Welcome to the South Carolina Firefighters' Association
The Firefighters' Association was formed and chartered by the State of South Carolina in 1905 and maintains to this date the mission of:
Promoting the betterment and maintenance of skillful and efficient fire departments; to establish harmony, unity of action and cooperation among various fire departments of the state; to promote the general welfare and fraternal fellowship of firefighters; to operate the Firemen's Insurance and Inspection Fund; and to improve the working conditions, education, qualifications, and general skills of firefighters in the business of protecting the public from hazards of fire.
The Association welcomes you to look over our site and the many member benefits program we have to offer and to call if we can provide additional information on any of the services the Association offers.
Competition Results
Congratulations to all the participants of the 2010 SC Fire-Rescue Firefighters' Competition. Click HERE to download the results and times for all the participants. Our thanks to the Judges and all the Logistics staff that help make the event a success.
Palmetto Heroes Loan Program
The SC Housing Finance and Development Authority has announced a $40 million dollar program to offer low interest rate loans to firefighters. Please click HERE for more valuable information on this loan program.
Firefighter Background Checks
All firefighters in the State of South Carolina are required by law to be registered within 60 days of employment with the State Fire Marshal's office. The registration requires background checks be done to verify eligibility based on criminal history. Background checks for firefighters are now conducted by the Fire Marshal's office. For details, go to the Fire Marshal's web site or click HERE for the latest press release.
Click on the above link to download the 2009 Stat form data as returned by our member departments. The data reflects all information received by the Association to date. This is not the information we gather from of our data base, but what members have provided.
Please visit the above link to sign up your department for 100% compliance with the International Seat Belt Pledge. This is a global effort to ensure Firefighter Safety and is a very important educational tool to implement within your department to stress the use of seat belts. A great program! Sign your department members up now. Take the time to have this discussion and pledge. We did!
FIRE SERVICE STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORT
The Firefighters' Association, along with six other state fire services associations, has for the past 20 months, participated in an effort to develop a long range plan for the Fire Service of our state. One portion of the effort to develop a strategic plan was to conduct a summit of all fire service personnel to come together and share thoughts about the direction and needs for the states' firefighters. Please find the below link for the full report of the November planning session held at the Fire Academy. From this point, the Association will take the lead in ensuring that more discussion and work is done to develop this plan in coordination with the Joint Council and the Strategic Planning Group.
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