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161st year • no. 187 deCeMBer 4, 2015 CLeVeLand, tn 22 PaGeS • 50¢ Bradley County EMS ambulance is now stationed at Tasso firehall By BRIAN GRAVES He also said the two minutes are in “optimal Banner Staff Writer conditions,” noting response times could be “We are all in the same business, quicker or slower, depending on factors like Bradley County EMS has a new staging site emergency services, serving the traffic and weather. that will help reduce response times in the citizens, whether it be County Mayor D. Gary Davis noted the northern end of the county. lifesaving or fire.” heavy traffic, especially late in the afternoon, An ambulance and paramedics are now sta- — Mayor D. Gary Davis around the Paul Huff station can slow the tioned at the Bradley County Fire-Rescue sta- response from there to the northern areas. tion on Tasso Road. Davis said not only is it the newest station ambulances at the Paul Huff Parkway location. EMS Director Danny Lawson said the new for the county service, the ambulance has a location benefits both the county and the city “That’s close to here — about two minutes, fully refurbished rig and a new chassis. Banner photo, BrIan GraVeS of Cleveland. but now we’re two minutes closer to these “It is basically a new ambulance,” Davis areas,” he said. “Ultimately, this will save peo- BradLey County eMS now operates a unit out of the Tasso “The airport, Tasso, Charleston and all of said. “We try to re-chassis one every year and Road station of Bradley County Fire-Rescue. Gathered at the station those areas will be responded to from here,” ple’s lives.” this is the one. This is a whole new setup, and are Bradley County Mayor D. Gary Davis, paramedics Billy Cochran Lawson said. “This area is laid out for the “If your child is choking on a hot dog or lying has been certified.” quickest response from this location.” on the bottom of a pool, two minutes can make and David Hanshaw, EMS Director Danny Lawson and Lindsay Lawson said previously there were three a difference,” Lawson added. See EMS, Page 6 Hathcock, executive assistant to Davis. Mike Bell Utility to keynote ceremony raises " #%%#&