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19/April/2019 – MVC with Entrapment – “A” Shift
At 20:28, two vehicles collided in the intersection of Jefferies Hwy
(US Hwy 15) and Industrial Road Friday evening 19-April during poor
weather conditions. Fire-Rescue units arrived to find a pickup truck
in the southbound ditch and a Toyota passenger car in the northbound
ditch. Bystanders advised the 17 yr. old female driver of the Toyota
had been unconscious following the accident. The patient was trapped
in the wreckage. The 46 yr. old male driver of the pickup was
already out of his vehicle and complained of non-life threatening
traumatic injuries. Click here for more
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17/April/2019 – Structure Fire – “A” Shift
A juvenile and two teens saved a 66 year old woman from a burning
home Wednesday 17-April. At 09:43, 9-1-1 was notified of a fire in
the kitchen at a residence located at 7671 Rehoboth Road just south
of Augusta Highway (SC Hwy 61). Firefighter-Paramedics responded
from Station # 36 about 1 mile away and arrived minutes later to
find smoke coming from all sides of the singlewide mobile home and
flames coming from the front of the structure. Crews deployed one
1-3/4 handline, entered through the front door and quickly knocked
down the fire which was contained to the area of the kitchen. Click
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13/April/2019 – Florida Dive Training
Ten Fire-Rescue personnel traveled to Williston
Florida to obtain certification in Advanced Open Water Diving. The
group traveled to Blue Grotto and received training in night diving,
buoyancy control, underwater navigation and made dives up to 100
feet. The course was taught by Craig Collier and Battalion Chief
Brent Dalton served as Dive Master. The course took place Saturday
and Sunday 13-14 April. Click here
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12/April/2019 – Structure Fire – “C” Shift
Firefighters saved a portion of the structure at 443 Smokey Bear
Lane Friday afternoon 12-April. At 15:14, 9-1-1 received a call
from a female inside the building advising the structure was on
fire. Firefighter arrived minutes later to find moderate smoke
coming from the building and flames visible from a window. The metal
building was contained a garage and residential living area. The
fire appeared to have started in a utility room of the garage area.
Crews deployed two 1-3/4 handlines and made entry through the front
door. Click here for more information. |
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09-April-2019 – F.A.S.T. Training at Con ED for
April
SC F.A.S.T. (South Carolina Fires Responders Assistance and Support
Team) Awareness training is being held at the four continuing
education classes during the Month of April. Mitch and Angie
Stewart, who are the Lowcountry Region Coordinators, are
facilitating the training. SC FAST consists of First
Responders, EMS, Public Safety and 911 Telecommunications who will
deliver the initial Behavioral Health Awareness training. SC FAST
will provide this training to our state’s First Responders, upon
request, and will continue to develop a comprehensive plan to
develop a statewide Peer Outreach program. Click
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31/March/2019 – MVC with Air Evac – “C” Shift
A Colleton County man was critically injured in a motor vehicle
collision Sunday evening 31-March at 21:00 at the intersection of
Hendersonville Hwy (US Hwy 17-A) and Combahee Road. The man had
apparently lost control of the motorcycle he was driving and was
lying in the southbound lane of Hendersonville Hwy. A passenger car
traveling southbound on the dark stretch of rural highway, struck
the man. The driver of the car was not injured and immediately
stopped to render aid. An off-duty Firefighter-EMT arrived minutes
later to assist. Click here for more
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30/March/2019 – MVC with Entrapment and Air
Evac – “B” Shift
Six people were injured, two critically, in a three car head-on
collision in the 15000 block of Cottageville Hwy. (US Hwy 17-A) just
south of McDanieltown Road near the Edisto River Saturday evening
30-March. At 20:13, 9-1-1 Operators began receiving multiple reports
of the motor vehicle crash reporting one child was not breathing and
a second patient was trapped in the wreckage. Initial reports
indicated nine people were hurt, however only six required ambulance
transportation from the scene. Click here
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25/March/2019 – Structure Fire – “C” Shift
A large storage building was destroyed at 152 Candlelight Road
Monday evening 25-March. The incident was reported at 20:52 when the
homeowner discovered the 20x20 building ablaze. Engine 19 arrived to
find the wood frame building with tin siding fully involved
threatening one vehicle. Engine 19 deployed it’s deckgun and quickly
knocked down the fire saving the collectable car. Crews deployed two
handlines to extinguish the fire and spent about 1-1/2 hours
removing the contents to completely extinguish the fire. Click
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25/March/2019 – Woods/Building Fire – “C” Shift
An unattended yard debris fire spread to a neighbors yard destroying
an outside storage building, an automobile and heavily damaging a
second small storage unit Monday afternoon 25-March. The incident
was reported at 16:53 behind 3565 Cooks Hill Road. Engine 1 set up
on Cooks Hill Road, while Tender 1 accessed the fire from a
residence on Barley Ct. The fire spread to a third property and
burned approx. ¾ of an acre. One Forestry Tractor was requested and
cut a line around the woods fire. Click here
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24/March/2019 – Woods Fires – All Shifts
Fire-Rescue and the Forestry Commission have been busy responding to
twenty two woods fires over the past week. The largest was a control
burn that jumped the fire lines off of Sniders Hwy just west of I-95
on Monday 18-March. Fire-Rescue had 12 units protecting structures,
while three Forestry tractors spent five hours working to contain
the fire. Approx. 62 acres burned. The fires continued through the
week peeking Saturday as people began to clean property and burn
debris. Click here for more information. |
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24/March/2019 – Carolina Children’s Charity
Collections – All Shifts
Fire-Rescue collected money through a boot drive at several
businesses over the last two weeks for the annual Carolina
Children’s Charity fund drive. Firefighters in Berkeley, Charleston,
Colleton and Dorchester Counties participate in the annual fund
drive to assist children and their families in those counties with
medical expenses. This year Colleton Firefighters collected at Bi-Lo
in Walterboro and Edisto Beach, Walmart on Bells Hwy, IGA on Wichman
Street and the BP Station in Cottageville. We are grateful to the
those businesses for allowing us to collect at their locations.
Click here for more information. |
