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Oldetowne rd.
Charleston, SC 29407
Non-Emergency: 843-720-1981
Emergency: 911
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| | | House Fire On The West Side | | Sat. May 3rd 2008 | On April 30, A- shift caught a house fire in Avondale that destroyed the kitchen and a good part of the first floor. The entire house suffered a great deal of smoke damage. The initial incident commander was Chief Ghi who was recently brought on as the new Training Director. Chief Ghi directed crews...
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| | Ladder 5 Rescues Man From Cherry Picker(VIDEO!!) | | Mon. Apr 28th 2008 | On Sunday, April 27th, Engine 12 responded to a special rescue call in West Ashley. Upon arrival they found a worker who had been pruning trees trapped aproximately 35 feet in the platform of a cherry picker that had broken down. Ladder 5 was called to make the grab and the man was brought down to s...
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| | New Engine 6 In Service | | Sat. Apr 26th 2008 | The new Engine 6 has arrived and was put in service today. It is a 1500 gpm Pierce Dash. It comes equipped with crew member headsets, an A/C and an EMS compartment in the jumpseat area. It also is the second pumper placed on line recently to have a prepiped deluge gun. Like new Engine 7, it has the ...
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| | Health and Safety Committee Update | | Thu. Apr 24th 2008 | Health and Safety Committee Update
Four new recommendations have been added to the list as well as the response from the Chief on past updates. Click on the Health & Safety Committee tool bar on the left. You can send me your response to Robbycfd@msn.com . Also, if any one has an issue they wou...
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| | CFD Members Attend FDIC | | Sat. Apr 19th 2008 | Last week, Captain Chris Villarreal and Firefighter Ed Henry attended FDIC in Indianapolis. Both members brought back tons of knowledge that was given to them by internationally renowned instructors. They attended seminars for fire ground strategy & tactics and H.O.T.(hands on training) for clas...
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| January |
116 |
203 |
| February |
78 |
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194 | 394 |
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