Fannin EMA/EMS, schools partner to help students learn a career

Trent Lowery, center, is taking advantage of a partnership between the Fannin County Emergency Management Agency/Emergency Medical Services and the Fannin County School System that will qualify him for a career before he graduates from high school. With Lowery are EMT instructor Bill Brown and EMS Director Becky Huffman.

The Fannin County Board of Education honored Trent Lowery for his part in a Fannin County Emergency Medical Services call that resulted in the full recovery of an 88-year-old stroke victim. Shown during the presentation of a certificate at the board’s December meeting are, from left, front, Chief Academic Officer Lucas Roof, School Superintendent Dr. Michael Gwatney, Lowery, his mother and sister, Felicia Cowan and Alicia LeRoy, Fannin County High School Principal Dr. Scott Ramsey, Executive Director/Upcomi