Safe Communities America National Safety Council Application for Reaccreditation Sullivan County, Tennessee January 2017 1 Table of Contents 1. Contact Information 3 2. Community Description 4-5 3. Criteria to be a Safety Community I. Sustained collaboration 6-8 II. Data Collection and Application 9-37 III. Effective strategies to address injuries 38-42 IV. Evaluation methods 43 4. Community Inventory of Safety and Injury Activities 44-46 5. Appendices 47-68 I. Appendix A II. Appendix B III. Appendix C IV. Appendix D V. Supporting Documents 2 Section 1: Contact Information Randy Cassell Ray Heim RN, CEN, TCRN Carol Jones APN NREMT-P
[email protected] Trauma Program Manager Injury Prevention Coordinator 423-963-8292
[email protected] [email protected] Kingsport Area Safety Council 423-224-5894 423-224-3020 President Acute Care Surgery Surgical Critical Care, Trauma and General Surgery Holston Valley Medical Center- Level 1 Trauma Center 3 Section 2: Community Description History and Uniqueness Sullivan County was created in 1779 originally from a portion of Washington County and named for John Sullivan in the Revolutionary War. Long Island of the Holston in Kingsport had been an important landmarkHis for the Cherokee. The island was the site of Fort Robinson, constructed in 1761 following the fall of Fort Loudoun further to the south, making the Sullivan area one of the earliest settled areas of Tennessee. Sullivan County is the second oldest county in Tennessee preceded by Washington County the oldest founded in 1777. The county is comprised of 10 cities or communities. These include Bloomingdale, Blountville, Bluff City, Bristol, Colonial Heights, Kingsport, Piney Flats, Spurgeon, Sullivan Gardens and Walnut Hill.