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30/March/2020 – Structure Fire – “B” Shift
Fire-Rescue units responded to a structure fire at 194 Siegler Drive Monday
afternoon 30-March at 16:00. Engine 19 arrived to find heavy smoke coming
from a singlewide mobile home with flames venting from the rear of the
structure. Crews deployed one 1-3/4 handline and quickly knocked down the
fire in the kitchen. The remainder of the home suffered smoke and heat
damage. The fire originated on the stove. The Sheriff’s Office is looking in
the circumstances surrounding the fire. Click
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24/March/2020 – Structure Fire – “A” Shift
A storage building was destroyed and a camper used as a residence was
damaged in an early morning fire in the 400 block of Honey Lane, Tuesday
morning 24-March. 9-1-1 was alerted to the fire at 03:09. Engine 19 arrived
to find the approx. 15x20 storage building fully involved and the end of the
camper was on fire. Firefighter-Paramedics deployed two handlines, one to
extinguish the camper and one to protect a nearby exposure, a singlewide
mobile home located approx. 7 feet from the camper. Crews quickly had the
camper under control. Click here for more
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21/March/2020 – Structure Fire – “B” Shift
A residential structure was heavily damaged in an afternoon fire Saturday
21-March at 16:10. Engine 19 arrived to find smoke and flames coming from
the singlewide mobile home at 964 Redtail Court. The fire is thought to have
started from an electrical problem and spread under the entire length of the
mobile home before Fire-Rescue units arrived. The fire burned up into the
walls in several areas and burned into the living room where the fire place
was located. Click here for more information. |
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17/March/2020 – Structure Fire – “C” Shift
A residential structure received moderate damage and the
family was displaced following a fire in the kitchen Tuesday morning
17-March. The incident occurred at a Browntown Ln residence and reported at
01:40. Engine 13 arrived to find light smoke coming from the single family
residential structure. Firefighter-Paramedics found the wall behind the
refrigerator burning with flames extending across the ceiling. Crews
deployed one 1-3/4 handline and quickly brought the fire under control.
Crews checked for extension but the fire was contained to the area of
origin. Click here for more information.
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15/March/2020 – Multi-vehicle MVC – “B” Shift
A five vehicle high speed MVC on I-95 injured 11 people Sunday evening
15-March. The incident was reported at the 59 mile marker northbound at
21:31. Northbound traffic was slowing in the area when a northbound Mercedes
struck one vehicle in the rear, entered the median, reentered the highway
and struck a second vehicle in the rear causing heavy damage to all three
cars. The third vehicle was pushed into a fourth vehicle on a trailer which
damage it, the trailer and the truck pulling the trailer. Click
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12/March/2020 – Blood Delivery
Colleton County Fire-Rescue took delivery of its first shipment of whole
blood from the Blood Connection Thursday morning 12-March. The units of
blood were distributed to ambulances in several areas of the county as part
of a Pilot Project approved by SC DHEC in December. After a year of meetings
and presentations the department was given permission to perform whole blood
transfusions in the pre-hospital setting on critical trauma and medical
patients meeting certain criteria. Fire-Rescue plans to show that
administering blood to the critical patients will improve survivability.
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