Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Emergency Services Recognition topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Loudon County honors Telico Village volunteer responders after July cardiac arrest
Summary
Loudon County commissioners read a proclamation and publicly thanked Telico Village volunteer fire and rescue members after Laura Dunn credited their rapid response with saving her husband on July 10.
Loudon County commissioners read a proclamation on Aug. 18 recognizing Telico Village volunteer fire and rescue team members and dispatchers for their response to a July 10 cardiac arrest that, the patient27s wife said, likely saved his life.
Laura Dunn, who identified herself as the wife of the patient, spoke during the workshop27s recognition portion and told commissioners her husband, John Dunn, collapsed in their home office. "Harry Humbert arrived at our home within 2 minutes of me calling 911. He immediately started CPR," Dunn said, later thanking the volunteers and 911 dispatchers by name.
The proclamation, read by Loudon County Mayor Buddy Bradshaw, lists the responding personnel and dispatchers and says the team27s training and coordination produced a return of spontaneous circulation and rapid transport to Nova Medical Center. The proclamation states it will be recorded at the next county commission meeting for placement in Loudon County records.
Commissioners and staff present also offered public thanks from the dais. Mayor Bradshaw invited those being honored to remain for the meeting and noted the county27s appreciation for volunteers who provide emergency services without pay.
The county did not record a formal vote on the proclamation during the workshop; the proclamation text indicates the recognition will be placed in the minutes at the next formal meeting.
Laura Dunn named multiple individual responders and dispatchers during her remarks. The commission27s reading of the proclamation repeats many of those names and attributes the favorable medical outcome to rapid first-responder action and dispatcher coordination.
The recognition is ceremonial; no policy change, budget appropriation, or additional county action was announced during the workshop. The proclamation text, as read, indicates the county will file the document in its records and provide a physical copy to the Dunn family and to the recognized responders.
