Lee County dedicates public safety monument

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November 22, 2016

Lee County officials and public safety personnel commemorate the new firetruck and ambulance monument that now sits in front of the Century Road Fire Station to honor the men and women who help keep the county safe. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

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Dozens of Lee County residents, county officials, firefighters and paramedics gathered at the Century Road Fire Station Tuesday to say a communitywide thank you to the county’s public safety employees through the dedication of a special fire engine and a surplus ambulance that will now serve as a commemorative monument.

Lee County Public Works Director Wesley Wells, left, and Lee County Commission Chairman Rick Muggridge welcome the community to Tuesday’s dedication of a firetruck and ambulance monument to honor the county’s public safety personnel. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Luke Twiggs serves as the first youngster to officially climb aboard the new firetruck monument at the Century Road Fire Station. The firetruck, and an accompanying ambulance, will serve both as a monument to the county’s public safety personnel and as a teaching tool the public safety department will use to educate area citizens. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Thanks to the generosity of the city of Tifton, S&S Concrete and Lee RediMix, this firetruck permanently housed in front of the Century Road Fire Station will serve as both a monument to Lee County public safety personnel and as a teaching tool for local residents. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

This surplus ambulance, permanently housed in front of the Century Road Fire Station, will serve as both a monument to Lee County public safety personnel and as a teaching tool for local residents. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

Area children, from left, Luke Twiggs, Corinne Twiggs and Sadie Quinn enjoy the inside of the new ambulance that, along with an accopanying firetruck is serving as both a monument to Lee County public safety personnel and as a teaching tool for local citizens. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)

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