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Coffee County EMA, police and fire brief on Bonnaroo safety plans, traffic and on-site services
Summary
Coffee County EMA and local public-safety agencies described traffic shifts, command-post locations, on-site medical staffing and coordination measures for the Bonnaroo festival, including training for civilian traffic workers and updated mapping for first responders.
Coffee County EMA staff and local police and fire officials on Wednesday outlined public-safety preparations for the Bonnaroo music festival, saying personnel and traffic-control assignments have changed this year and that agencies will operate co-located command posts and on-site dispatch.
The advisory board heard that Manchester Police Department representative Adam Floyd said the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the sheriff’s office have reallocated some traffic posts at the venue, and that the city will step in for some of those posts. “We’re actually gonna have a training session tomorrow morning at 9AM at City Hall with those employees to kinda give them some direction,” Floyd said, referring to civilian city employees hired to direct traffic and earn overtime. He added, “Nothing really new. It’s business as usual for us.”
The change in vehicle ingress and egress stems from new day-parking arrangements. Floyd said the festival organizers leased a…
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