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30/October/2014 MVC with Overturned Vehicle A Shift
Six people were injured, including three children, in a two car MVC at the
intersection of Live Oak Street and Fourth Street Thursday afternoon
30-October at 15:36. Engine 19 and Medic 19 arrived to find one over-turned
vehicle in a ditch after the BMW was struck broadside by a second vehicle.
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10/29/2014-
We wish to offer condolences to Firefighter-EMT Will Worrell and his family
on the death of his Grandmother, Ms. Nellie Worrell who passed away
yesterday. Visitation for Ms. Nellie Ruth Worrell will be held Thursday
evening at McAlister-Smith Funeral Home, Goose Creek Chapel located at 869
St. James Avenue, Goose Creek, SC from 18:00 to 20:00. The funeral service
will be conducted at Worship Center Church of God, 124 Red Bank Road, Goose
Creek, SC, Friday 31-Oct at 11:00. Please remember the Worrell family in
your prayers.
http://www.mcalister-smith.com/book-of-memories/1971417/Worrell-Nellie/service-details.php |
10/28/2014-
There will be three Ebola Informational Updates held today, tomorrow and
Thursday at 12:00. Click
here
to view the meeting links. |
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27/October/2014 - MVC/MCI
15 people were transported to Colleton Medical Center after a small car ran
into the back of a stopped school bus in the 1000 block of Nunuville Road
north of Walterboro Monday morning 27-October at 08:10. The LCAA School Bus
was stopped to pick up children and was utilizing its warning lights. Click
here for more information. |
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26/October/2014 MVC with entrapment & Air Evac C
Shift
A single vehicle MVC on I-95 near the 54 mile marker NB, sent three people
to the hospital Sunday afternoon 26-Ocotber. At 13:47, the accident was
reported after a small Buick left the roadway and entered the wooded median.
The vehicle struck several trees causing heavy damage. A rear passenger
suffered multiple traumatic injuries, with bystanders advising he was
unconscious following the accident. Click here
for more information. |
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24 & 25 / Oct / 2014 Structure Fires A Shift
A fire in the kitchen of a mobile home was possibly started from a small
explosion from materials used in a small meth lab located in the residence
at 342 Ramsey Hill Road. The incident was reported Friday evening 24-October
at 20:04. A neighbor reported hearing a pop and noticed smoke coming from
the mobile home. Click here for more
information. |
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24/October/2014 Structure Fire C Shift
At 07:16 Friday morning 24-October, Fire-Rescue was dispatched to a
structure fire at 18033 Round O Road. Engine 19 arrived to find light smoke
coming from the eaves of the doublewide mobile. According the caller, coals
from the fire place had been put on the back porch the evening before. Click
here for more information. |
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22/October/2014 Structure Fire B shift
At 20:30, a Ruffin man narrowly escaped his burning home Wednesday evening
22-October after he was awakened by the heat and smoke inside his residence.
He attempted to extinguish the fire which he stated was above the stove
before he was driven from the home. The man ran to a neighbors house to
call 9-1-1. Click here for more information. |
10/20/2014-
We have been notified by SCDOT that they will be replacing the bridge on Red
Oak Road over Sandy Run Creek (at Red Oak Nursery) beginning 29-October.
This location is just north of Timber Bay Drive. The road will be closed
until 08-January. Traffic will be detoured. Please plan accordingly. |
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17/October/2014 MVC with entrapment & Air Evac C
Shift
Two adult males received suspected life threatening injuries in a single car
crash in the 3000 block of Charleston Hwy (SC Hwy 64), just east of
Brittlebank Road, Friday evening 17-October. At 20:45, 9-1-1 received
several reports of the accident advising a person was trapped and the car
was on fire. Engine 24 arrived minutes later to find the Cadillac off the
south side of the highway in a ditch. Click here
for more information. |
10/17/2014-
There will be a number of Ebola Informational Presentations offered
beginning today. Click
here for
more information. |
10/15/2014-
We wish to congratulate Firefighter-Paramedic Brent Ellis on successfully
obtaining Paramedic Certification. This one year training program requires a
great commitment on behalf of the employee. Ellis completed the course at
Lowcountry Regional EMS Council in Charleston. |
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07/October/2014 MVC with entrapment, Air Evac & HazMat
B Shift
A 49 year old Walterboro woman was severely injured in a high speed MVC in
the 1400 block of Confederate Highway (SC Hwy 641) Tuesday afternoon
07-October. At 15:28, 9-1-1 began receiving reports of an overturned tractor
trailer with one person ejected. Callers advised the truck was on top of the
patient. Medic 18, Rescue 18 and Engine 4 arrived to find a tractor trailer
on its side and a female patient trapped partially under the cab. Click
here for more
information. |
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06/October/2014 Fatal MVC with entrapment & Air Evac A
shift
A 62 year old Colleton County man passed away at the MUSC Trauma Center
following a motor vehicle accident on Robertson Blvd at Howe Ct. The
accident was reported at 14:32 Monday afternoon 06-October. A caller
notified 9-1-1 that a vehicle had left the roadway and was stuck in a
culvert pipe. Firefighter-Paramedics arrived to find the Nissan pickup truck
in a concrete draining pipe under Howe Court. Click
here for more
information. |
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02/October/2014 MVC with entrapment C shift
An adult female received non-life threatening, multiple traumatic injuries
in a single vehicle roll-over accident Thursday afternoon 02-October at
15:18. The woman was driving a Dodge pickup truck pulling a camping trailer
northbound on I-95 near the 67 mile marker, when the trailer began swaying.
This caused the pickup truck to lose control and over-turn. The camper
disintegrated into a pile of rubble as the pickup truck landed on the debris
blocking one northbound lane. Click
here for more
information. |
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10/01/2014 - Fire Prevention Month
Fire-Rescue began the month long Fire Prevention and Life Safety Education
in the schools on 01-October. This years activities began at Black Street
Early Development Center with the K-4 and K-5 programs. The program
actually runs throughout the year with presentations and demonstrations for
all age groups, but a concentrated effort to teach the younger school aged
children coincides with National Fire Prevention Week during October. With
the large number of students and schools involved, Fire-Rescues program is
stretched out over the entire month to reach all public and private
elementary schools in the unincorporated areas, as well as the pre-schools
and day care centers. Click
here for more information.
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01/October/2014 Structure Fire B Shift
At 10:16 01-Oct, Firefighter-EMT Paul Bagley was returning home after a
24-hour shift. As he traveled along a rural stretch of Augusta Hwy (SC Hwy
61) he noticed heavy black smoke in the distance. Bagley determined the
smoke was off of Youmans Lane, a dead end dirt road, and went to
investigate. He found a singlewide mobile at the end of the road, fully
involved and almost completely destroyed.
Fire-Rescue units responded, but there was little to be saved. Click
here for more
information. |