thank the EMS professionals who continue to serve Fannin County and communities everywhere.
🚑 Happy EMS Week 🚑
Fannin County EMA and Fannin County Fire Department would like to thank Tri-State Mutual Aid, Georgia DNR, Georgia DNR Aviation, Murray County Rescue Squad, Polk County EMA, West Polk Fire Department, Wolf Creek Fire Department, and all responding personnel who came together to assist with a difficult and extended rescue operation in the Rough Ridge Trail, Beech Bottom Trail, and Jacks River Trail area. This operation highlighted the importance of strong interagency cooperation and the willingness of neighboring agencies to respond when help is needed in some of the most challenging terrain in our region.
The initial call came into Fannin County 911 at approximately 2:30 p.m. for an injured hiker in a very remote area of the Cohutta Wilderness. Many of these trails are extremely difficult to access, with multiple creek crossings, washouts, and sections that are no longer maintained. Rescuers reached the patient at approximately 7:29 p.m. Due to the patient’s condition and the remote location, command made the decision to utilize Georgia DNR Aviation, who pre staged a helicopter and crew at a nearby clearing, to long-line the patient from deep within the forest to a staged medical unit from Polk County EMS. The patient was successfully extracted and transferred to EMS care at approximately 8:03 p.m.
All emergency personnel made it safely out of the woods and were back in service by approximately 11:00 p.m.
This was a long and physically demanding operation, and we are extremely grateful for the teamwork, professionalism, and dedication shown by everyone involved in bringing this incident to a successful conclusion.
Special thanks to Murray County Rescue Squad for the video.
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