CULLEOKA — Maury County Fire Department units assisted Maury EMS on Sunday, May 3, after a traumatic injury call came in at 12:13 p.m. in the Culleoka community, located in the rural southern portion of Maury County. Air Evac landed at Station 23's helipad to transport the patient to a trauma center capable of handling serious injuries.
The Maury County Fire Department credited EMS personnel with strong work on the call. Details about the nature of the injury or the patient's condition were not released. The response highlighted the importance of the department's established helipad infrastructure, which allows Air Evac and other air medical services to land safely close to the scene rather than requiring long ground transport to a suitable landing zone.
Culleoka sits well south of Columbia along Highway 31, in a stretch of Maury County where distances from major medical facilities are significant and where effective coordination between fire, EMS, and air transport can be the difference between life and death. The seamless handoff documented in this call reflects months of training and the kind of professional readiness that Battalion 3's recent graduation is designed to reinforce across the department.
The Muletown Journal extends its continued respect and appreciation to the men and women of Maury County Fire and Maury EMS who answered the call that Sunday afternoon. Their work goes largely unseen until the moment it matters most.