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.
Association Email Records Update
The Association frequently sends email notes to all members who have provided addresses. If you have not received email notification and would like to do so, please forward a note to Sheila Friar in the Association's Columbia office with the following information: Full Name; Date of Birth; and Email address. Sheila will happily update your information. sheila(at)scfirefighters.org
Leadership Institute
The application period for prospective participants in the South Carolina State Firefighters' Association's Leadership Institute is now open. All applications must be received at the Association Office by 5:00 pm on Friday, September 10, 2010. Click the link below for the application and further information.
Leadership Institute Application
FALL QUARTERLY MEETING
Please join us at the Fire Academy on October 20 at 10 am for our next training event. Chief Ron Kanterman will present a look inside the "Everyone Goes Home" Program with case study and review. Lunch is provided. Please open and submit the registration form to see more information and register for this free training.
"Cares Enough to Wear Pink"
The Association recognizes, encourages, and supports their members to wear pink on duty on October 25, 26, and 27 to honor women who battle cancer. Click HERE to download the resolution adopted by the Executive Committee for 2010.
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.
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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