CCFES was excited to learn at the 2023 Georgia Fire Safety Symposium that the Georgia Public Safety Educators Association (GPSEA) has named their Educator of the Year award after longtime Cherokee County firefighter and fire educator, Captain Ann Segers.
Ann came to work for the fire department on August 22nd, 1988 and was also one of the original Oak Grove Volunteer Fire Department members when they started in the early 70s.
She was the first person in the State of Georgia to obtain credentials as an NPQ Fire Safety Educator and received her Basic Firefighting Certification in 1990.
Ann retired from Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services in June of 2005, with her husband Jim. She continued to volunteer with the department at prevention and education events until her passing in May of 2022.
CCFES and the citizens of Cherokee County are extremely fortunate for the impact that Captain Segers had on all of us.
The GPSEA stated that the first Ann Segers Educator of the Year Award will be awarded at the 2024 Georgia Fire Safety Symposium and each subsequent year.
Posted : June 07, 2023
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