| 6-27-08 - Received notification that we received funding through a grant program for extrication equipment. We will be contacting vendors and setting up some demo's to decide on the type tools we will purchase. |
| 5-5-08 - Received replacement pumper for our 1975 Ford Pumper. It is a 2000 model GMC Pumper, top mount pump - 1250 GPM, 1000 Gal tank. See photo here |
| 1/4/08 - Notified that we have received a $1500 VFA Grant. The grant will be used to purchase 10 sets of Wildland Gear to be used on woods and brush fires. |
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11/27/07 - Kershaw County Council
approved the bid for our new pumper for the Buffalo-Mt. Pisgah
Station. It will be mounted on a Kenworth Chassis, 1000 GPM
Pump, 1000 Gallon Tank, Top Mounted Pump with ladders and pike poles
stored "through the tank". The pumper will be delivered around August-September of 2008 |
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11/5/07 - 2008 Officers:
Chief - Les Denkins |
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10/10/07 - $6,500 donation from
Stevens foundation
“We appreciate the Stevens Foundation considering us for this donation; this camera will be a lifesaver in many ways for the Buffalo-Mt. Pisgah and Gates Ford communities.” said Chief Les Denkins. With the addition of this camera to Buffalo-Mt. Pisgah, currently only six out of twelve stations have thermal imaging cameras in the rural fire services of Kershaw County. |
| 3/16/07 - Effective 3/16/07 we are now over the Gates Ford Fire Department station on Hwy 341. We are happy to help this station get started and to protect the Gates Ford area. |
| 1/1/07 - We were notified we received a VFA Grant for Radios. We have purchased two Motorola HT1550 Portable radios. |
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11/6/06 - We held our annual
elections, Officers for 2007: Chief - Les Denkins Treasurer - Patrick Vincent |
| 10/28/06 - We also visited Buffalo Baptist Church for their fall festival and did a safety presentation with the fire safety house. It was also a great success. |
| 10/20/06 - We brought out the City Of Camden Fire Department safety house for a demonstration at the Mt. Pisgah Elementary School fall festival. It was a great success and the kids seemed to enjoy it. |
| 6/30/06 - For our fundraising efforts we sent out letters to the community asking for a $25.00 donation. The community has shown great support, we appreciate the community backing us so well. To date we have received around $4,210.00 in donations. Many people sent $50 and $100 donations. Thanks for your support!!! |
| 4/14/06 - See pictures of the ambulance we recently acquired. It will be converted into our service truck. |
| 3/4/06 - Received VFA grant from Forestry for $796. We will be replacing two of our truck radios. |
| 1/10/06 - We received our 2500 gallon replacement tanker. It is a 1980's Model White/Volvo. See pictures under Apparatus |
| 1/1/06 - We have completed the 2005 year with a total of 72 calls. See the rundown here. |
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12/17/05 -
We held our annual Fire Department dinner. See our
photos and
awards given . |
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11/7/05 -
We held annual elections tonight for positions, these will take
affect immediately:
Chief - Les Denkins |
| 8/27/05 - Soon we will be getting an addition to our apparatus. We will be phasing out our 1977 Tanker for an mid 1980's Tanker from KC Fire Service. It will hold 2500 gallons of water, more than double our capacity on the current tanker. |
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6/10 - 6/11/05 - We held a spaghetti dinner. It was a great success. We appreciate all the support from IGA, Smalls, and 521 Grill in Kershaw. |
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11/08/04 -
Elections were held for 2005 Officers
Chief - Les Denkins Asst. Chief - Chris Jones 1st Captain - Randy Bradley 2nd Captain - Patrick Vincent 1st Lieutenant - James Smith 2nd Lieutenant - Jamie Catoe 3rd Lt./Safety - Brandon Price |
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9/03/04 - We have finally got all the work completed
on our "new" brush truck. We put in many man hours getting the truck equipped with the pump, tank, lights,
and siren. Signs Unlimited in Lugoff did the lettering on our truck.
Check out the pictures here
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| 7/18/04 - County Council has approved the final ordinance. We are now set to join the county fire service as soon as the contract has been drawn up and signed. |
| 6/17/04 - We've recently added to our fleet. We purchased a 1999 Chevrolet 2500 Pickup Truck to replace our 1977 Dodge that was loaned to us by forestry. See the before picture here. When our conversion of this truck into a brush truck is complete, we will add the pictures onto the site. |
| 05/21/04 - The board of commissioners, the officers, and the members have decided to start the process of being incorporated into the Kershaw County Fire Service. Costs keep rising and we are getting no where fast as we stand now. Going in the County Fire System will allow us to receive newer apparatus and better equipment to use. The fire department will still be in the same location, run by the same people, and none of our equipment will be taken away unless it will be replaced by something better. We are asking the community to support this decision because it will allow us to better serve the community, lower taxes, and eventually help us to lower homeowner insurance ratings. At this point we have to figure out what legal steps we must take, and at that time it will be publicized. |
| 03/01/04 - Congrats to Jamie Catoe, James Smith, and Brandon Price on their promotions. Jamie is 1st Lieutenant, James 2nd Lieutenant, and Brandon 3rd Lieutenant/Safety Ofc. |
| 12/06/03- Firefighter of the Year: Billy Sowell and
Randy Bradley (We had a tie) |
| 11/15/03 - Congratulations to Brandon Price, James Smith, and Jamie Catoe for completing the Basic OSHA Interior Firefighter Class. This brings our total number of certified interior firefighters to 9 |
| 11/12/03 - Letter to the Editor in the Kershaw News Era thanking us for our efforts at a structure fire earlier this year. Click here to see it |
| 11/06/03- Election Results for 2004 officers: Chief: Billy Sowell Asst. Chief: Chris Jones 1st Captain: Randy Bradley 2nd Captain: Patrick Vincent |
| 08/28/03 - Received our 11 sets of gear which we purchased with our FEMA grant money. |
| 08/20/03 - We were notified that we had been awarded
a $700 VFA grant from Forestry. We used the monies to purchase two radios to upgrade our truck radios. |
| 07/21/03 - Today we received our 16 airpacks which we purchased with our grant money. See pictures here |
| 6/19/03 -
Today we learned of the status of the Assistance
to Firefighters Grant we submitted back in April of this year. We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded
a total of $55.791 that will enable us to upgrade our turnout gear and airpacks. This grant will enable us to further
protect our firefighters and provide them with the best safety equipment on the market. See our award info plus other SC fire depts who have received the awards here |
| 01/02/03 - Three business fire in Bethune that we backed them up on |
Kershaw,
SC:
Buffalo-Mt. Pisgah Fire Department has received a $6,500 donation
from the Stevens Foundation of Kershaw, SC. The department has
utilized this funding to purchase a thermal imaging camera.
This is a camera that can be used to seek out
hidden fires, see through smoke to locate victims, help locate lost
persons in wooded areas, and many other tasks. It uses thermal
imaging technology to detect the heat given off by objects.
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