26 Jan JOHN NELSON GAMEWELL Posted at 08:28h in FireWire, Heritage & History, History, News, Newsletter by Carter Jones 0 Comments 9 Likes Even though Christmas has now come and gone, a long-forgotten but remarkable story about a South Carolina boy born at Christmas time has recently acquired significant interest, especially within the fire service. Newly uncovered history reveals that a Methodist minister and his wife, John andRead 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 Likes Today, 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 Likes Today, 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 Likes Today, 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 Likes Over 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 Likes More 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 Likes In 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 Likes The 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
15 Dec The Lancaster Jail Fire of 1979 Posted at 08:06h in Heritage & History, History by Carter Jones 0 Comments 3 Likes By Carter Jones Special Projects Coordinator Nearly 40 years ago on December 27th the City of Lancaster, South Carolina experienced the tragic loss of eleven inmates who died in a rapidly spreading fire in its county jail. According to James R. Bell, a member of NFPA’s FireRead More... Read More
12 Oct State Association Donates to National Fire Heritage Center Posted at 13:56h in Heritage & History, History, Uncategorized by Carter Jones 0 Comments 0 Likes Carter Jones, Special Projects Coordinator, attended the Annual Board Meeting of the National Fire Heritage Center on October 9, in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Jones presented several items to the Heritage Center on behalf of the S. C. State Firefighters’ Association. (Pictured left to right) Frank Schmersal,Read More... Read More
