January 2008

New Officers Appointed

Rutherford County Rescue Squad's Director of Operations announced January 1, 2008 the names of newly appointed officers.  These individuals were among many within the department that submitted a letter of interest to the Chief.  Upon careful consideration, the following personnel will begin their new roles in the department effective immediately:

Lucas Dearden, LT; Daniel Love, Sgt; Kenny Hutchins, Sgt; Nathan Gallagher, Training Officer.

These individuals have worked hard to earn these titles and we all congratulate them on their achievement!

2007 Call Totals

With the 2007 year behind us, the following are the call for service totals broken down by nature.

Fire Related 1
Rescue & EMS (Arrival) 171
False Calls or Cancelled En route 230
Hazmat 1
General Service 2
Severe Weather Related 12

Total

 417

 

October 2007

Rutherford Rescue Launches Online Donations

The Administration of Rutherford County Rescue Squad, in collaboration with the agency's WebTeam have established online donations.  You can now make a donation of any amount securely.  Click the link on the right tool bar to participate in this method of donation. 

Your donations help us help you.  As Rutherford Rescue being a 100% volunteer, 501-3-C Non-Profit agency, we operate on the generous donations by citizens just like you.  The money that you provide us with allows us to purchase new tools to help you in a time of need, allows our vehicle maintenance division to keep our Rescue vehicles in operation to respond to emergency calls and furthermore allows for our personnel to attend training to only strengthen their knowledge.  If you have any questions regarding the Rutherford County Rescue Squad, please email administrator@rescue7.org or call (615) 895-0717. 

We appreciate your donation and support.  Thank you!

September 2007

Rutherford Rescue Launches Public Discussion

The Information Systems staff of the Rutherford County Rescue Squad has launched a "public forum" page as part of the agencies website.  You are urged to visit the public discussion board at http://discussion.rescue7.org.  Please leave us your questions, comments and concerns.  Without the feedback of the people of which we serve, we as an agency will not know what we are succeeding in and areas in need of improvement.  Furthermore, this area of our site is for you - the citizen.  Take a look.

June 2007

Middle Tennessee Electric Donates

Joe Pennington, Director of Operations of Rutherford County Rescue Squad (RCRS) announced on June 2 that Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Cooperation (MTEMC) accepted the squads 2007 grant application through MTEMCs Operation Roundup program.  MTEMC had granted RCRS with $10,000 to purchase equipment.  "This grant will allow our department to purchase new hydraulic rescue tools and better serve the citizens of Rutherford County", said Chief Pennington in a recent press release.  MTEMC has supported the operations of RCRS in the past with a grant to purchase a new heavy hydraulic tool what has been used in several of agency's more extensive rescue operations.  "Rutherford County Rescue greatly appreciates Middle Tennessee Electric's ongoing support of our operations", Pennington added.

Need CPR?

If your agency or place of employment has personnel in need of CPR Certification, please contact the Rutherford County Rescue Squad.  We have a team of instructors whom can arrange and instruct a class for you.  For more information, please contact us here.      

May 2007

Rutherford County Rescue Web Hits 100K

Rutherford County Rescue Squad's World Wide Web site exceeds      100-thousand hits as of May 1st of 2007, for the 2007 year.  Totals provided by our webmaster show that we have had 111,036 hits as of 5/10/2007.  In 2006, some 227,976 visitors viewed rescue7.org.  We would like to thank our visitors for stopping by www.rescue7.org.  Look for more information in the very near future.  We are soliciting comments and suggestions from visitors just like you.  Tell us what you want to see.  Sign our guestbook and provide us with your comments. One feature that we hope to rollout soon is online donation capabilities.  Check back soon for updates!

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Mail-out Fundraiser Underway

Joe Pennington, Director of Operations for Rutherford County Rescue Squad (RCRS), announced today that the squads' annual fundraiser is officially underway.  RCRS solicits contributions from residents of Rutherford County yearly to help achieve the squad's operating budget.  RCRS uses monies received from donations to maintain equipment, building up-keep, training expenses, rising fuel costs, vehicle maintenance and various other purchases needed to operate this department.  With RCRS being 100% volunteer, contributions from you are invaluable. We would like to take this time to extend a special, Thank You!  For questions regarding this annual fundraiser, please contact Chief Pennington.

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Rutherford Rescue Launches 'Junior' Program

Junior Squad Membership Applications are currently being accepted, announced the Chief of Operations of Rutherford County Rescue.  Young adults between 15-18 years of age can apply to be on the departments' Junior Squad.  For more information...

 

April 2007

 

Pregnant woman trapped in wreckage

04-29-07

 

DNJ, Christiana, TN

Five people were injured Sunday, including three children and a pregnant woman, in a head-on crash on Midland Road in southern Rutherford County, authorities said.


The woman, who had to be cut out of the wreckage, was taken by LifeFlight helicopter to Vanderbilt hospital for treatment, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Brian Carmouche. Two children in her vehicle were transported from the scene by ambulance.

AirEvac also took the man driving the Jeep that collided with her vehicle to Vanderbilt, the trooper said. One child in the Jeep was taken by ambulance as well.


The accident took place shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday when the Jeep with Michigan plates was traveling south on Midland Road, crossed the center line into the northbound lane and slammed into the woman’s mini-van, Carmouche reported.
 

It took emergency workers at least half an hour to extricate the pregnant woman from her vehicle.
 

Authorities could not provide names of any of the victims at the accident scene.

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New Look To Website

Rutherford County Rescue Squad (RCRS) launched updated website.  This new design is made possible by our webmaster, Craig Browning, also a Technician with RCRS.  If you have comments, we'd like to hear from you.  Email our webmaster.