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18/April/2018 Structure and Woods Fire A Shift
A Sheriffs Deputy patrolling on Jefferies Highway (US Hwy 15) Wednesday
afternoon 18-April, located a large woods fire in the 4200 block. At 16:51,
Fire-Rescue was dispatched to the location. On arrival, Engine 19 found a
fast moving woods fire behind several businesses and a storage building, a
storage container and multiple vehicles on fire. A structural assignment was
requested bringing three additional stations, as well as a tractor from the
Forestry Commission. Click here for more
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04/16/2018 - Click here to view a public service
announcement recognizing National Volunteer Week. |
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04/16/2018 - Click here to view a public service
announcement regarding our Emergency Management Division's (EMD) Community
Emergency Response Team (CERT) in local community centers. |
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15/April/2018 Structure Fire C Shift
Firefighters saved a residence at 650 Winter Drive Sunday
morning 15-April at 01:01. Engine 9 arrived at the location to find the
wooden porch on the exterior of the singlewide mobile home well involved.
Firefighters deployed one 1-3/4 handline to the building and quickly knocked
down the flames. The fire had burned into the living space and entered the
attic. Firefighters removed the siding and pulled the ceiling in the living
room to reach the remaining flames. Click here
for more information.
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14/April/2018 Structure and woods fire C Shift
A person walked up to Station # 26 reporting a woods fire off of Winning Way
Saturday afternoon 14-April at 15:01. Engine 26 arrived in the area and
located the fire in the 200 block of Lightning Bug Lane. The fast moving
grass and woods fire burned under a mobile home igniting the building.
Firefighters deployed multiple handlines to combat the fire and requested a
structural response. Crews pulled the siding off of the back of the building
to reach the fire inside the wall. Crews were able to stop the spread of the
fire in the mobile home, saving the building. Click
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14/April/2018 MVC with Air Evac C Shift
An adult male from New York was critically injured in a single car MVC near
the 62 mile marker northbound on Interstate 95 Saturday afternoon 14-April.
At 12:38 Fire-Rescue was notified of the accident when a Dodge Dakota pickup
truck left the highway at a high rate of speed just north of the McLeod Road
interchange. The vehicle over corrected and left the roadway a second time,
entered the median, then struck several trees. The impact caused heavy
damage to the small pickup truck and ejected the male passenger. Click
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08/April/2018 Shooting Incident B Shift
At 02:40 Sunday morning 08-April, Medic 7 and Station # 17 were dispatched
to a reported vehicle accident with a car in the ditch in the 8800 block of
Augusta Hwy (SC Hwy 61) in the Springtown Community. Deputies arrived
minutes later, advising there were two patients with gunshot wounds and the
patients appeared to be deceased. When Firefighter-Paramedics arrived they
found the passenger car in the ditch on the southbound side of the highway.
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05/April/2018 Structure Fire C Shift
An unattended grass fire destroyed an approximately 800
sq. ft building near the intersection of Winchester Rd and Jefferies Hwy.
Thursday evening 05-April at 20:54. Engine 19 arrived to find the building
well involved. Firefighters deployed two handlines to extinguish the
structure. The building suffered considerable damage. Apparently someone had
been burning off the property most of the day. When the fire was reported
there was no one watching the fire. Click here
for more information.
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