Macedonia Rural Volunteer Fire Department

07/15/2021

🚨🚨🚨PLEASE USE CAUTION AND DRIVE SLOW DOWN BETHERA ROAD WHILE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF PAVING IT!🚨🚨🚨

06/18/2021

14 years ago the Charleston Fire Department lost 9 firefighters in the Sofa Super Store fire.

Brad Baity
Mike Benke
Melvin Champaign
James Earl Drayton
Michael French
Billy Hutchinson
Mark Kelsey
Louis Mulkey
Brandon Thompson

05/10/2021

FYI for those that live/travel the Bethera area. Forestry will be conducting live burns in that area.

Prescribed Burn Notice (Monday, May 10, 2021)

A prescribed burn is being conducted today on the Francis Marion National Forest in the Bethera community in Berkeley County. 724 acres are planned to be treated with prescribed fire in Compartment 85-B. Portions of Witherbee and Copperhead Roads may be temporarily closed. Smoke may be visible from S.C. Highway 41 and surrounding roads Northeast of Bethera.

05/01/2021

STATEWIDE RED FLAG FIRE ALERT IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND!

STATEWIDE RED FLAG FIRE ALERT IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND

The South Carolina Forestry Commission is issuing a statewide Red Flag Fire Alert, effective immediately.

The alert is being issued to discourage people from burning outdoors when weather conditions present an elevated risk of wildfire. The weather forecast this weekend, including today, calls for stronger-than-normal winds and low relative humidity across much of the state, creating the potential for outdoor fires to escape easily and spread rapidly.

“With the dry weather we have experienced lately, and predicted relative humidity values in some areas lower than 25% and winds gusting above 15 miles per hour, we strongly encourage everyone to postpone their outdoor burning until conditions improve early next week,” said SCFC Fire Chief Darryl Jones. “We have not gotten much significant rainfall in the last few weeks, and fuels are very dry, so any outdoor fire could escape easily.”

A Red Flag Fire Alert does not prohibit outdoor burning, provided that all other state and local regulations are followed, but the Forestry Commission strongly encourages citizens to voluntarily postpone any such burning until the alert is lifted. However, a Red Flag Fire Alert does trigger certain county or local ordinances that restrict outdoor fires, so residents should contact their local fire departments to check whether such restrictions apply in their areas.

The alert will remain in effect until lifted by the Commission, whose fire managers will continuously monitor the situation.