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Sevier County Emergency Services Committee receives updates on Seymour ambulance station, mobile command vehicle and SRO plans
Summary
At its June 13 meeting, the Sevier County Emergency Services Committee heard department reports including that the Seymour ambulance station should move out of a temporary facility in the first week of July, the county’s mobile command vehicle should be operational in coming months, and the sheriff’s office has applied for a grant to fund two school resource officers.
The Sevier County Emergency Services Committee met on June 13, 2023, and received routine monthly reports from emergency-related departments and information about several near-term operational changes.
Director Rick Valentine, reporting for the Sevier County Ambulance Service, said the Seymour ambulance station is finishing up and that staff are expected to move out of the temporary location at The King’s Academy during the first week of July. This relocation follows recent temporary arrangements and is intended to restore a permanent base of operations in Seymour, Valentine said during the committee report.
Director Joe Ayers of Sevier County Emergency Management updated the committee on a regional effort to implement a Flood Activation System in partnership with the Cities and reported that a recently purchased Mobile Command Vehicle should be operational in the next few months. According to Ayers, the Flood Activation System is a joint initiative; no funding breakdown or vendor details were provided in the report.
Sheriff Michael Hodges told the committee that the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office will provide a school resource officer at Trula Lawson for the coming school year and that the office has applied for a 100% grant to fund two SRO positions. Mayor Larry Waters asked whether SRO coverage could extend to private schools; Hodges said there have been talks with several private schools about contracting with the Sheriff’s Office to provide those services but no contracts were finalized.
Director Joe Brown presented the monthly report for the Sevier County Juvenile Detention Center; the minutes record this as a routine departmental update without specific figures included. Mayor Waters also informed the committee that the Intergovernmental Committee discussed a proposed Fire Code and Life Safety fee schedule and that a meeting to continue that discussion was scheduled for the week of June 19.
Commissioner Ray Ogle moved to adjourn the meeting; Commissioner Michael Maddron seconded the motion and the meeting adjourned at 6:37 PM. No roll-call vote or additional motions were recorded in the minutes.
