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Fire crews help residents lower risks with smoke detectors, safety tips
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Kecia Thomas gets her blood sugar and blood pressure checked Saturday by Sean McGuire, a Hall County firefighter and EMT, at Glory Tabernacle Ministries as a part of Hall County Fire Services’ Community Risk Reduction program. Blood pressure checks, installations of smoke alarms and fire safety information goodie bags were provided free of charge to those in the Floyd Road area during the event. - photo by Erin O. Smith
It was a good day to be Louise Thomas. The Gainesville resident was on her way to her brother’s house Saturday when she passed Bethel Church of the Nazarene on Garden Drive. She passes by the church regularly — it’s less than half a mile from her home on Tulip Drive — but there were two firetrucks and an ambulance parked out front that caught her eye.