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Statesboro Fire Dept. added 21 firefighters, fought more fires
Annual report: SFD answered 1,474 calls for service in 2023, including 192 actual fires and 118 rescue calls
Fire Chief Tim Grams delivers the Statesboro Fire Department's 2023 annual activity report to the mayor and City Council during their 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, work session,
Fire Chief Tim Grams delivers the Statesboro Fire Department's 2023 annual activity report to the mayor and City Council during their 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, work session, - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
AL HACKLE/Staff
Statesboro Herald
Published: Feb 22, 2024, 1:28 AM
In 2023, the Statesboro Fire Department successfully hired firefighters and trained recruits to fill the 21 additional firefighter positions funded in the past two years and meanwhile answered 1,474 calls for service, a 17.5% increase from the previous year.
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Gamers trade remotes for colored pencils at Averitt summer camp
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Camp instructor Cheyenne Smith looks over the work of Hudson Mathews, left, a first grader at Bulloch Academy, and Memphis Butts, a second grader at Portal Elementary, on Monday, July 14, during the first day of Gaming & Art: Turning Video Games into Crafts summer arts camp at the Roxie Remley Center for Fine Arts in downtown Statesboro. (JASON MARTIN/special)
Special to the Herald
Published: Jul 15, 2025, 2:27 AM
The Averitt Center has taken popular video game stories and characters like Mario and Minecraft as inspiration for its summer arts camp, Gaming & Art: Turning Video Games into Crafts. Each day this week, campers are using their own gaming inspirations along with paint, clay and other mediums to create works of art. Lead instructor Cheyenne Smith is assisted by Guarionex Cruz in helping campers with their projects.
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