Bethia VFD

05/23/2026

05/19/2026

If you are an officer within your fire department and can vote for the South Carolina State Firefighters Association officers we highly recommend Jeremy Bass for the 2nd Vice Chair of the Officer Section.

JT Bass is currently the Abbeville County Fire Service Coordinator. He has served the state of SC in many capacities within other departments prior to retiring from Louisville Ky Fire Department as a Captain. JT is a highly engaged and enthusiastic leader for Abbeville County. He will serve the 2nd Vice Chair Office with the upmost dignity and integrity and advocate for every department in the State of SC.

Bethia Fire Chief Kevin Busbee

05/17/2026

It was a busy day. We had a great time this morning training with our new extrication equipment then we were toned out this afternoon for a mutual aid call for a structure fire in Parksville SC.

04/23/2026

When you can provide a community service and train it makes it even better.

We performed a water shuttle and wet the horse arena at The Governor’s School of Agriculture at John Delahowe this evening.

Great job
Bethia Fire Department
“ The Toon Squad”

04/17/2026

We had a Great evening training at Bethia. (7) of our members worked on pumping all of our trucks

03/25/2026

We were happy to assist the Colorado White River Forestry Service with water today from our water tank at our station for control burns in our area.

Abbeville County Fire Service
JT Bass

12/14/2025

Bethia fire department participated in the Abbeville and McCormick Christmas parades today with Attack 14 & Engine 14. Tomorrow we will be in the Troy town parade. Merry Christmas from Bethia VFD.

09/14/2025

Bethia FD: Around 1 PM Bethia VFD was called for a structure fire in the 300 block of Hwy 823 in McCormick County.. Engine 14 and Engine 14A responded along with Little River FD. Sand Branch, and the Town of McCormick FD. All units were cleared and have returned back to there stations.

08/03/2025

Abbeville County Fire Service@
Hathaways Helping Hand

Little ol Bethai Fire Department got a call from a great young man today.

This afternoon I got a phone call while I was on my tractor working around the house. A young man asked if he could get a FD patch, take a virtual tour of our FD, and see the lights on our trucks. I told him that we were a small volunteer FD and that the next time I was at the station, l would call him. He texted me his name and address so I could send patches. I finally slowed down from working around the house after the sun set and Googled his name. What I thought was a prank phone call turned out to be legit. I discovered Brock Hathaway, from Claverack, New York and thought WOW, what a honor it was to get a call from him. This young man wanted to be a fireman, but due to his cerebral palsy he is unable to fight fires, so he started a 501C to help people and to raise money to help victims of fires and fire departments all across the country. Read this article below to see what an amazing young man Brock is.

Hathaway’s Helping Hand, a nonprofit started by a man with cerebral palsy, aims to give...

05/25/2025

Bethia FD is lowering our flag at half mast in honor of lifelong member Molcy McCier who passed away today after battling alheimers for the past several years. Molcy’s dedication and service to Bethia FD and our community will be missed. Prayers to her family. She will be missed greatly. 🙏🙏