County Adopts Inter-Local Automatic First Responder Agreement with Alexandria

August 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

First Responders associated with the Alexandria Fire Department will soon be authorized under certain conditions to respond during medical emergencies up to five miles outside of the Alexandria City Limits in DeKalb County.

The Inter-Local Agreement for Automatic Response of EMS Services between the county and the City of Alexandria was adopted Monday night by the county commission on an 8-6 vote and establishes a pre-determined plan with specific arrangements by which aid may be rendered as needed for emergency medical services. The agreement does not address whether Alexandria fire trucks or other city vehicles may or may not be used by first responders to travel outside the city into the designated response areas.

Commissioners voting in favor were Jenny Trapp, Beth Pafford, Janice Fish-Stewart, Jerry Adcock, Julie Young, Jeff Barnes, Sabrina Farler, and Scott Little. Those voting against were Dennis Slager, Anita Puckett, Myron Rhody, Matt Adcock, Bruce Malone, and Bobby Johnson.

Should a medical emergency arise in that area, proponents say it would be helpful to have first responders spring into action because they would likely arrive on the scene quicker than an ambulance and be able to render aid to a patient while EMS is enroute.

Under this agreement, the DeKalb County 911 Emergency Communications District (911) is authorized to send out a specific tone for First Responders associated with the Alexandria Fire Department when their services are needed as per dispatch protocols for DeKalb County First Responders. All such First Responders must first be approved by the DeKalb EMS Director.

Under EMS Dispatch Protocols, DeKalb County First Responders may render to aid for complaints of chest pain, respiratory distress, seizure activity, motor vehicle accidents with personal injury, any incident in which there may be multiple victims (more than 3), cases of cardiac arrest, unresponsive patients, falls greater than 10 feet, choking, severe bleeding (hemorrhaging), etc.

The response area will be delineated as an area drawn from the outer limits of the Town of Alexandria up to approximately five road miles of the Alexandria Fire Station. Responses will only be authorized when dispatched from the DeKalb County 911 Emergency Communications District (ECD)

The agreement shall be valid between the signed parties when the mayor and EMS director of the respective political jurisdictions execute it pursuant to the ordinance/resolution of each jurisdiction authorizing the mayor to execute it.

With the exception of the specific services described in this inter-local agreement, all other requests for aid or assistance between the parties shall be governed by Tennessee Code Annotated (State Law).

August 27, 2019
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Late Spring and early Summer continue to be the time when the most money in spent in DeKalb County.

The retail sales figures for 2018 have been released by the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration and the biggest sales month in DeKalb County was June at just over $14 million 586 thousand dollars with May not far behind at $14 million 443 thousand dollars and July at $13 million 989 thousand dollars.

For the year, retail sales in DeKalb County totaled 154 million 284 thousand dollars.

A breakdown of the data showed it was a good year for the housing market as retail sales in the “Building Materials” category totaled 15 million 71 thousand dollars. The biggest month for that category was April at almost 2 million dollars.

As somewhat expected, “General Merchandise” sales were at the highest level in December at just over 4 million 709 thousand dollars, barely topping June’s 4 million 558 thousand.

The best month for “Food Stores” was August at 3 million 534 thousand dollars. But when it came to eating out, the best month in the “Eat and Drink” category was July at over 1 million 363 thousand dollars in sales.

July again was the top month of the year in “Autos, Boats and Aircraft” at 1 million 329 thousand dollars in sales.

The total and month by month breakdowns can be found at https://www.tn.gov/revenue/tax-resources/statistics-and-collections/retail-sales-by-calendar-year-month.html

August 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page

WJLE’s “Fearless Forecasters” are returning for another season of college pigskin prognosticating Thursday, August 29 at 4:30 p.m.

This season’s regulars are Dewain Hendrixson, Scott Brown, Chad Kirby, Jeff and Grant James, Ricky Atnip, John Pryor, Will Graham, and Darrell Gill along with two new Fearless Forecasters, Jacob Parsley and Jared Davis.

The “Fearless Forecasters” pick who they believe will win in fourteen of the biggest or most interesting college football games of the week along with the Tennessee Titans games
They also make an underdog selection each week.

The Fearless Forecaster with the best record and most underdog points is awarded at the end of the season.

The program is sponsored by Davis Auto Body, Liberty State Bank, DeKalb County Ace Hardware, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Love-Cantrell Funeral Home, DeKalb County Insurance, Gill Automotive, the Charles D. Atnip Realty & Auction Company, and Domino’s Pizza.

Catch the “Fearless Forecasters” LIVE on WJLE weekly starting Thursday, August 29.

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