2013 Firefighters of the Year
Gordon County Fire Rescue recently announced the recipients of the 2013 Career Firefighter and Paid-Per-Call (PPC) (formerly known as Volunteer) Firefighter of the Year. Congratulations to Sergeant Adam Diskey and Josh Lawrence!
2013 SPLOST Hydrant Installations Complete
You may have noticed something different on the right-of-way near your home or business, something shiny and red along the roadways as you’ve traveled rural Gordon County. In roughly three months, Georgia Hydrant Services (GHS) has worked diligently to install a total of eighty-four brand new fire hydrants for Gordon County’s Fire-Rescue Department as part of the current Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) initiative...
EPD Open Burn Ban in Effect
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has issued its annual ban on open burning in more than 50 Georgia counties. Effective May 1 – September 30, no outdoor burning of yard waste is allowed. According to the Department of Natural Resources, during the hot Georgia summers, the ozone often reaches unhealthy levels. The EPD has identified open burning as a significant contributor of the pollutants that form ozone....
