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30/March/2020 Structure Fire B Shift
Fire-Rescue units responded to a structure fire at 194 Siegler Drive Monday
afternoon 30-March at 16:00. Engine 19 arrived to find heavy smoke coming
from a singlewide mobile home with flames venting from the rear of the
structure. Crews deployed one 1-3/4 handline and quickly knocked down the
fire in the kitchen. The remainder of the home suffered smoke and heat
damage. The fire originated on the stove. The Sheriffs Office is looking in
the circumstances surrounding the fire. Click
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24/March/2020 Structure Fire A Shift
A storage building was destroyed and a camper used as a residence was
damaged in an early morning fire in the 400 block of Honey Lane, Tuesday
morning 24-March. 9-1-1 was alerted to the fire at 03:09. Engine 19 arrived
to find the approx. 15x20 storage building fully involved and the end of the
camper was on fire. Firefighter-Paramedics deployed two handlines, one to
extinguish the camper and one to protect a nearby exposure, a singlewide
mobile home located approx. 7 feet from the camper. Crews quickly had the
camper under control. Click here for more
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21/March/2020 Structure Fire B Shift
A residential structure was heavily damaged in an afternoon fire Saturday
21-March at 16:10. Engine 19 arrived to find smoke and flames coming from
the singlewide mobile home at 964 Redtail Court. The fire is thought to have
started from an electrical problem and spread under the entire length of the
mobile home before Fire-Rescue units arrived. The fire burned up into the
walls in several areas and burned into the living room where the fire place
was located. Click here for more information. |
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17/March/2020 Structure Fire C Shift
A residential structure received moderate damage and the
family was displaced following a fire in the kitchen Tuesday morning
17-March. The incident occurred at a Browntown Ln residence and reported at
01:40. Engine 13 arrived to find light smoke coming from the single family
residential structure. Firefighter-Paramedics found the wall behind the
refrigerator burning with flames extending across the ceiling. Crews
deployed one 1-3/4 handline and quickly brought the fire under control.
Crews checked for extension but the fire was contained to the area of
origin. Click here for more information.
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15/March/2020 Multi-vehicle MVC B Shift
A five vehicle high speed MVC on I-95 injured 11 people Sunday evening
15-March. The incident was reported at the 59 mile marker northbound at
21:31. Northbound traffic was slowing in the area when a northbound Mercedes
struck one vehicle in the rear, entered the median, reentered the highway
and struck a second vehicle in the rear causing heavy damage to all three
cars. The third vehicle was pushed into a fourth vehicle on a trailer which
damage it, the trailer and the truck pulling the trailer. Click
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12/March/2020 Blood Delivery
Colleton County Fire-Rescue took delivery of its first shipment of whole
blood from the Blood Connection Thursday morning 12-March. The units of
blood were distributed to ambulances in several areas of the county as part
of a Pilot Project approved by SC DHEC in December. After a year of meetings
and presentations the department was given permission to perform whole blood
transfusions in the pre-hospital setting on critical trauma and medical
patients meeting certain criteria. Fire-Rescue plans to show that
administering blood to the critical patients will improve survivability.
Click here for more information. |
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3/11/2020 - We are hiring! Colleton County Fire-Rescue will
conduct an interim Pre-Employment Testing Session on March 25-27,
2020. Are you a talented, caring, and skilled Firefighter,
Firefighter/EMT or Firefighter/Paramedic? Join our team.
Click here for more information. |
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11/March/2020 Structure Fire C Shift
A Bent Gate Lane residence was destroyed in an early morning fire Wednesday
11-March. At 01:10, 9-1-1 was notified of the fire in a residence. Engine 7
arrived to find the singlewide mobile home well involved. The roof had
already collapsed and most of the structure had already burned out. Crews
deployed two hand lines and worked for about 25 minutes to extinguish the
remaining fire. A second roof had been added to the building and both the
new and old metal roofs had to be removed before Firefighters could finish
dousing the flames. Click here for more
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3/10/2020 - Click
here to
view Colleton County's public service announcement regarding Coronavirus
(COVID-19) |
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09/March/2020 MVC with entrapment and Air Evac B
Shift
A 39 yr. old North Charleston man was seriously injured in a single car high
speed MVC on Charleston Hwy (SC Hwy 64) at Nettles Ln Monday morning
09-March at 08:04. First arriving units found the vehicle down an embankment
on the west bound side of the highway. The vehicle appeared to have dropped
off of the shoulder, over-corrected and enter the ditch, striking a power
pole and breaking it. The car received heavy damage, trapping the driver
inside the wreckage. Click here for more
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07/March/2020 Emergency Services Softball Tournament
The 9th Annual Emergency Services Softball Tournament was held on
07-March-2020 at the Colleton County Recreation Center north of Walterboro.
Only five teams participated this year for the tournament which is open to
emergency service and military personnel. The departments participating this
year where, Charleston Fire Dept., Mount Pleasant Fire Dept., Dorchester
County Fire-Rescue, St. Johns Fire Dept and Colleton County Fire-Rescue. St.
Johns Fire Dept took first place with Charleston Fire Dept snagging the
second place trophy. Click here for more
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2/9/2020- We offer condolences to Station # 7
Captain John Graham on the death of his eldest son, John E. Graham
Jr. who passed away last Thursday. Funeral Services will be
conducted by Ott Funeral Home in Branchville and will be held at
Smoaks Baptist Church 482 Lodge Hwy, Smoaks, Monday 10-February at
11:00. The burial will be held in the church cemetery. The Graham
family will received friends one hour before the service at the
church. Please remember their family in your prayers.
https://www.ottfh.com/obituaries/John-E-Graham-Jr?obId=10944173#/celebrationWall |
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2/6/2020 - We are hiring! Colleton County Fire-Rescue will
conduct an interim Pre-Employment Testing Session on March 25-27,
2020. Are you a talented, caring, and skilled Firefighter,
Firefighter/EMT or Firefighter/Paramedic? Join our team.
Click here for more information. |
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05/March/2020 High Speed MVC - C Shift
A local teenager is lucky to be alive following a high speed crash in the
9000 block of Charleston Hwy (SC Hwy 64) near Neyles Crossroads Thursday
morning 05-March at 02:20. The Nissan passenger car left the roadway and
struck a power pole breaking it into three pieces before colliding with a
tree. The car received massive damage. The initial reports indicated the
driver was trapped in the wreckage, however she was out of the vehicle when
responders reached the scene. Click here for more
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04/March/2020 Director of the Year Award
Deputy Chief David Greene was awarded the SC Emergency
Management Director of the Year award by the SC Emergency Management
Association on the final day of their annual conference at Myrtle Beach
Wednesday evening 04-March. Chief Greene was recognized for his
accomplishments in reorganizing the Countys Emergency Management Division
which was placed under Fire-Rescue in January 2018. Click
here for more information.
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04/March/2020 MVC with entrapment and Air Evac B
Shift
Two men we injured in a head-on collision on Cottageville Hwy (US Hwy 17-A)
south of Phillips Road Wednesday morning 04-March at 06:09. The accident
occurred when a south bound Nissan Murano crossed the center line and struck
a north bound Dodge Pickup truck head-on. The collision caused heavy damage
to both vehicles and blocked the highway. Both drivers were wearing
seatbelts. The driver of the pickup truck received minor injuries, was
treated at the scene by Firefighter-Paramedics, then transported by
Fire-Rescue Medic 1 to Colleton Medical Center. Click
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