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Year Honored
1995
Honoree
Freddie Robbins
Agency
Weakley County Ambulance Service
Agency City
Dresden
Agency State
TN
Last Call
12/26/82
Cause of Death
Ambulance Involved MVC
Biography
Tommy began his career in emergency medical services with the Lauderdale County Ambulance Service before joining the Weakley County Ambulance Service in 1979.<br /> <br /> He had been a certified emergency medical technician for five years before his death on December 26, 1982 at the age of 33. During the course of a routine call to pick up a patient at Weakley County Nursing Home, Tommy was riding in the back of the ambulance when it was involved in an accident with a tractor trailer. On impact the ambulance broke into three pieces, and the three emergency medical services providers on the call were thrown from the vehicle and killed instantly.<br /> <br /> Honored 1995