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
25 Jul Solving the “Mystery” of Two Associations Posted at 16:23h in Heritage & History, History by Carter Jones 0 Comments 0 Likes By: Carter Jones Special Projects Coordinator Soon after being employed by the Firefighters’ Association in 2014, this writer discovered at the State Archives a Petition of Incorporation for “The S. C. Volunteer Firemen’s Association”, dated June 6, 1898. It is petitioned by eleven (11) individuals, allRead More... Read More
13 Jan Heritage News Posted at 13:45h in Heritage & History by SC Firefighters 0 Comments 0 Likes Vestibulum ac diam sit amet quam vehicula elementum sed sit amet dui. Nulla quis lorem ut libero malesuada feugiat. Cras ultricies ligula sed magna dictum porta. Curabitur non nulla sit amet nisl tempus convallis quis ac lectus. Praesent sapien massa, convallis a pellentesque nec, egestasRead More... Read More
