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27/September/2025 - Auto vs Bicycle w Air Evac - "B" Shift
An adult male was seriously injured after he
was struck by a car on Green Pond Hwy at the intersection of
Beachwood Rd Saturday evening 27-September at 19:24. Witnesses
advised the man was riding a dark colored bicycle eastbound on
Beachwood Rd and failed to stop at the stop sign at Green Pond Hwy.
He entered the path of a southbound sedan and was struck by the car.
The man suffered multiple traumatic injuries, including several
fractures. He was treated at the scene by Firefighter-Paramedics,
then transported emergent to the CARE Flight base to meet with the
medical helicopter. Click here for
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26/September/2025 - Monitoring Invest 94L
Colleton County Fire-Rescue's Emergency Management Division,
Colleton County Administration and other local officials have been
meeting throughout the week monitoring the potential development of
Invest 94L and the potential impacts. There is a lot of uncertainty
in the track of Invest 94L; however, emergency officials are
encouraging all residents to use the weekend to prepare in the event
we have a landfall near Colleton County. Fire-Rescue's EMD has
activated a Citizen Emergency Information Page to keep all residents
informed. Please visit
www.colletonfire.com/info for additional information. |
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24/September/2025 - Structure Fire - "B" Shift
At 09:17, Wednesday morning 24-September, a passing
motorist reported a residential structure fire in the 8300 block of Augusta
Hwy. at Can City Road. Engine 17 arrived about 5 minutes later to find a
single story residential wood frame structure with heavy smoke visible from
all sides. Flames were venting from the side windows. Firefighter-Paramedics
forced the front door and advanced a single handline into the structure.
They quickly knocked down the flames in a back bedroom. The fire had already
breached the attic space. Click here for
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18/September/2025 - Structure Fire - "A" Shift
Smoke alarms are being credited with saving two people
from an early morning structure fire that occurred Thursday 18-Sept at
03:27. The occupants of a home in the 300 block of Pine Needle Road
were awakened by the smoke alarms and were able to escape the home. They
noted the home was filling with smoke and they could feel the heat from the
fire in the attic. As they ran from the residence they saw the roof was in
flames. The couple ran to several neighbors homes before they could wake
someone to notify 9-1-1. A Sheriff's Deputy on patrol in the neighborhood
drove up on the fire minutes later.Click here for
additional information. |
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13/September/2025 - Fatal MVC with Entrapment - "B" Shift
An adult female sadly perished in a head-on collision
on Lowcountry Hwy. (US Hwy 21) near Catkin Ln approx. 1-1/2 miles north of
I-95 Saturday morning 13-Sept. at 04:18. A southbound Dodge pickup truck
crossed into the northbound lane and struck a tractor trailer head-on. The
semi-truck drove off of the right shoulder attempting to avoid the crash.
The truck driver suffered non-life threatening injuries. The pickup truck
driver was unrestrained and heavily entrapped in the wreckage. Click
here for additional information. |
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11/September/2025 - Structure Fire - "A" Shift
Fire-Rescue responded to a structure fire in the 400
block of Cumberland Street Thursday afternoon 11-Sept. At 15:06, the
occupant returned home from picking her children up from school and found
the home on fire. Engine 1 arrived to find the doublewide mobile home with
heavy smoke showing from all sides of the building. The occupant
advised there were several animals inside the building. Firefighters made
entry through the front door and discovered two deceased canines in cages
near the front door. They pulled the animals from the home, but they were
beyond help. Click here for additional
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04/September/2025 - Camper Fire - "C" Shift
At 10:04, Thursday morning 04-Sept, Fire-Rescue units
were dispatched to the 400 block of Locklair Ln for a camper fire. The
camper was used as a residence. Engine 19 arrived to find the small camper
fully involved and partially collapsed. Crews deployed one handline to
extinguish the fire. The camper and all of the contents were destroyed. No
injuries were reported during the incident. The fire was reportedly
intentionally set. The cause is under investigation. Click
here for addrional information. |
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02/September/2025 - Fatal MVC with Entrapment - "A" Shift
A Colleton County teenager was tragically killed and
two other people were injured in a two vehicle MVC in the 600 block of White
Hall Road Tuesday evening 02-September. The accident was reported at 18:02.
A southbound Honda, driven by a 15 year old male, dropped off of the
shoulder and over-corrected. The small car slid sideways, crossed into the
northbound lane where it was struck in the passenger's side by a northbound
Dodge truck. The two vehicles went off of the northbound shoulder and struck
a large pine tree. Click here for more
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31/August/2025 - Overturned Vehicle MVC - "A" Shift
Two unrestrained teenagers were injured when the
Suburban they were in left the roadway, overturned and struck a tree. The
accident occurred on a rural dirt road near Possum Corner Road, Sunday
evening 31-August at 19:30. A 16 yr old female and 13 yr old male were
treated at the scene, then transported with non-life threatening injuries to
HCA Colleton Hospital in Walterboro. The SC Highway Patrol is investigating
the MVC. Click here for additional information.
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29/August/2025 - Dive Response / Law Enforcement Assist - "C" Shift
At 12:43 Friday 29-August, Fire-Rescue Divers assisted
the Sheriff's Office with the recovery of a stolen safe from Black Creek in
the 4100 block of Cane Branch Road. Detectives received information the safe
had been thrown off of the bridge into the creek. Divers entered the 15 foot
waters and found the safe. Deputies pulled it from the creek. Units were on
the scene for approximately an hour. Click here
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28/August/2025 - Motorcycle vs Dog MVC - "B" Shift
An adult male was severely injured when the
Kawasaki motorcycle he was riding struck a dog in the 900 block of Ruffin
Road Thursday evening 28-Aug at 18:11. The motorcycle was west bound on
Ruffin Road when the dog exited a wooded area and entered the roadway.
Following the collision, the motorcycle slid several hundred feet blocking
the road.The driver was not wearing a helmet and suffered multiple traumatic
injuries. The canine was killed. Click here
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27/August/2025 - Fall with Air Evac - "A" Shift
An adult male received multiple injuries in
fall from a ladder Wednesday morning 27-Aug at 10:04. The home is
newly constructed along the Edisto River in some old rice fields
approximately 5 miles from an improved road. Fire-Rescue units were
sent to an address on Hope Plantation Road which was a substantial
distance from the actual location. The home was actually located at
the end of Ti Ti Road several miles from the reported location.
Click here for additional information.
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24/August/2025 - MVC with Air Evac - "A" Shift
A three vehicle accident in the 1700 Block of
Robertson Blvd. at the Convenience Site, sent three people to the
hospital Sunday afternoon 24-August at 13:09. Two people were
transported with non-life threatening injuries to HCA Colleton
Hospital in Walterboro. A third patient, an adult male, suffered a
head injury and was transported by Fire-Rescue Ambulance to the CARE
Flight base to meet with the Flight Crew. He was flown to the
Trauma Center at MUSC in Charleston. The SC Highway Patrol is
investigating the MVC. Click here for
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23/August/2025 - Mutual Aid Response to Orangeburg County - "C"
Shift
At 13:47, Colleton County received a mutual aid
request from Orangeburg County Fire-Rescue for Tenders, to assist
with water supply for a large scrap yard fire at Don's Car Crushing,
1191 White Sands Road near Holly Hill. Units from Orangeburg,
Dorchester, Berkeley and Charleston Counties were already on
the scene. Colleton dispatched five, 3000 gallon Tenders and a
Battalion Chief to assist. Colleton units were at the scene until
04:00 Sunday morning. Click here for
additional information. |
22/August/2025 - Promotion Annoucement
The Fire-Rescue Department is proud to announce the promotion of
Engineer Paramedic Tony Keen to the rank of Lieutenant. Please join
us in congratulating Lieutenant Keen and wish him the best of luck
in his new role. |
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16/August/2025 - High Speed MVC - "A" Shift
An adult male received life threatening
injuries after his pickup truck left I-95, struck a guard rail and
plummeted into Ivanhoe Creek at 01:18 Saturday morning 16-Aug. The
truck overturned several times receiving heavy damage. A second
vehicle was also damaged when it struck debris in the highway
following the first collision. The small car was disabled and
blocked one lane of I-95. Firefighter-Paramedics scaled down the
embankment and traversed waist deep water to reach the injured man.
Firefighters rigged ropes and placed a ladder down the embankment to
assist with his recovery. Click here for
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15/August/2025 - SCHP Escort - "A" Shift
Hundreds of First Responders lined I-26 and the overpasses to honor
fallen State Trooper Dennis Ricks Friday morning 15-August. Ricks
died from injuries sustained during a traffic stop on I-26 in
Orangeburg County earlier in the week. It was reported that Ricks
was struck by a box truck and sustained life threatening injuries.
He was transported to the Trauma Center at HCA Trident Hospital in
North Charleston, but sadly did not survive. Click
here for additional information. |
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11/August/2025 - Car vs Tree MVC - "B" Shift
Two people were critically injured and a third
person received multiple injuries Monday morning 11-Aug when their
passenger car struck a tree that fell across the highway. The
accident occurred at 03:43. The southbound Mustang was traveling on
a dark rural section of Cottageville Hwy. (US Hwy 17-A) near Merrick
Dr. when it struck the tree. The large pine tree had fallen across
the highway, blocking the entire road. The front occupants received
the worst injuries. Fire-Rescue Medc 19 arrived and requested a
second Fire-Rescue ambulance due to the number of patients and the
severity of their injuries. Click here
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