WINNSBORO – One of two men to lose their jobs over last winter’s fire truck controversy has filed a lawsuit against the county’s administrator and deputy administrator. Michael Roseboro, who not only was a volunteer firefighter but a Fairfield County Sheriff’s Deputy as well, lost both of those positions last January following an investigation by the county into the purchase and sale of a used fire truck. Roseboro is seeking $1 million in damages from the county. (more…)
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Wise Street home damaged in blaze
NEWBERRY – Firefighters responded to a house fire on Wise Street yesterday morning. The Friendly and Prosperity fire departments were first called to the scene with dispatchers believing the home was in the county. Then it was decided that the mobile home at 497 Wise St. was in the city and Newberry firefighers were toned out. (more…)
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Squad set to Close due to New Rules
SPARTANBURG – Rescue 18 has served Spartanburg County for 37 years. The all-volunteer emergency response team, which consists of ten members and two fully-equipped ambulances housed at a station in Croft, responds to an average of 1,700 emergencies every year. (more…)
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Calhoun County could sue over ambulances
ST. MATTHEWS – Hoping to recoup expenses for costly ambulance engine repairs, Calhoun County Council on Monday approved a proposal from a law firm to litigate the issue. (more…)
Pyrotechnic Laws Updated
COLUMBIA – Retailers and manufacturers of fireworks and other pyrotechnics have a new process to obtain their licenses now that state safety regulations have been changed. According to Union County Clerk of Court Freddie Gault, anyone seeking a license to sell, buy or manufacture pyrotechnics now has to go through the office of the State Fire Marshal instead of their local clerk of court office. (more…)
Tanker Spills Fuel in Horry County
MYRTLE BEACH – A tanker re-fueling gas tanks at a gas station on George Bishop Parkway and Grissom Parkway leaked fuel after it side-swipped a piece of metal, ripping open a portion of the tanker truck. (more…)
Trooper killed in high speed MVA
LANCASTER – The South Carolina Highway Patrol announced Saturday that a state trooper was killed in a motor vehicle collision in Lancaster County during the early morning hours. Cpl. D. Kevin Cusack, 45, died while on duty in Lancaster County, about six miles south of the city of Lancaster, at about 3:30 a.m. Cusack was traveling on state Highway 200 when his vehicle left the roadway, police said. (more…)
Blaze damages home
MOUNT PLEASANT – Thick smoke blinded Fire Department Lt. Steve Bradley when he entered a home Tuesday afternoon in the Candlewood subdivision. “I couldn’t see anything. It was all black,” Bradley said. While breathing through an airpack, he tore holes in the sheetrock ceiling. Two windows on a side of the house blew when water was pumped on them. A television melted. (more…)
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Fire districts seeking changes to boundaries
UNION – Several volunteer fire departments in Union County are asking county council to adjust their fire district boundaries. Council members received requests from three fire departments — Philippi, Jonesville and Cross Keys — to extend their boundaries at its regular meeting earlier this month. (more…)
Lightning causes apartment fire
NORTH CHARLESTON – Two families were forced out of their home after a fire ripped through a North Charleston duplex Monday night.
No one was injured during the fire as the four adults and three children living in the building made it out safe. Firefighters say that lightning started the fire at 7364 Stafford Road. The fire started on the top floor of the townhouse-style unit. (more…)
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No One Hurt in Hodges Fire
HODGES – No injuries were reported after a fire broke out Saturday morning inside a house on S.C. Highway 25.
Greenwood County Fire Coordinator Corey Grumelot said no one was inside the one-story home at the time, much of which appeared to have been saved by response from Ware Shoals, Hodges-Cokesbury and Northwest fire departments.
“They had it knocked down before we got here,” he said of the flames. “Probably saved most of (the house).” (more…)
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Fines for False Alarms set to start
SPARTANBURG – A new false alarm ordinance governing the unincorporated parts of Spartanburg County goes into effect Thursday. Homeowners and businesses in Spartanburg County may be fined for excessive false alarms from their security systems, according to an ordinance that goes into effect Thursday. (more…)
Fire guts home in Buford
LANCASTER – Lightning may have been the cause of an early Saturday morning house fire in the Buford community.
Firefighters received a call from a passerby just before 4 a.m. that a two-story home in the 4700 block of Stacks Road was on fire. (more…)
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Man extinguishes fire near diesel spill
SOCASTEE – Horry County Fire Rescue responded to a call about an overturned fuel tanker early Monday morning. Hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel spilled out along Peachtree Road in Socastee. A group of construction workers used bulldozers to flip it back upright, but then a fire started. (more…)
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Gas leak forces closures
CHARLESTON – A gas leak on Wentworth Street has forced the evacuation of multiple downtown businesses. Multiple people in the area have reported and sickness headaches caused by the leak, but no one has been taken to the hospital. It’s the second gas leak on Wentworth Street since June 18, when multiple streets were shut down for several hours. This leak is “very close” to where that leak happened, according to Mark Ruppel, public information officer for the fire department. (more…)
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Fire burns unoccupied home
GREENWOOD – Multiple fire and emergency agencies responded Thursday to a raging fire at an unoccupied home on Willard Road.
According to Greenwood Fire Coordinator Corey Grumelot, Coronaca, Lower Lake, Hodges-Cokesbury and Waterloo fire departments responded early in the afternoon to 1211 Willard Road because of the blaze.
Grumelot said the fire was fully involved and spread from the home to the nearby land. The fire coordinator said Greenwood County EMS took two firefighters to the hospital. Both had heat exhaustion and one, who is allergic to bee stings, was stung by bees while on the scene.
Grumelot said firefighters were eventually pulled back because of the extreme heat. S.C. Forestry responded and plowed a fire break around the fire to prevent the flames from spreading to nearby property.
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Putting out fires
Excess of fire departments in Spartanburg County creates problems
An editorial published on Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Every so often, a fire department in Spartanburg County handles a situation so unprofessionally that it forces any sensible person to wonder if there is something wrong with the system. The answer is yes. The system is fragmented and outdated. The evidence is clear. Change is necessary.
And all of this would be true even without the occasional bouts of incompetence. (more…)
Another lightning strike, another fire
FLORENCE – The same line of storms that caused the Horry County fire also caused lightning to strike to a residence on Christopher Lane.
Battalion Chief Jeff Delung reported that Florence Firefighters responded during the apex of the heavy thunderstorm to battle a fire in a single wide mobile home. The structure was gutted from end to end and was considered a complete loss.
Storms rolled through for the duration of the afternoon causing sporadic power outages and felled trees in many areas of the county.
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Lightning strike causes fire
MYRTLE BEACH – Severe storms swept through Horry County resulting in a lightning strike to the Department of Social Services off of Highway 17 Bypass on Sunday afternoon.
Upon arrival of the fire department heavy smoke was seen issuing from the roof of the main structure. Firefighters forced their way into the building to attack the fire and keep it from spreading. (more…)
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The Ride for Clay
CHARLESTON – Clay Dixon, an 8-year-old local boy, has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Yesterday, we were honored to participate in the “Ride for Clay” sponsored by the Red Knights Motorcycle Club here in Charleston. All proceeds went to help offset Clay’s mounting medical bills. Clay wanted to ride on a fire truck in the event and we were there to see that he got his wish. (more…)
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Squads react to requirements
Responses vary to county’s contract changes requiring non-stop service by EMTs
By Craig Peters of the Spartanburg Herald Journal
SPARTANBURG – County administrators said they received three different reactions when they changed language in their annual contracts with the three remaining rescue squads for the upcoming fiscal year.
Assistant County Administrator Jim Hipp said Thursday that the county evaluated contracts with Rescue 3 in Croft, Rescue 11 in Landrum and Rescue 18 in Wellford and inserted language that requires non-stop service by certified EMTs on ambulances staffed by those squads. (more…)
FF’s show off culinary skills
MYRTLE BEACH – Teams of Myrtle Beach firefighters tested their cooking skills at the annual Firehouse Cook-Off, Saturday at Myrtle’s Market.
Three-person teams from the department’s three shifts faced off in a timed event similar to Food Network’s popular show called “Iron Chef”. [MORE]
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**BREAKING NATIONAL NEWS**
MARLBOROUGH, MA – Marlborough FF’s are battling a 8th alarm blaze at Central West Grill at 173 Main St. This fire is in a large 200×200 5-sty brick building. There are 12 apartments in the upper floor. The front of the building has collapsed. Crews are worried that the fire could now spread to the adjacent buildings which include a convenience store and the Marlborough Co-operative Bank. The bank just underwent millions of dollars in renovations.
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Fire Chief Bill Heathman hangs up hat
HARTSVILLE – Today is Hartsville Fire Chief Bill Heathman’s last day on the job. Heathman announced his retirement as fire chief of the Hartsville Fire Department last week and said he chose now to retire because of family health issues. He said his mother and stepfather are battling cancer, and his daughter has a health issue that could be long-term. (more…)
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MVA sends 2 to hospital
ANDERSON – A car crash in Anderson left two people injured and several homes without electricity Wednesday evening. Around 7 p.m., the driver of a tan Acura sedan lost control of the car while driving west on Lakewood Lane near Old Green Pond road in west Anderson. [MORE]
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