Volunteer fire cadets can be good servers as well as eaters.Showing how they are, first row from left, Brandon Thelkeld, Shane Simmons and Lt. Chris Hill. Back row,Tucker Squyres, Mavrick Bell, Judson McIntosh and Sam Squyres.
County Judge Travis Ransom is featured speaker for the Cass County Emergency Services District 2 and its community Christmas banquet.
These are the volunteer fire cadets and adult fire fighters of the Cass County Emergency Services District 2.They have just met for the department’s annual Christmas banquet.
Cadet of the Year for Cass County Emergency Services District 2 is Sam Squyres who is being recognized by Fire Chief Eric White. Fire fighter of the year Jason Waters was unable to attend.
Emergency Services District 2 firemen receiving pins for their years of service are, from left, David Jackson who is also assistant chief, Connor Alexander, Colin Alexander, Lt. Kendall Collier and Capt. Sammy Dotson.
Cass County ESD 2 Fire Chief Eric White, left, and Assistant Chief David Jackson, right, are awarding Connor Alexander and Chris Hill helmet mounted cameras.
Emergency Service District 2 appreciation banquet
Cass County Emergency Services District 2 (CCFD2) has held a Christmas community banquet for its fire fighters and cadets for more than 20 years. Recently, the district heard Cass County Judge Travis Ransom term their protecting endeavors a “sacred” service.
“Whenever you rescue someone’s home or life, you are doing that kind of service,” Ransom told the about 70 people present.
The CCFD2 includes the fire departments of Queen City, Antioch, Domino and ones under construction at Cass and Midway. The area covered involves north of Atlanta to the Sulphur River.
ESD2 holds its appreciation banquet at the Queen City Methodist Church. It is also the evening for giving out awards earned by the cadets and adult fire fighters. The top awards are Cadet of the Year and Firefighter of the Year.
A view of the photos from the evening will show the impact especially of the cadet program which is the main functioning program in the county. Bloomburg has a cadet program which meets with ESD2.
Recent improvements mentioned by Fire Chief Eric White are the remodeling and enlarging of station 3 at Domino and a building for station 5 in Queen City that will give the district a presence on the west side of the tracks.
The department is also constructing a three-story drill tower at the district’s training center.