Gordon County Fire & Rescue

Gordon County Fire & Rescue

Gordon County Emergency Management Agency

Gordon County Emergency Management Agency

On Tuesday, April 26, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. county and city public safety and public works officials took part in a weather briefing with the National Weather Service. The NWS stated that our area could experience storms from Thursday through Monday. It is possible for that the storms could be strong to severe. We will continue to monitor the potential of severe weather and will post updates as we have them.

TOMORROW: Gordon County and Santek Waste Services are sponsoring the annual Tire Free Disposal Day at the county’s Redbone Ridges Landfill on Saturday, April 22, 2017, from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The landfill is located at 1224 Pleasant Hill Road Extension in Ranger. Gordon county residents may dispose of car tires (limit 10 car tires per resident, no tire dealers, no tires on rims, and no tractor tires).

Gordon County Board of Elections and Voter Registration office would like to remind voters in our county, that we are in Congressional District 14, Senate District 52 and Senate District 54, therefore Gordon County is NOT having a Special Election on April 18th. The special election that is being held on April 18th is for the following counties: Cobb, Dekalb and Fulton. We hope this helps to lessen the confusion.

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Thank you to everyone who has called and wanted to donate. Because of you, we have set up a site on www.gordoncounty.org. All of the money given will go directly towards the animal shelter budget. Please know that we will begin the process of building a new shelter quickly. Dedicated SPLOST funds, approved by our voters, will be used for the project and our goal is to best utilize the dedicated taxpayer dollars to build a facility that will meet the needs of our community for many years to come. We look forward to working with our local rescue groups and the many wonderful volunteers who work diligently with our shelter to help take care of our community. Thank you for caring!!

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Gordon County offices will be closed Friday, April 14, 2017, and will reopen at regular time on Monday, April 17, 2017.

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Gordon County Animal Control is gladly accepting donations after the loss of the facility due to fire. If you would like to make a donation to help, please follow these instructions: MAIL CHECKS TO: Gordon County Finance Department P.O. Box 580 200 South Wall Street Calhoun, GA 30703-0580 Attention: Al Leonard, Finance Director Checks should be made out to the Gordon County Board of Commissioners. Please indicate on the check that you would like the funds to benefit the Gordon County Animal Control Facility.

Gordon County Fire & Rescue

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UPDATE 10:50 pm - our final post for this incident. The GA State Fire Marshal's Office will have an investigator on site in the early morning hours to try to determine the cause of the fire. Firefighters are wrapping up their overhaul operations and are beginning to move to recovery mode. UPDATE 9:45 pm: 23 dogs were housed with all rescued from the facility; however, 3 of them managed to run off. The other 20 were either housed by Calhoun Animal Shelter and shelter volunteers. Unfortunately, two cats perished. Firefighters have the fire under control at this time and in overhaul mode at the moment. UPDATE 9:23 pm: According to the director of the shelter, all dogs are accounted for and the Calhoun Shelter has graciously taken those animals, as well as some shelter volunteers for the evening. All offers from the public are appreciated, however the assistance is not needed tonight. Additional information will be made available at a later date concerning assistance from all you who have offered to help. Multiple stations are on scene at the Gordon Co Animal Shelter on Harris Beamer Rd. The facility was well involved upon arrival of the first units. Many animals were rescued by civilians and firefighters. It is too early to know how many animals perished. Firefighters are working diligently to extinguish the blaze.

Gordon County Emergency Management Agency