The Cannon County Public Safety Day 2016 was held on April 23, 2016. Crews from the Cannon County Rescue Squad, Cannon County Fire Department, Woodbury Fire Department, Auburntown Fire Department, Cannon County EMS, Cannon County Health Department,
St. Thomas Stones River Hospital, Evergreen Haz-Mat, Tennessee Forestry Division, Tennessee HighwayPatrol, Tennessee Highway Safety Office, National Weather Service, DeKalb/Cannon County ARES, Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation, Middle Tennessee Natural Gas, Vanderbilt LifeFlight, Cannon County E911, Woodbury Police Department, and the Cannon County Sheriff’s Department attended the event. Staff from the United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties were also present at the event.
The Cannon County Rescue Squad hosted the event and provided work related to the event The Rescue Squad, Fire Departments, EMS, and Law Enforcement crews demonstrated emergency equipment to participants at the event. The St. Thomas Stones River Hospital and the Cannon County Health Department provided health screenings. Middle Tennessee Natural Gas and Middle Tennessee Electric provided home safety training to first responders and the participants. Vanderbilt LifeFlight demonstrated the use and landing of the air medical helicopter. The Tennessee Highway Patrol demonstrated their rollover prevention and seat belt safety trainer. The Tennessee Highway Safety Office demonstrated their seat belt convincer trainer. The DeKalb/Cannon County ARES, Cannon County 911, and the National Weather Servicedemonstrated disaster preparedness and emergency radio communications. Participants in the event were encouraged to register for a drawing for home fire extinguishers and smoke detectors. Participants and first responders were provide food and water. The food was prepared and donated by the Cannon County Rescue Squad and Bunny Bread. Water was donated by Evergreen and the local Dollar General Store.
An additional event will be held at the 2016 CannonCounty Good Ole Days where volunteers from the Cannon County Rescue Squad and the Cannon County Fire Departments will engage the public in home fire prevention and safety. Participants will be allowed to register for home fire extinguishers and smoke detectors.An event will be planed following the 2016 Cannon County Good Ole Day to train selected winners in home fire extinguisher and smoke detector utilization and installation.
Seventy-nine participants registered for the event.
Event registration staff accounted for the following numbers at the event.
31 children between the ages of 0-5
61 children between the ages of 6-10
58 children between the ages of 11-15
35 children between the ages of 16-18
112 adults between the ages of 19-55
22 seniors over the age of 55
45 first responders and event staff
30 additional adults and children were unrecorded (
approximate numbers)
Total of 394 Individuals attended the event
