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08/September/2019 – Fatal MVC – “C” Shift
A 24 yr old Walterboro woman died from multiple traumatic injuries after she
was ejected from a car in the 10700 block of Round O Road, approx. 4/10 of a
mile south of Cottageville Hwy. (US Hwy 17-A) at Round O Crossroads. The
accident occurred Sunday morning 08-September and was reported at 01:23. The
small Honda sedan was traveling south on Round O Road at a high rate of
speed when it left the roadway and struck several trees. The engine was
thrown from the vehicle as the car began to flip over several times before
coming to rest on its roof in the southbound ditch. Click
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07/September/2019 – Evac Deployment Hurricane Dorian
Colleton County Fire-Rescue’s air medical partner,
Med-trans Corp., deployed 10 rotor aircraft and one fixed wing to the
Lowcountry Regional Airport in preparation for the evacuation of medical
patients during Hurricane Dorian. The crews were originally staged in
Florida but moved north up the coast as the storm’s path moved north.
Med-Trans brought a mobile command post to coordinate their efforts.
Click here for more information.
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02-Sept through 6-Sept – Shelter Operations
With the approach of Hurricane Dorian, came a State of Emergency declaration
by Governor Henry McMaster which ultimately resulted in a coastal evacuation
and the opening of an emergency shelter at Colleton County High School. The
shelter is operated by the Red Cross and supplemented by personnel from
Fire-Rescue, the Sheriff’s Office, National Guard, School District and SLED.
At the peak of the storm, the shelter had 119 residents. The shelter is a
safe place to weather the storm, but it lacks many of the comforts of home.
Firefighter-Paramedics and Deputies are assigned to the shelter to insure a
smooth operation and to assist those staying there. Click
here for more information. |
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04/September/2019 – Structure Fire – “A” Shift
A Ruffin home suffered substantial damage following a kitchen fire Wednesday
evening 04-Septmeber at 21:44. The fire occurred during heavy rains and high
winds of the approaching Hurricane Dorian. The mother was awaken by the
smoke and found the fire in the kitchen. She was able to get everyone out of
the residence before calling 9-1-1. Fire-Rescue was upstaffed due to the
approaching storm and had extra personnel on duty. Engine 7 arrived to find
heavy smoke visible, with flames coming from two sides of the residence.
Click here for more information. |
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29-Aug through 07-Sept – EOC Operations Hurricane
Dorian
Multiple agencies came together to staff the Fire-Rescue Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) located at 108 Simmons Street, for the duration of
Hurricane Dorian. Dorian was a deadly, powerful Category 5 hurricane that
devastated the Bahamas, but fortunately only skirted the coast of South
Carolina before making landfall at the outer banks of North Carolina. The
storm bought heavy rains and some tropical force winds to Colleton County.
The EOC was brought on line early in the storm to monitor the progress and
begin preparing for the effects as it was projected to cause more damage to
SC. Click here for more information. |
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28/August/2019 – Paramedic Graduation
Four Colleton County Firefighter-EMTs graduated from the Paramedic Training
Program at Rescue Training in Savannah Georgia Wednesday morning 28-August.
The graduation ceremony was conducted at Rescue Training’s Savannah facility
at 10:00. The students have been attending the 11 month long, 1500 hour
course since September of 2018. Students attended class in Savannah two days
a week and performed clinical training at several hospitals and EMS agencies
in Georgia and the Lowcountry. Click
here
for more information.
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9/6/2019- Colleton County's Emergency Operations Center will return
to Operational Condition 3 (Normal Operations) at 11:00 AM today.
Click here for more information. |
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9/5/2019- Governor McMaster has lifted the evacuation order for
Colleton County. Click here
for
more information. |
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9/4/2019 - 2:00 PM - Colleton County Officials have provided another
update on Hurricane Dorian. Click here
to view the information. |
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9/4/2019- Colleton County Officials have provided another update on
Hurricane Dorian. Click here
to
view the information. |
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9/3/2019- Colleton County Officials have provided an update to the
information regarding Hurricane Dorian. Click
here to view the information. |
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9/2/2019- As a reminder, Governor McMaster has ordered an evacuation
of Colleton County Zones A and B. Click
here to view a list of roads in Zone A and click
here to view a list of roads in Zone B. You can also go to
www.scemd.org/knowyourzone and in the top left portion of the
map, there is a place to enter your address so see if you are in a
zone. |
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9/2/2019- Colleton County has provided the following updates.
Click here for more information. |
9/1/2019- Governor Orders Evacuation of Portions of Colleton County
At 6:30 PM, Governor McMaster announced an executive order that
includes evacuation of Zones A and B in Colleton County. Click
here for more information. |
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8/31/2019- Colleton County's Emergency Operations Center has moved
to Operational Condition 2. This enables many more
preparations to begin occurring. Click
here for more information. |
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8/30/2019- Colleton County officials continue to monitor Hurricane
Dorion. It is becoming more likely that Colleton County will
experience some sort of impacts from Hurricane Dorion, although it
is still too early to determine what those impacts may be.
Click here for more information. |
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28/August/2019 – Condolences
We offer condolences to the family of
Firefighter Demetrius Gilyard whose mother, Kathy Durant Porter,
passed away 22-August. Funeral arrangements were handled by Riley
Funeral Home in Hampton SC. Please remember their family in your
prayers as they deal with this sudden loss.
https://www.rileyhamptonchapel.com/notices/Kathy-Porter
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8/28/2019- Colleton County Fire-Rescue's Emergency Management
Division continues to monitor Tropical Storm Dorion. While it
is still too early to determine what the effects will be on Colleton
County, citizens should begin reviewing their evacuation and
hurricane plans. Click here for
more information. |
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27/Aug/2019 – Shooting Incident – “A” Shift
A reported drive-by shooting into a home occurred in the
1700 block of White Hall Rd at 00:00 (mid-night) Tuesday 27-August. One
bullet struck a 1 year old boy in the thigh as he slept in the residence.
Fortunately no one else was injured. Sheriff’s Deputies quickly secured the
scene and Firefighter-Paramedics rapidly accessed the child. He was
transported emergent in Fire-Rescue Medic 13 to meet with the CARE Flight
medical helicopter, then flown to the Pediatric Trauma Center at MUSC in
Charleston. Click here for more information.
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24/August/2019 – Motorcycle MVC with ejection – “B”
Shift
A 57 yr old Ruffin man was severely injured in a single vehicle motorcycle
accident Saturday afternoon 24-August at 14:56. An alert motorist noticed
grass was displaced on the shoulder of Sunrise Road near Yamacraw Dr east of
Smoaks. They turned around to investigate and found the man lying
semi-conscious at the wood line. Firefighter-Paramedics from Station # 7 in
Smoaks arrived minutes later and began treating the man’s injuries. Click
here for more information. |
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14-August-2019 – Bleeding
Control Training
Members of Fire-Rescue conducted the BECON (Bleeding
Control) training course for members of Nova Church on Wednesday August 14th
at 18:30. In the one and one half hour course, participants learn that
with little or no medical training they can act as immediate responders to
provide initial trauma care and bleeding control to a victim of traumatic injury
prior to the arrival of emergency services. The course included both
classroom and practical sessions where the participants practiced placing
tourniquets on simulated trauma patients and other bleeding control
techniques. For more information about BECON you can go to
www.bleedingcontrol.org. If you would like to
schedule a class, contact Fire-Rescue Headquarters at 843-539-1960.
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8/13/2019-
Colleton County Fire-Rescue will hold an INTERIM Pre-Employment
Testing (PET) Session on September 25-27, 2019.
Click here for more information. |
