South Carolina Fire Heritage Center
Preserving the past and protecting the future of South Carolina’s fire service
Why your support matters
- Preserve legacy
Your donation helps us collect, restore, and protect the artifacts, stories, and traditions that shaped the fire service in our state. From antique apparatus to personal gear, we’re saving history for future generations to experience.
- Training
We’re creating a state-of-the-art facility where firefighters can train, learn, and refine their skills. Designed for versatility, this space will also welcome community groups, safety teams, and partner organizations to learn, collaborate, and grow together.
- Education
With your help, we’re building a museum that will engage visitors of all ages through thoughtfully curated exhibits, displays, and programs. Past, current, and future firefighters are all guaranteed to learn something new by studying our past.
- Celebrate servants
Your gift will help create a space where firefighters can see their dedication appreciated and where their families can take pride in their service. This is a place to recognize the evolution of firefighting and the many leaders it took to get us to where we are today.
- Artifact preservation
Many of our most valuable artifacts are in storage units. Your contribution ensures we can save and properly display these powerful pieces of history before they’re destroyed by the weathering of time.
- South Carolina community
Fewer peoples are prouder of their state than South Carolinians. We share a strong sense of heritage, loyalty to our communities, and take extreme pride in our first-class hospitality. We’re known for taking care of each other. Help us take care of our firefighters.
Will you help us?
Your donation to the South Carolina Fire Heritage Center through the South Carolina Firefighters Foundation is tax-deductible. You will receive a charitable donation receipt for your records.
MAKE A GIFT
Unless otherwise noted, please note all donations to the Foundation via Venmo will benefit the Heritage Center project.
Benefiting the membership
South Carolina firefighters are the heart of everything we do. The mission of the South Carolina Fire Heritage Center is to preserve our state's fire service history for current and future generations. This is a place where the evolution and innovation of the fire service will be proudly and properly displayed, and where your service is seen, respected, and celebrated. It's where we preserve the legacies of the leaders and visionaries who dedicated their lives to progressing the fire service.
In addition to the South Carolina Fire Heritage Center, the property will also house multiple classroom-type training rooms and board rooms. As our Training & Education programs and partnerships grow and expand to meet the needs of the membership, this new location's occupancy will allow us to host numerous classes or meetings at a time, centralizing and streamlining our efforts.
Before renovations
Design renderings - Under construction!
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Sign up for Friends of the South Carolina Fire Heritage Center to receive exclusive updates on our renovation progress, sneak peeks behind the scenes, and ways you can stay involved in bringing this historic, first-of-its-kind project to life. Whether you're a firefighter, family member, history enthusiast, fire buff, or passionate supporter, your connection helps keep the flame of tradition burning strong.
Thank you for being a part of something historic.
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