In the picture above, a firefighter ascends a set of stairs while searching for a simulated fire during a drill in an acquired structure.

Battalion Chief Scott Feather (sfeather@colletoncounty.org) - (843) 538-6849 extension 22

Battalion Chief Joseph Campbell (jcampbell@colletoncounty.org) - (843) 538-6849 extension 21

Training

Colleton County Fire-Rescue's training encompasses preparation and review of all of the department's capabilities for approximately 260 volunteer and 70 career staff.  This means that training sessions include: fire suppression (NFPA 1001 Standard), IV therapy, technical rescue, drug calculations, search and rescue, chemical properties, advanced airway management, building construction, weapons of mass destruction identification, ropes and knots, fire extinguishers, management of traumatic injuries, underwater search and rescue, patient decontamination, mobile water supply, emergency vehicle driving, managing medical emergencies (DOT/NHSTA Curriculum), pump operations, and a myriad of other topics.

Equipment

Recent Classes

The following courses are a few that members of Colleton County Fire-Rescue have attended over the last year:

• Fire Officer II

• Strategies for Community Risk Reduction / Executive Fire Officer

• Fire Instructor II

• Aircraft Rescue Firefighting (ARFF)

• Rad/Nuc Technician (Bechtel, NV)

• COBRA Live Agent Training (Anniston, AL)

• Initial Response to Terrorist Bombings (Socorro, NM)

• Pump Operations

• Confined Space

• Firefighter Candidate School 

• Firefighter I & II

• Hazardous Materials Technician

• PADI Open Water Diver

• NREMT-Paramedic

• NREMT-Intermediate

• NREMT-Basic

• Fire/Arson Investigation

• National Incident Management System

Instructors

Colleton County Fire-Rescue personnel serve as instructors teaching both in-house courses as well as courses for various outside agencies throughout the country.  Our instructors are credentialed through or have taught for:

• South Carolina Fire Academy

• National Fire Academy

• International Association of Fire Chiefs

• South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

• American Heart Association

• International Trauma Life Support

• Brain Trauma Foundation

• Department of Defense

• College of Charleston

• Technical College of the Lowcountry

• Trident Technical College

• Medical University of South Carolina

• Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital

• Colleton Medical Center

• Various other industrial and educational facilities within Colleton County

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