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
15 Dec The Lancaster Jail Fire of 1979 Posted at 08:06h in Heritage & History, History by Carter Jones 0 Comments 3 LikesBy 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 LikesCarter 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 LikesBy: 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 LikesVestibulum 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
