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1/11/2019- Anyone interested in joining the Colleton County
Fire-Rescue Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) should register
for the upcoming training. CERT will host basic training
designed to help prepare people to help themselves and others in the
event of a catastrophic disaster. The classes will be held on
January 22, 2019 through February 2, 2019, at Colleton County
Fire-Rescue Station 19, 1118 Thunderbolt Drive. The registration
deadline is Friday, January 18th, unless the class fills
early. CERT Click
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1/10/2019 - The new Bowling Alley (Lowcountry
Lanes) at 226 Wichman Street in Walterboro is offering free games
tonight to Firefighters and Police Officers. The company running the
facility has renovated the building and installed new equipment. If
you do not have your own bowling shoes, there is a rental fee for
the shoes.
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1/9/2019 - Click
here to
view the 2018 CCFR Statistical Report. Despite having a 2%
increase in call volume, our average response time decreased by 41
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07/January/2019 – Bleeding Control Training Forest Hills Elem
Fire-Rescue personnel and School District Head Nurse Denya Dingle,
RN conducted another Active Shooter and Bleeding Control Training
Session for the teachers and staff at Forest Hills Elem School
Monday 07-January. The training aims to educate the first people on
the scene how to properly manage bleeding injuries and improve their
skills during an active shooter incident. Fire-Rescue is working
with the School District to train the teachers, bus drivers and
staff. Click here for more information. |
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07/January/2019 – Shooting Incident – “C” Shift
A 36 yr. male received a gun shot wound to the lower abdomen during
a domestic dispute in the 200 block of Weiters Street Monday morning
07-January at 04:49. Firefighter-Paramedics responded with
Walterboro Police and found the man lying in the front yard. He had
been reportedly shot with a high powered rifle. Firefighters quickly
treated the man at the scene and requested a medical helicopter,
which was not immediately available. Click here for more
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05/January/2019 – Structure and Vehicle Fire –
“A” Shift
A pickup truck was destroyed and a singlewide mobile home damaged in
an early morning fire at 221 McCune Branch Road near the Town of
Lodge Saturday morning 05-January. At 04:06, 9-1-1 received a report
of the vehicle fire at the location with the caller advising the
vehicle was well involved and ten feet from the house. A few minutes
later another caller reported the home was on fire. The incident was
upgraded to a structure fire, adding three additional stations to
the response. Click here for more
information.
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02/January/2019 – Bleeding Control Training
Fire-Rescue continued training educators in
Bleeding Control (BCON) and protective measures during a seminar at
Colleton Prep Tuesday morning 02-January. The training session was
held in the library at CPA and was conducted by Deputy Chief Greene,
Asst. Chief Stallings, Battalion Chief Dalton and Capt. Janet Laney.
Over 40 teachers, administrators, and staff participated in the
training and learned basic bleeding control techniques. Fire-Rescue
placed several B-Con Kits at locations in the school. Click
here for more information.
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01/January/2018 – MVC with Air Evac – “C” Shift
The first response of the new year sent five people to a Trauma
Center. At 00:30 on 01-January a northbound Lincoln traveling in the
2900 block of Robertson Blvd crossed the center line and struck a
southbound Honda Accord head-on resulting in heavy damage to both
vehicles. Five people, including two children in the Accord suffered
significant injuries. The driver of the Lincoln fled the scene on
foot, but was apprehend by Law Enforcement a short time later. Click
here for more information. |
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