22 May Recollections…A Spotlight On Leadership Posted at 10:00h in Conference, Events, FireWire, History, Members, Uncategorized by Carter Jones 0 Comments 0 LikesOver the last number of years, I have amassed significant information and research on quite a few fire service leaders from our distant past, many of whom I have known personally. So, I have decided to put my research and personal recollections to pen inRead More... Read More
14 May Throwback Thursday Video Session – Fire-Rescue 2016 Clebe McClary Posted at 10:00h in Conference, Events, FireWire, History, Members, Training by Brick Lewis 0 Comments 0 LikesToday, the South Carolina State Firefighters' Association releases the seventh edition of Throwback Thursday video sessions. The SCSFA will post on FireWire each Thursday at 10:00 AM videos from our archives. We are sharing these past videos that contain great nuggets of knowledge from pastRead More... Read More
07 May Throwback Thursday Video Session – “Mission, Men and Me” Posted at 10:00h in Events, FireWire, History, Members, News, Special Events, Sprinkler, Training & Events by Brick Lewis 0 Comments 0 LikesToday, the South Carolina State Firefighters' Association releases the sixth edition of Throwback Thursday video sessions. The SCSFA will post on FireWire each Thursday at 10:00 AM videos from our archives. We are sharing these past videos that contain great nuggets of knowledge from pastRead More... Read More
23 Apr SC Fire History: Chief Louis Behrens, Life-Time Achievement Award Posted at 10:00h in FireWire, Heritage & History, History, Members, Special Events by Carter Jones 0 Comments 0 LikesToday, the South Carolina State Firefighters' Association releases the fifth edition of Throwback Thursday video sessions. The SCSFA will post on FireWire each Thursday at 10:00 AM videos from our archives. We are sharing these past videos that contain great nuggets of knowledge from pastRead More... Read More
16 Apr Major Fires and Their Impact on Current Fire Codes Posted at 10:00h in Events, FireWire, Heritage & History, History, Training, Training & Events by Brick Lewis 0 Comments 0 LikesToday, the South Carolina State Firefighters' Association releases the fourth edition of Throwback Thursday video sessions. The SCSFA will post on FireWire each Thursday at 10:00 AM videos from our archives. We are sharing these past videos that contain great nuggets of knowledge from pastRead More... Read More
09 Apr Throwback Thursday Video Session – “Badges: A Civil War Tradition” Posted at 10:00h in FireWire, Heritage & History, History, News by Carter Jones 0 Comments 0 LikesToday, the South Carolina State Firefighters' Association releases the third edition of Throwback Thursday video sessions. The SCSFA will post on FireWire each Thursday at 10:00 AM videos from our archives. We are sharing these past videos that contain great nuggets of knowledge from pastRead More... Read More
27 Mar Memories of Past Scourges…and, How They Impacted the Fire Service Posted at 12:16h in FireWire, Heritage & History, History by Carter Jones 0 Comments 0 LikesOver the past several days, I have had the opportunity to listen to non-stop reporting, press conferences, endless analysts and pundits discussing the issues facing not only our country but the world as we are in the throes of our most recent pandemic known asRead More... Read More
21 Feb Remembering William Sanders Graham, Delgar Reel Squad (Sumter Fire Department) Posted at 11:46h in FireWire, Heritage & History, History by Susan Duncan 0 Comments 0 LikesMore than 100 years ago, Will S. Graham served as the acting chief of the Delgar Reel Squad in Sumter. While fighting a fire, he was injured by a falling wall. The next day, Feb. 23, 1907, he succumbed to his injuries, becoming Sumter County’sRead More... Read More
23 Dec South Carolina’s First Recorded LODD Posted at 10:00h in FireWire, Heritage & History, History by Carter Jones 0 Comments 0 LikesIn an article researched and written in the last couple of weeks by Susan Duncan, Office Manager at S. C. State Fire, is an account of the City of Columbia’s first “Line of Duty Death” which occurred on December 14, 1868. A very young 21Read More... Read More
12 Dec Columbia’s First Line of Duty Death – Daniel Carrington, Dec. 14, 1868 Posted at 11:40h in Heritage & History, History, Members by Susan Duncan 0 Comments 0 LikesThe South Carolina fire service will always remember Daniel “Danny” Carrington - the first “Line of Duty Death” recorded in Columbia’s fire service history who died Dec. 14, 1868. It also remembers Frazer “Frazee” Squier, a “volunteer citizen” who also died that fateful day. Just threeRead More... Read More
