The TBI
Ground teams, such as the TBI (Tennessee Bureau of Information), FBI, Blount County Sheriff’s Department, Blount County Search and Rescue Team, Blount County Fire Department, and Blount County Chief Deputy Jeff French, carried out grid searches to find Kaydon.
A Community Comes Together
When word got out that Kaydon disappeared, the local community reached out as well. An IPAWS (Integrated Public Alert & Warning System) message was broadcast a few hours later.