Jackson County Rescue squads receive thermal imaging, night vision equipment
Jackson County EMA Director, Commission Chairman, Captain of Scottsboro Jackson Rescue and Rosalie Rescue Squad pictured with new thermal equipment. By Stefante Randall | May 18, 2021 at 7:24 PM CDT - Updated May 18 at 7:25 PM
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. (WAFF) - New, life-saving, equipment is now in the hands of Jackson County first responders.
Two rescue squads received thermal imaging equipment to help with nighttime operations.
Members of Scottsboro-Jackson County Rescue and the Rosalie Rescue Squad were presented with $10,000 worth of thermal and night vision equipment. The teams frequently respond to calls for help from hikers, swimmers and people trapped by storm debris.
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If you’re in an accident in a rural area, pray someone like John Bentley takes the call. “I’ve grown up here. I know where it is,” the Macedonia, Iowa, farmer said. A volunteer fireman for 22 of his 40 years, he not only knows where most of the residents of Macedonia live, all 245 of them, but he knows who works in which fields, saving precious minutes in an emergency.
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Jackson Co. EMA gets $37,596 grant for new tech
The Jackson County Emergency Management Agency is set to order new tech to speed up search and rescue operations.
Posted: Jan 15, 2021 4:59 PM
Updated: Jan 15, 2021 6:12 PM
Posted By: Sierra Phillips
The Jackson County Emergency Management Agency is set to order new tech to speed up search and rescue operations. We have a large management area and a lot of open lands around that where there s just no cell service and radio communication is difficult, said Eddie Tigue, captain of the Scottsboro-Jackson County Rescue Squad.
Tigue explained that the lack of cell service in some areas makes it hard to communicate with their team and can slow down a rescue.