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BoardofCountyCommissionersContact:ChiefTerrySmith
OfficeoftheCountyAdministrator912-729-3911(office)
P.O.Box99/200East4""Street912-729-6527(fax)
Woodbine,Georgia31569tsmith@co.camden.ga.us
FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
CamdenCountyFireRescue
AddsOver$1MillioninUpgrades
WOODBINE,Ga.October16,2019CamdenCountyFireRescue(CCFR)ispleased
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toannounceover$1MillioninnewupgradesforthebenefitofCamdenCountyresidents.With
therecentadditionofanewenginetoitsfleet,theacquisitionofsix(6)fixedgeneratorsthrough
HazardMitigationGrantProgram(HMGP)funds,andthenewFirehouse18intheTarboroarea
ofnorthwestCamdenCounty,CCFRiscontinuingitscommitmenttoprovideexcellentserviceto
thecitizensofCamdenCounty.
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“|amthankfulfortheleadershipoftheCamdenCountyBoardofCommissionersfortheir
continuedinvestmentinpublicsafetyandinCamdenCountyFireRescue,”saidFireChiefTerry
Smith.“Weareexcitedtoannouncethenewengine,generators,andFirehouse18asexamples
ofourcontinuedcommitmenttofirst-ratefireserviceforthecitizensofCamdenCounty.”
A2019E-ONERescuePumper,Engine12,willservecitizensintheMushBluffareaofeastern
CamdenCountyatFirehouse12andisthethirdnewengineinthelastthreeyearsforCCFR.
The$287,985enginewaspaidwithImpactFeesandthroughtheunincorporatedfund.
“Award-WinningGovernment”
STEVEL.HOWARDJOHNS.MYERS
CountyAdministratorCountyAttorney
LANNIEE.BRANTCHUCKCLARKJIMMYSTARLINEGARYBLOUNTBENL.CASEY
Commissioner,District1Commissioner,District2Commissioner,District3Commissioner,District4Commissioner,District5
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Lowther,ChiefTerrySmith,Vice-ChairGaryBlount,HouseandRibbonCuttingforthenearly
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ChairmanJimmyStarline,GrantsManagerJulie$600,000
Fi:rehouse18:intheTarboroareaof
Haigler,CommissionerChuckClark,CaptainLisa
Boyett,andCommissionBeernCaseynorthwesternCamdenCountyfrom4:00p.m.to
7:00p.m.onThursday,October24,2019.Located
at485NewPostRoadinWhiteOak,theOpenHousewillbeginat4:00p.m.withtheRibbon
Cuttingstartingat5:30p.m.andparticipantsareinvitedtotourthenew4,050squarefoot
firehouse.Additionally,CamdenCountyFireRescuewillhaveotherenginesandtankersavailable
forfamiliestoview.
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AboutCamdenCounty:LocatedintheextremesoutheastcornerofGeorgia,CamdenCountytrulyis“Georgia’sCoastalCommunityof
Choice.”Originallyformedin1777,CamdenCountyisbestknownforitsrichhistory,naturalscenicbeautyandSouthernhospitality.Ourvisionis
helpingtomakethisthebestplacetolivebypreservingandenhancingthehistoryandqualityoflife,whilepromotingsmartgrowthandproviding
anefficient,effectiveandresponsivegovernment.
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“Award-WinningGovernment”
STEVEL.HOWARDJOHNS.MYERS
CountyAdministratorCountyAttorney
LANNIEE.BRANTCHUCKCLARKJIMMYSTARLINEGARYBLOUNTBENL.CASEY
Commissioner,District1Commissioner,District2Commissioner,District3Commissioner,District4Commissioner,District5