Sharon Fire Rescue

05/27/2026

It's not worth the risk. Please be safe and make good decisions.

⚠️ TURN AROUND. DON’T DROWN. ⚠️

Floodwaters are one of the most dangerous weather hazards we face in South Carolina - and they can become deadly in seconds.

Just 6 inches of fast-moving water can knock a person down, and only 12 inches can carry away most vehicles. Nearly half of all flood-related deaths occur in vehicles because drivers attempt to cross flooded roads.

If you encounter standing water on a roadway:
🚫 DO NOT drive through it
🚫 DO NOT go around barricades
🚫 DO NOT risk your life to save a few minutes

Turn around and find another route. No destination is worth your life.

Abbeville County Fire-Rescue urges everyone to stay weather aware, use caution during heavy rain events, and remember:

WHEN FLOODED, FORGET IT.



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05/16/2026

Drop a dollar (or 20) in the boot for our brothers and sisters in Calhoun Falls!

05/02/2026

Burn day! Two of our members completed their Fire Fighter 1 burn this morning. This burn is performed at a training facility, to test the skills learned in the FF 1 section of training. Good work and thank you for your dedication to the citizens of Abbeville County! Abbeville County Fire Service Connor White Renee Brown Brooks

04/29/2026

The burn ban has been lifted for our area for now. Please stay vigilant if you are burning. Stay safe and as always don't hesitate to call us if you need us!

SCFC TO LIFT BURNING BAN FOR 12 UPSTATE COUNTIES WEDNESDAY

The South Carolina Forestry Commission will lift the State Forester's Burning Ban for 12 counties in the Piedmont region of the state, effective at 7 a.m., Wednesday, April 29.
The counties coming off the burning ban are Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union and York (see map).
READ THE FULL RELEASE: scfc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Advisory-BurningBanToBeLiftedFor12Counties-20260428.pdf

04/27/2026

SHARON - We try to keep things professional around here… but sometimes the youngest members of the community step in as our unofficial “Health & Safety Officers.”

Case in point: This is Cas Cooper and his dad is Hunter Cooper - a member of Sharon Fire Rescue (Station #1)

This little guy has made it VERY clear that Dad’s fire gear from that house fire needs immediate attention. No debate. No delay. Straight to the gear washer.

And honestly… he’s not wrong.

After every fire, our gear carries more than just smoke—it can hold harmful contaminants that we don’t want lingering around our firefighters, the station, or their families. That’s why proper decontamination isn’t optional… it’s part of doing the job right.

So today’s lesson, courtesy of our smallest inspector: If it smells bad enough to make a kid react like this… it DEFINITELY needs to be cleaned!

Great job, Cas! 😉

04/24/2026

Weekday calls are tough for volunteers but this morning was a big team effort! We had some members who had to work but showed up and worked hard until they had to leave to get to their job. Everyone worked together to get the job done!

04/19/2026

Before a fire engine rolls out in Abbeville County, the work is already underway.

04/17/2026

SC Forestry Commission to issue statewide burning ban; restriction on all outdoor burning goes into effect at 7 a.m. Friday

COLUMBIA—The South Carolina Forestry Commission is issuing a State Forester’s Burning Ban for all counties, effective at 7 a.m. Friday, April 17.

A State Forester’s Burning Ban prohibits all outdoor burning, including yard debris burning, prescribed burning, campfires, bonfires and other recreational fires in all unincorporated areas of the state.

Forestry Commission officials cite a particularly dangerous mix of elevated wildfire risk factors through the weekend that warrant limiting all ignitions in the interest of public safety.

Rapidly escalating drought conditions across the state, a critical decrease in relative humidities over the next several days and gusty winds that are expected to accompany an approaching cold front will combine to create extreme fire danger.

"When it’s this dry – energy release component values are at high-to-critical levels – we’re just as likely, if not more, to see wildfires that are fuel-driven rather than wind-driven. Add the other volatile conditions of increased wind and lower relative humidity, and it becomes an especially precarious situation,” said SCFC Fire Chief Darryl Jones. "These conditions not only increase the likelihood of wildfires igniting easily and spreading rapidly, but would also make them more difficult for firefighters to control.”

While the ban does not apply to fires used for the preparation of food or fires used in appropriate enclosures (portable outdoor fireplaces, chimineas or permanent fire pits constructed of stone, masonry, metal or other noncombustible material that conforms with all applicable South Carolina fire codes), Forestry Commission officials urge the utmost caution burning outdoors under these exemptions.

Likewise, citizens should exercise extreme vigilance operating any equipment that could create sparks, avoid parking on dry grass and refrain from using fireworks.

The ban will stay in effect until further notice, which will come in the form of an official announcement from the Forestry Commission.

Shareable release:https://www.scfc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Advisory-StateForestersBurningBan-20260416.pdf

04/13/2026

Thank you for all you do!

This week, we celebrate the calm voices in the chaos, the unseen heroes behind every emergency call, and the lifeline for those in need.

To our incredible telecommunicators: thank you for your strength, your compassion, and your ability to stay steady when it matters most. You are the first first responders—the reassuring voice, the guiding hand, and the difference between panic and hope. Day or night, you answer the call. And for that, we are grateful.

From Abbeville County EMS, thanks to you all for your unwavering commitment and dedication!