Greene County Fire and Rescue

Greene County was well represented at the GPSTC ceremony. Attending were (back row l-r) Thomas Smith, Todd Lamb, Macki McHugh, Battalion Chief Case Segrest, Deputy Chief Daniel Pritchett, Public Safety Director Joe Bashore, Assistant EMS Director Chris McDaniel, Clark Graves and Noah Green; (front l-r) Battalion Chief Russ McHugh, Fire Chief Rodney Wiggins, Marty Sisk, Chris Eddy’s wife Lindsey Sisk Eddy, Julie Wiggins, Bryson Sisk and Kay Sisk. CONTRIBUTED

Greene County was well represented at the GPSTC ceremony. Attending were (back row l-r) Thomas Smith, Todd Lamb, Macki McHugh, Battalion Chief Case Segrest, Deputy Chief Daniel Pritchett, Public Safety Director Joe Bashore, Assistant EMS Director Chris McDaniel, Clark Graves and Noah Green; (front l-r) Battalion Chief Russ McHugh, Fire Chief Rodney Wiggins, Marty Sisk, Chris Eddy’s wife Lindsey Sisk Eddy, Julie Wiggins, Bryson Sisk and Kay Sisk. CONTRIBUTED

GCFR’s Eddy among those honored at GPSTC service

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.John 15:13Everyone in Lake Country knew that Chris Eddy was a hero. Now the entire state of Georgia knows it.
Greene County Fire and Rescue B Shift unveils the sign announcing the planned The Reddy Drill Yard named for Chris Eddy, which will be used for training once completed. HEATHER HARRIS/Staff

Greene County Fire and Rescue B Shift unveils the sign announcing the planned The Reddy Drill Yard named for Chris Eddy, which will be used for training once completed. HEATHER HARRIS/Staff

Training facility named after the late Chief Eddy

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Battalion Chief Chris Eddy of Greene County Fire and Rescue was honored by area firefighters, local government officials, and many friends and admirers at a ceremony held at Greene County’s Fire Department headquarters on the anniversary of his 2024 death.
Chris Eddy was tragically killed in an accident on Sept. 4. (CONTRIBUTED)

Chris Eddy was tragically killed in an accident on Sept. 4. (CONTRIBUTED)

Firefighter killed in tractor trailer fire

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Battalion Chief Chris Eddy of Greene County Fire Rescue was killed in an explosion on Sept. 4 after he responded to a tractor-trailer fire on Hwy. 15 near Lickskillet Road.Greene County’s Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Bashore said the accident is still under investigation.
Battalion Chief Chris Eddy of Greene County Fire Rescue was tragically killed in accident on Sept. 4, 2024. (CONTRIBUTED)

Battalion Chief Chris Eddy of Greene County Fire Rescue was tragically killed in accident on Sept. 4, 2024. (CONTRIBUTED)

Firefighter killed in tractor-trailer fire

Staff Reports
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Battalion Chief Chris Eddy of Greene County Fire Rescue was killed in an explosion on Sept. 4 after he responded to a tractor-trailer fire on Hwy. 15 near Lickskillet Road.Greene County’s Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Bashore said the accident is still under investigation.
Units from five agencies responded to the brush fire in the Veazey Road area. CONTRIBUTED

Units from five agencies responded to the brush fire in the Veazey Road area. CONTRIBUTED

Greene County firefighters contain 28-acre brush fire

T. Michael Stone
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Firefighters hope that a brush fire near Veazey Road in Greene County isn’t a preview of a much worse scenario that could play out on July 4.According to Greene County’s Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Bashore, Fire and Rescue units were sent to the Veazey Road area at approximately 1:30 p.
Intense flames and their aftermath depict the devastation of a mobile home fire that claimed the life of a Greene County man early last Saturday. CONTRIBUTED

Intense flames and their aftermath depict the devastation of a mobile home fire that claimed the life of a Greene County man early last Saturday. CONTRIBUTED

Mobile home fire claims Greene County man’s life

T. Michael Stone
Thursday, April 4, 2024
A Greene County man lost his life in a mobile home fire on Ward Road in northwest Greene County during the early morning hours of March 30.Ronald Robinson succumbed to injuries sustained in the blaze before rescue personnel were able to reach him.
Greene County firefighters performed a traditional “push-in” ceremony last week for their new firetruck at Reynolds, mimicking the days when horse-drawn equipment had to be detached and pushed backward into the station in preparation for the next call. T. MICHAEL STONE/Staff

Greene County firefighters performed a traditional “push-in” ceremony last week for their new firetruck at Reynolds, mimicking the days when horse-drawn equipment had to be detached and pushed backward into the station in preparation for the next call. T. MICHAEL STONE/Staff

Welcome, Engine 10

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, March 21, 2024
In an event that goes back to the late 1800s, Greene County Fire and Rescue conducted a “push-in ceremony” last week to inaugurate a new $550,000-plus fire engine. Engine No.
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