scfireman36

:shock: There are only two paid / combination departments in Orangeburg; Orangeburg City Department of Public Safety, and YES you guessed it Santee Fire District. No I Am Not.... But my department trains the first Tuesday of every month, the second Thursday of the month, and one Saturday a month. Also my department does: auto extrication, High Angle Rope Rescue, & Dive Rescue, only one of two in the county. :evil: Volunteers step up to the plate every time the tones sound, it is just some departments that mess up the whole volunteer name. THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD BE NEEDED IF THERE WHERE NO VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS... DONT JUDGE EVERYONE BY HOW SOMEONE DEPARTMENTS ACT AND LOOK. I have seen some Volunteer Departments better than Career Departments, anyways the point is aren't we all on the same TEAM. TO PROTECT LIVES, PROPERTY AND THE OCCASIONAL CAT FROM A TREE!!!

:twisted: I am with Pine Hill Fire & Rescue in Orangeburg County, so i know first hand all about this scenario. First of all while we are talking about paid vs volunteer, the stated Santee Fire Department is combination fire. Cow Castle fire is a very back woods fire station, and now the Bowman fire department was adopted there fire coverage area. EMS i am sure had one ambulance on scene caring for two patients. SO TO HEAR MORE ABOUT OUR WONDERFUL COUNTY EMAIL OR IM ME AND YOU CAN BE PROVIDED WITH DETAILS OF THE WHOLE COUNTY.