Objectives and Purposes of the SCFMA are...

1. To unite for mutual benefit those public officials and private persons engaged in fire inspection and prevention of fires.
2. To provide for exchange of technical information and developments.
3. To cooperate with other inspection agencies and associations to further fire prevention, fire inspections and life safety protection.
4. To encourage a high professional standard of conduct among fire inspectors and to continually strive to eliminate all factors which interfere with administration of fire prevention, inspections, and life safety protection.

A Message from our Past President
Dear Members,

It’s been an honor and privilege to serve as President of this association. There were times when I doubted myself, but the comments of support from you and the Executive Board kept me focused and I was able to complete my term. As President, I was given the chance to attend ICC Conferences, serve on different fire service committees, attend legislative meetings, and meet new colleagues in the fire service. It also allowed me to represent the City of Simpsonville and the Simpsonville Fire Department. I’m positive that the executive board will continue to provide quality training for our members.

Again, thanks for all the support and I hope to see each of you at future conferences. Remember, Don’t just be a member, be an active member and be involved.

Eddie Watson
Past President

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ICC President Attends 2009 Spring Conference
For those that didn�t get to attend the conference or chose not to attend the banquet, for the first time in our associations 40 year history a high ranking official was present. The President of the International Code Council, Adolf Zubia, briefly attended Thursday�s training, attended Thursday nights banquet, and installed our new officers. Adolf flew into Myrtle Beach Airport on Wednesday evening from Los Cruses, New Mexico. Adolf is a Fire Chief in Los Cruses and is the first fire service person to serve as President of the old SBCCI and the International Code Council (ICC). Accompanying Adolf was our associations new ICC Liaison Vaughn Wicker. Vaughn lives right here in South Carolina. What an honor for our association and the State of South Carolina to have both attend the 2009 Spring Conference.

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DHEC Fire and Life Safety
Kevin Ridenour with DHEC Fire and Life Safety would like to notify everyone that there is a change in his contact information. In the event of an evacuation, fire investigation or other emergency, Kevin can be reached at 803-920-3153. This is a 24-hour phone number.

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South Carolina Fire Deaths Increase
South Carolina has almost tripled the number of fire deaths in January 2009 over the same month last year. Fifteen have died during the first month of 2009 compared to six deaths in that time period last year. In South Carolina last year 74 died, up 14 from the previous year. The leading causes of fire deaths last year were...Read more...

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File Download - Sprinkler Presentation
Here is the sprinkler presentation that Patrick Bradshaw presented at the Fall Conference. Right mouse click on the link and click on "save target as..." You'll need an unzipping program such as Winzip to unzip the file. If you have any problems, please contact the webmaster at kgarrett67@yahoo.com.

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Newsletters Temporarily Unavailable
Because we have exceeded our maximum storage capacity on the free server, some previous newsletters and photos have been removed. The webmaster is searching for other alternatives to display photos. The goal of course is to keep the website free. So, for the next few months please bear with us.

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USFA To Issue CEUs For Coffee Break Training Volumes
Students who need continuing education units (CEUs) to maintain professional certification in fire prevention and code enforcement now can obtain them from the United States Fire Administrations NFAOnline, the National Fire Academys website for distance and online learning. Read more...