Public Safety Log for 02-18-2020

Duke Energy contractors replacing a pole on Main Street in Franklin on Feb 17, 2020 [LINK]



Public Safety Log for 02-18-2020


1:18am Vehicle Fire Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

• Car fire reported near Cat Creek Road and Jack Cabe Road with a structure in danger. [LINK]

3:50am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

4:03am Medical Transport Franklin EMS

• Code Yellow from Angel ER to Mission in Asheville






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Published on Tuesday, February 18, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 02-11-2020

Photo of lightning taken on April 3, 2017



Public Safety Log for 02-11-2020


8:23am Medical Call Nantahala EMS/Nantahala VFD/MCSO

• Medical Call that requires a law enforcement response

8:30am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Burningtown-Iotla VFD

8:41am Accident Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

• Accident at 2883 Highlands Road in front of McNeeley's.

8:45am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

8:57am Fire Alarm Franklin VFD

• An experiment in a science lab in the main building at Franklin High School set off the fire alarm.

9:14am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD (fall with injury)

9:36am Hazardous Condition West Macon VFD

• Report of power transformer on fire on Watchman Lane.

9:54am Air Quality Regional Response Team #6 Downtown Franklin



• The regional Hazardous Material Response Team #6 out of Asheville arrived in Franklin to test the air quality in response to a complaint. Local public safety officials have said they cannot release information about the complaint but assured Macon Media there was no danger to the public. Macon Media has contacted state officials for more information. [LINK]

11:50am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall in a parking lot with injury)

12:10pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cowee VFD

12:17pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD


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Published on Tuesday, Feb 11, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 02-10-2020

File photo from June 23, 2017


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Public Safety Log for 02-10-2020


9:54am

12:08pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall outside with injuy)

12:13pm Accident Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

• Accident on the Highlands Road just south of Walnut Creek Road.

12:40pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD

1:34pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

2:04pm Medical Call Highlands EMS/Scaly Mountain VFD

2:05pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall)

3:06pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

4:28pm Fire Alarm Franklin VFD

• Fire alarm at the Macon County Detention Center.

5:23pm Accident Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

• Accident involving three vehicles on East Main Street in front of N&N Express Mart. [LINK]

5:59pm Fire Alarm Franklin VFD

• Fire Alarm at the Macon COunty Detention Center

6:07pm Fire Alarm Clarks Chapel VFD

6:25pm Message Franklin VFD

6:25pm Message Clarks Chapel VFD

7:45pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

8:16pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD (fall)

8:25pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

8:35pm Accident Franklin EMS/MOuntain Valley VFD

• Vehicle vs wall at 7598 Sylva Road.

10:44pm Medical Call Franklin EMS








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Published on Monday, Feb 10, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 02-09-2020

This photo was taken on February 8, 2020.




Public Safety Log for 02-09-2020



12:16am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

12:56am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin Police

• Franklin Police request EMS to check out a female victim of an assault on First Street.

1:17am GSW Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD/MCSO

• Respond to Houston Gap Road and stage in a safe location until law enforcement can secure the scene of an accidental shooting to the hand.

1:43am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

2:03am Medical Call Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

• Call for additional manpower at previous call.

9:11am Public Assist Franklin EMS

9:30am Medical Transfer Franklin EMS

• Code Orange from Angel ER to Mission in Asheville

3:39pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS

• Code Yellow from Angel ER to Harris

3:42pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

6:31 Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

6:45pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

6:49pm Accident Franklin EMS/Franklin Fire

• Accident with rollover near 42 Old Barn Drive. A Mountain Valley Firefighter rescued the occupant.

8:42pm Medical Call Franklin EMS (fall)

9:44pm Medical Call Franklin EMS (fall with injury)

11:26pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS

• Code Yellow from Angel ER to Mission in Asheville

11:51pm Medical Call at LTCF Franklin EMS








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Published on Sunday, Feb 9, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 02-08-2020

File photo taken on December 8. 2017



Public Safety Log for 02-08-2020


2:47am Public Assist Franklin EMS

3:04am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD

3:44am Structure Fire Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

• Caller reported smoke in the residence, accompanied by a burning smell. Warren Lane location.

3:45am Mutual Aid Cullasaja-Gorge/Mountain Valley VFD assist with a structure fire

8:00am OPEN THREAD ESTABLISHED [LINK]

8:28am RADAR

Here is a radar loop showing the approaching storm.



8:49am Medical Call Franklin EMS/West Macon VFD

10:27am Medical Call

Franklin VFD and Macon EMS are responding to Sapphire Inn to a taser deployment by Franklin Police. The EOC advises respond emergency traffic

10:51am Accident Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD

• Accident on Walhalla Road (NC-28) just outside the city limits

11:02am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD (fall outside)

11:16am Radio Traffic A Franklin truck reported a car in the ditch on West Palmer, no injuries. Also reports the road is starting to become a solid sheet of ice.

11:22 Accident Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD/Franklin Police

• There is a report of a two car accident on East Main Street in front of the First Assembly of God. No injuries according to a Cullasaja-Gorge Firefighter. COmmand has cut response to one truck.

11:28am Hazardous Condition Franklin VFD/Franklin Police (no tones)

• Report of a woman with small children in a car that is sliding on Trimont Road.

12:02pm Message Mountain Valley VFD

• Request for firefighters to put chains on trucks

12:12pm All Call Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

• Any available Cullasaja-Goge Firefighter has been requested to respond to the fire station. One of the situations they will be attending to are multiple vehicles in the ditch on Highlands Road above the northern entrance to Buck Creek Road.

12:14pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

12:30pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

12:39pm Public Assist Otto VFD (assist EMS with previous call)

12:42pm Call the EOC Scaly Mountain VFD Chief or Assistant Chief

1:07pm Domestic Disturbance MCSO/Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

• Fire and EMS are to stage in a safe location near Marion Thomas Road until law enforcement can secure the scene of a domestic situation with injuries.

1:43pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

3:31pm Medical Call Franklin EMS (LTCF)

3:35pm Structure Fie Franklin VFD

• Caller reported a structure fire in the Belle View Road area. This was Clarks Chapel's fire district. The fire turned out to be a controlled burn of brush piles that had been going on all week. response was canceled.

3:36pm Mutual Aid Clarks Chapel VFD/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD/Franklin EMS

• Response canceled. was a controlled burn.

3:43pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS

• Code Orange Transport from Angel to Mission

5:14pm Accident Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

• The North Carolina Highway Patrol requested the fire department to respond to an accident (no injuries) on Walnut Creek Road near the Jackson County line to check on the welfare of the person involved and give them a ride down the mountain to the trooper, who cannot, due to road conditions, drive to the accident. A truck has slid over an embankment.

5:30pm Medical Transport to LTCF Franklin EMS

8:07pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

8:41pm Accident Franklin EMS/Mountain Valley VFD

• A vehicle has crashed into the creek near 1440 Watauga Road.

10:46pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

11:47pm Medical Call Franklin EMS





Published on Saturday, February 8, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 02-07-2020

Graphical representation of water height at a gauge near the Iotla Bridge during a high water event in February 2020.


Public Safety log for 02-07-2020


1:15am Medical Call Franklin EMS/MCSO

• Medical Call that requires a law enforcement response




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Published on Thursday, February 6, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 02-06-2020

File photo taken during a flood in February 2016.


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Public Safety Log for 02-06-2020

3:26am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

5:52am Weather Alert Flash Flood Warning

• A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for Macon County. [LINK]

7:35am OPEN THREAD 

• Macon Media has established an open thread for the community to share information about hazardous conditions. [LINK]

7:32am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD

7:36am Accident Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD/Squad 4

• Report of an accident with a confirmed injury on Georgia Road in front of Dollar Store.


8:12am Medical Call Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD

8:16am Cow in Road Animal Control

• Animal Control is responding to a report of a cow in the road on Westwood Road (Lower Burningtown).

8:28am Road Closure NCDOT

• SR-1442 (Mill Creek Rd), Has been closed due to high water in the road.

8:52am Landslide US-19 in the Nantahala Gorge

• US-19 in the Nantahala Goge has debris in the road in two locations, one near Silvermine Road and another near Hewitt Road (the location of the last landslide).

8:53am High Water Ulco Dive

• A Macon Transit Driver reports water is flowing over Ulco Drive near the Greenway.

10:01am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

10:49am Accident FranklinEMS/Franklin VFD

• Report of an accident on the Murphy Road near the entrance to Westgate Plaza, a vehicle is in the median.

11:05am Public Assist Franklin EMS

11:45am Medical Call Franklin EMS

12:08pm Accident Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

• Report of an accident involving an eighteen-wheeler in the 800 block of Highlands Road.

12:57pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

1:15pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

2:04pm All Call Buningtown-Iotla VFD

• Firefighters requested to assemble at the fire station for assignments

3:02pm Rescue Cowee VFD Swiftwater Rescue Team

• Members of the Swiftwater Rescue Team requested to assemble at Station #3 fo a rescue in the Burningtown District.

3:07pm Public Assist Franklin VFD

3:09pm Hazardous Condition Cowee VFD

• Powerlines in a tree on West Road

3:52pm Hazardous Condition West Macon VFD

• Firefighters requested to close Burnette Road (off Industrial Park Road) due to flooding.

5:09pm Medical Transfer Highlands EMS

• Code Two (Code Yellow) transport from Highlands-Cashiers Hospital to Northeast in Georgia

5:46pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

6:16pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

• fall at Hampton Inn

6:19pm Medical Call at a LTCF Franklin EMS

10:18pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

11:44pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD




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Published on Thursday, February 6, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 02-04-2020

File photo. September 2016.



Public Safety Log for 02-04-2020



10:19am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Burningtown-Iotla VFD (Iotla School; Adult)

10:47am Medical Transport Franklin EMS

12:50pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

12:52pm Medical Call Franklin EMS (VA Clinic; Emergency Traffic)

1:19pm Medical Call Burningtown VFD (assist EMS at the 12:50pm call)

1:43pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

3:30pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS

• Code Orange tanspot from Angel E to Mission in Asheville

3:31pm Medical Call Highlands EMS

3:36pm Smoke Investigation Franklin VFD/NC Forest Service

• Smoke Investigation found a controlled burn that was well-protected. No action taken and response canceled.

4:06pm Medical Call Nantahala EMS/Nantahala VFD (fall)

4:31pm Fire Alarm Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

5:37pm Message Scaly Mountain VFD

5:44pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

7:16pm Loose Fire Clarks Chapel VFD

7:49pm Medical Transport Franklin EMS LTCF

8:00pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS

• Orange Transport from Angel ER to Mission in Asheville

8:46pm Public Assist Franklin EMS (fall at old Ingles, no injury)

11:37pm Public Assist Franklin EMS (fall)





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Published on Tuesday, February 4, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 02-03-2020

File Photo. September 2016.

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Public Safety Log for 02-03-2020


4:47am Fire Alarm Franklin VFD

• Fire Alarm at 100 Panther Drive (Franklin High School) indicating a general fire. Firefighters reset the fire alarm in the main building.

8:22am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

10:33am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Burningtown-Iotla VFD

11:43am Fire Alarm Clarks Chapel VFD

11:54am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD

12:06pm Medical Call Franklin EMS LTCF

12:10pm Medical Alarm Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

12:58pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

1:06pm Accident Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD



• Report of two vehicles involved in an accident near 6400 Sylva Road (US-441) near Black Bear Paving. The West Macon Fire Chief reports both southbound lanes blocked, two minor injuries. Two ambulances responded one transported a patient to Mission in Asheville. [LINK]

2:27pm Medical Call Highlands EMS

2:39pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cowee VFD

5:30pm Medical Call Nantahala EMS/Nantahala VFD (fall)

6:03pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

6:30pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

9:22pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

9:27pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD (pregnant woman with abdominal issues at Relax Inn)

9:31pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Orange from Angel ER to Mission)

9:39pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Otto VFD










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Published on Monday, February 3, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 02-02-2020

File photo. September 2016.



3:13am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

3:26am Accident Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD

• Report of an accident (head-on collision) below Bridal Veil Falls on the Highlands Road. Personnel eventually located the accident at or near Goldmine Road in the Cullasja-Gorge Fire District. There were no injuries, but both lanes of the road were blocked. COmmand requested Cullasja-Gorge VFD be called to work the accident.

3:28am Accident Franklin EMS (dispatched to respond to the accident reported near Bridal Veil Falls)

3:46am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

3:51am Accident Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

• Respond to a head-on collision near Goldmine Road at the request of the Highlands Fire Chief.

9:26am Medical Call Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD

10:43am Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Orange from Angel ER to Mission ER)

11:03am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD

4:07pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/Burningtown-Iotla VFD

4:13pm Structure Fire Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

• Caller reported possible structure fire between 1350 Lake Emory Road and the Ford Dealership, heavy smoke coming from the residence. firefighters arrived to find someone cooking outdoors. Response canceled.

4:14pm Mutual Aid Cullasaja-Gorge VFD/MOuntain Valley VFD

• Provide mutual aid to Franklin VFD at a structure fire on Lake Emory Road. Response canceled.

4:23pm Public Assist Franklin EMS

9:04pm Public Assist Highlands EMS

10:14pm Public Assist Franklin EMS







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Published on Sunday, February 2, 2020

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Public Safety Log for 02-01-2020

File photo. May 2016.



Public Safety Log for 02-01-2020


1:14am Medical Call Franklin EMS (fall injury) LTCF

1:33am Medical Call Highlands EMS

2:31am Medical Transport Franklin EMS LTCF

3:19am Public Assist Highlands EMS

4:25pm Medical Transfer Franklin EMS (Code Orange from Angel to Mission)

5:26pm Medical Call Franklin EMS

6:41pm Public Assist Highlands EMS (fall)

7:06am Medical Call Cullasaja VFD (same location as 5:26am call) (fall injury)

7:08am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Clarks Chapel VFD

8:27am Public Assist Highlands EMS (fall)

8:31am Medical Call Highlands EMS/Highlands VFD (fall at OEI)

10:59am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Franklin VFD

11:52am Medical Call Franklin EMS/Cullasaja-Gorge VFD

• Fall from a ladder. A medevac was called fo but both MAMA and AirLife-14 had to abort due to weather and the patient was transported by ground to Northeast regional in Georgia. [LINK]

11:57am Medical Transport Franklin EMS

12:11pm LZ for Medevac Cullasaja-Gorge VFD/Squad 4

• Request for firefighters to establish a Landing Zone at the Cullasaja Assembly of God parking lot so Air Life 14 can medevac a patient. (see 11:52am call for narrative)

12:45pm Public Assist Franklin VFD

1:25pm Medical Call Highlands EMS

1:35pm Accident Franklin EMS/Cowee VFD

• Report of a vehicle over an embankment at Rickman Creek Road and Matlock Creek Road. Signs of an accident were located but no vehicle was at the scene.

4:39pm Medical Transfer Highlands EMS

• Yellow Transport from Highlands-Cashiers ER to St Francis Hospital in Greenville, SC

4:40pm Medical Standby Franklin EMS (cover the Highlands district while their ambulance is out of the district)

4:51pm Medical Call Franklin EMS/West Macon VFD

5:08pm Medical Call Franklin EMS LTCF (fall)

5:09pm Public Assist Franklin EMS (fall)

6:57pm Public Assist Franklin EMS









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Published on Saturday,  February 01, 2020

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