Fire Station 24 Units Temporarily Relocated

 

This incident occurred at approximately 4:42 pm. Firefighters were inside of the station when they heard a loud explosion. When they exited the station, they found one vehicle with significant damage and an occupant still inside. Fluid was on the ground near the car and on fire. Firefighters quickly removed the patient and began treating them until an ambulance arrived for transport. Other firefighters on scene quickly extinguished the fire and controlled the fluid to keep it from spreading or catching fire again.

 

The Incident Commander at the scene requested the response of Georgia Power, Atlanta Gas Light, CCFES Hazardous Materials Team, and Cherokee County Property Management officials to assist with the mitigation of the incident. Woodstock Police also responded to the incident to investigate the cause of the motor vehicle collision and control traffic.

 

In addition to the fire station, there are twenty-four other customers without power in the River Park subdivision. These additional outages are unrelated to the incident at Fire Station 24 according to a representative from Georgia Power and they anticipate restoring power to those customers tonight.

 

Due to the damage done to the transformer and secondary lines that feed the fire station, we anticipate the station to be without power for approximately two days while repairs are made.

 

Units that are normally housed at this fire station are being relocated to neighboring stations and will continue to be staffed as normal to reduce any disruption in service and response to the

community.

 

Fire Station 24 is located at 1000 River Park Blvd. in Woodstock, GA.