On July 1, 2001, Horry County Fire Deparment and Horry County EMS merged into Horry County Fire Rescue.  This merger made the department the largest in South Carolina.  Here you will find the current Fire Rescue Chief as well as the previous Chief/Director of the two departments.
History

Joseph Tanner

Fire Rescue Chief

December 2015 - Present

Fire Chief History

 
History

Fred Crosby, II

Fire Rescue Chief

November 2012 - June 2015
History

Garry Alderman

Fire Rescue Chief

July 2003 - June 2012
History

Randall Webster

Fire Rescue Chief

Horry County Fire Rescue Director / Director Horry County EMS
May 1999 - July 2003
History

Hampton Shuping

Fire Chief

Horry County Fire Department
November 1985 - March 1999
History

Robert Maxwell

Fire Chief

Horry County Fire District October 1978 - November 1985

EMS History

 
History

Teddy Griffith

Horry County EMS Director

March 2001 - August 2002
History

Carrie Shannon

Horry County EMS Director

June 1979 - March 2001
History

Robert Carter

Horry County Ambulance Service Director

September 1974 - June 1979

More History

 

Horry County EMS

The Horry County Ambulance Service was destined to be called Rescue. It did not matter how many awards HCEMS won, how many times employees of HCEMS...

Horry County Fire Rescue

Over the last 30 years, Horry County Fire Rescue has gone from being established as a fire district, to being responsible for 1,134 square miles and responding to more than 60,000 calls annually...

Uniform Patch History

The original Horry County Fire Department patch was nicknamed the "Pumpkin Patch". It was worn on all fire department uniforms from 1980 through January of 1993...