Glendale Fire Department

05/28/2026

On Tuesday June 2, 2026 at 6pm there will be a town hall type meeting at the Glendale Fire Station #1. This meeting will be hosted be Team Mobile and Lumos to address any concerns citizens may have regarding the recent installation of fiber optic internet cable in the area.

Representatives from Lumos will be here to discuss, questions, concerns, and any reported property damage related to the installation process. If you have experienced damage to your property, they will work to address the issue and help find a resolution.

05/27/2026

Glendale Fire Commissioners' Meeting

A regular scheduled Glendale Fire Commissioners' Meeting will be held on Monday, June 1, 2026 at 5:00 pm at the Glendale Fire Station #1.

Agenda

1. Call to order
2. Public Comment- There will be a limit of 5 minutes per speaker with allotted time of 30 minutes for public comments. The Commission will not have any response to comments at this time.
Consent Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes- Specially Called Commissioners' Meeting for March 30, 2026
4. Approval of Minutes- Specially Called Commissioners' Meeting for May 18, 2026
5. Approval of Financial Statement: Statement of Revenues and Expenses Ending April 30, 2026
Old Business
6. Business Update
7. Fire Engine Update- Receive information regarding sale/donation of older fire engine with possible action.
New Business
8. Executive Session- Executive Session per SC 30-4-70(a)(1) to discuss items regarding employment or compensation.
9. Grant Presentation- Presentation by staff regarding several grant opportunities with any potential discussion and action afterwards.
10. Budget for FY 2026-2027- First reading of the proposed FY 2026-2027 budget, including salary and benefits package, with any discussion or action.
11. Fire Chiefs Comments
12. Commissioners' Comments
13. Adjournment

05/25/2026

05/12/2026

Glendale Fire Commissioners' Meeting

A specially called Glendale Fire Commissioners' Meeting will be held on Monday, May 18, 2026 at 2:00pm at the Glendale Fire Station #1.

Agenda

1. Call to Order
2. Public Comment: There will be a limit of 5 minutes per speaker with a total allotted of 30 minutes for public comments. The Commission will not have any response to comments at this time.
3. Sale of Engine 6: Receive information regarding the sale of Engine 6 and bids received. Take any further action regarding this item as needed.
4. Budget Workshop: There will be a Commissioners' Workshop regarding the 2026-2027 budget. No votes will be taken regarding this item and only direction of budget issues.
5. Commissioners' Comments
6. Adjournment

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from all of us at the Glendale Fire Department!

Today we celebrate and honor all mothers for their love, strength, sacrifice, and dedication to their families and communities. Whether you are a mother, grandmother, stepmother, or someone who fills that special role, we thank you for everything you do each and every day.

05/09/2026

On Friday, May 8, 2026, the Glendale Fire Department responded to a structure fire within the Glendale Fire District along with several automatic aid departments. Once the fire was extinguished, several members of the community asked why so many fire trucks and personnel responded to the incident.

We would like to take a moment to explain how the fire service response system works. The Glendale Fire Department, along with neighboring departments, operates using what is known as a “response package.” This ensures the appropriate resources are dispatched immediately when a structure fire is reported. On a first alarm structure fire, a standard response package includes four fire engines, two specialty units, and command staff responding simultaneously.

As units arrive on scene, each apparatus and crew has pre-assigned responsibilities that must be completed to safely and efficiently control the incident. These assignments may include fire attack, water supply, search and rescue, ventilation, rapid intervention, accountability, scene safety, and incident command operations.

All responding departments routinely train together so every firefighter understands the role associated with the order in which their unit arrives on scene. This coordinated approach allows multiple agencies to work together seamlessly during emergencies.

Structure fires are not the only incidents that utilize response packages. Fire departments have predetermined response plans for many different types of emergencies to ensure the proper personnel and equipment are sent quickly and efficiently.

The Glendale Fire Department would like to thank our automatic aid partners for their assistance and continued teamwork in serving our community safely and professionally.

05/04/2026

Help us wish a Happy International Firefighters Day to your Glendale Firefighters.

04/20/2026

While SCFC personnel had a busy weekend with several large or otherwise difficult fires – very typical in April – the number of new ignitions is down significantly since the ban on all outdoor burning was issued last Friday.

The Forestry Commission would like to thank the public for heeding the warnings about the very high fire danger stretching from our mountains to our coast. The persistence of gusty winds, low relative humidity and extremely dry fuels across the state this week continues to make outdoor burning exceptionally risky. It bears repeating that April has historically seen the worst, most damaging and costly wildfires in South Carolina. Learn more: https://www.scfc.gov/protection/fire-burning/fire-resources/important-fires-in-sc/

Unfortunately, most of the wildfires to which the agency responded in the last few days were the result of human negligence. Not only do we ask for the public’s continued patience and restraint until the weather improves, but we also encourage everyone to share the news of the burning ban as far and widely as possible.

04/18/2026

Come and enjoy the day with your Glendale Fire Department at Earth Day located at the Glendale Shoals.

04/18/2026

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