Spotlighting our South Carolina Fire-Rescue Speakers: Michael Dozier

July 10, 2025

With our 120th annual Fire-Rescue Conference recently coming to a close, we’re taking a moment to highlight some of our home-grown South Carolina Fire-Rescue speakers. Today, we’re proud to introduce Michael Dozier, a devoted fire service professional from Loris, South Carolina. 

Battalion Chief Michael Dozier serves with Horry County Fire Rescue and is known for his instruction on firehouse culture and company officer leadership. He has taught at four Fire-Rescue South Carolina conferences, and he has thoroughly enjoyed each one.

“It’s probably my favorite conference to go speak at,” said Chief Dozier. 

Furthermore, he values the accessibility of Fire-Rescue Conferences. He notes that it is free of charge and easy to attend, allowing more people to benefit from his classes. 

“It just essentially being a drop-in- I think it’s just such a cool concept compared to pretty much any other conference out there.”

He hopes that his classes allow firefighters to leave with valuable information that they can apply to their own departments. 

“I hope they could take something out of each one of my classes, go apply it to their own situation and see it get a little better, and put some stuff back in their control to, you know, to build their own culture up,” said Chief Dozier. 

“I think some of the concepts that I talk about are applicable, you know, in any kind of situation. I just want them to be able to take it back and actually apply it.” 

We are very grateful to have leaders like Michael Dozier to share his knowledge with our fire service community. We look forward to welcoming him back to future Fire-Rescue Conferences.