Gunman calls firefighters to his home, then takes them hostage A gunman called firefighters to his home in the US state of Georgia before taking them hostage. The man barricaded himself in a home in Georgia on Wednesday, initially taking five firefighters as hostages before releasing one of his captives, officials said. The firefighters were taken hostage after they responded to a home in Suwanee, about 56 kilometres northeast of Atlanta, on what was believed to be a medical call, police and fire officials said. "There was no indication that they would meet with someone who was hostile," said Tommy Rutledge, spokesman for the Gwinnett County Fire Department. The hostage-taker has since allowed one of the firefighters to leave in order to move a fire truck away from the front of the home, Rutledge said. "We're not getting any word that any of our firefighters have been injured," he said. Rutledge said the firefighters had alerted their dispatch centre about the incident, but he could not say whether they were still in contact with officials. Television footage of the scene showed a well-groomed neighbourhood of two-storey homes filled with police cars and fire engines. Residents were not being allowed in or out of the neighbourhood, which they described in television reports as quiet.