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This week at the South Carolina Fire Rescue Conference, we proudly celebrated the South Spartanburg Fire District’s achievement of being named a 2024 Fire Safe South Carolina Community! This recognition

This week at the South Carolina Fire Rescue Conference, we proudly celebrated the South Spartanburg Fire District’s achievement of being named a 2024 Fire Safe South Carolina Community! This recognition

The South Spartanburg Fire District has been awarded a grant of $15,000 from the Duke Energy Foundation’s Helping Emergency Response Organizations (H.E.R.O.) program. This funding will be utilized to acquire

Recently, two members of the SSFD team participated in the Swift Water One class at the National White Water Center. This training program focuses on techniques for mitigating various types

Three members of South Spartanburg Fire District recently completed their Fire Officer IV certification at Alabama Fire College in Tuscaloosa. Thank you for your continued commitment to serving our community.

Firefighters participated in the ALL IN SEARCH class at the Metro Atlanta Fire Fighter Conference (MAFFC). This class focused on training with various search skills under live fire conditions, including

Congratulations to District Chief Rusty Smith for his hard work earning his Bachelor’s Degree!

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Ronita Garrett, Richard Summer, and Kyle Traxler to the rank of Engineer I. These individuals were officially recognized at the recent Board

The South Spartanburg Fire District hosted the South Carolina Fire Academy’s confined space rescue class last week and trained five South Spartanburg members to the technician level.

Over the weekend members of SSFD participated in South Carolina State Fire Special Operation Conference’s scaffolding rescue class. Although unique rescue situations aren’t frequent occurrences, participating in hands-on training events

We are proud to announce South Spartanburg Fire District has officially received the 2024 Fire Safe SC Community Designation! Congratulations and thank you for your ongoing commitment to reducing home

South Spartanburg Fire District is proud to recognize Division Chief Alex Long for successfully completing the South Carolina State Firefighters’ Association Leadership Institute! This year-long program is designed to develop

South Spartanburg Fire District team members (off duty) assisted Pickens County with the Table Rock wildfire today. Our crews have been assigned to structural protection, working alongside other departments to

This weekend four members of the South Spartanburg Fire District attended the low country fire conference hosted by the Charleston Metro FOOLS. All members attended the iron sharpens iron class

Congratulations to Lieutenant Matthew Newton for his hard work earning his Associate Degree. Great Job Lieutenant!

South Spartanburg Fire along with members of the American Red Cross and CERT hosted a smoke alarm blitz in the Arkwright community last week. Team members went door -to- door

In the early morning hours of September 27th, 2024, as hurricane Helene was wreaking havoc across South Carolina, our emergency responders were faced with extraordinary circumstances, and rose to the

We all remember where we were when Helene arrived in the Upstate and mountains, but it’s a miracle Martha Sigmon is around to recall that day.

The South Spartanburg Fire District has received a generous grant of $7,500.00 from Global Partners. The funds will be used to help advance our hazardous materials response capabilities. Thank you

Congratulations to Engineer Jack Bankhead!! He is South Spartanburg’s newest EMT. Great job passing your National Registry test.

The South Spartanburg Fire District would like to congratulate Firefighter Reed Houston on passing his National Registry EMT exam! Great job Reed!

Congratulations to District Chief Rusty Smith for completing the steps to recertify as an EMT. Thank you for your hard work.

The South Spartanburg Fire District would like to congratulate Firefighter Richard Summer for passing the National Registry EMT exam!

The South Spartanburg Fire District would like to congratulate Engineer David Parker for passing the National Registry EMT exam!

The South Spartanburg Fire District would like to congratulate Firefighter Ronita Garrett for passing the National Registry EMT exam!

The South Spartanburg Fire District would like to congratulate firefighter Miles Hallock on passing the National Registry EMT exam.

This weekend, six South Spartanburg Fire District members attended the South Carolina State Firefighters Associations’ Fire Service Improvement Conference. Members learned about truck work, advanced search techniques, and overall fire

The South Spartanburg Fire District had some visitors for training today. Regional 1 delivered a training about landing zone safety to the EMT class and on shift crews. Regional 1

This week, all three shifts had an amazing opportunity to train inside an acquired structure. The South Spartanburg Fire District would like to thank Mark III Properties and RCS Grading

Here is the link for Santa Tracker https://glympse.com/!ssfdsanta Find more information about Santa Claus Coming to YOUR Street

Someone is writing a Santa Letter!!! Don’t forget about the special letters on the rear of the North Pole mailboxes located outside of our Roebuck, Croft and Arkwright Stations! Make

Please see the attached for a complete list of streets and locations to see Santa! Don’t forget to follow Santa on his Fire Truck Sleigh on the Santa Tracker app.

This week two members of the South Spartanburg Fire District completed the Soda City Training Truckman Academy. These members received valuable experience to better themselves to better serve the public.

It is always fun to get together. Thank you Camera Worth Photography for capturing this event.