| Station 8 Celebrates 100 Years of service |
| Sun. May 16th 2010 |
Today Engine 8 on Huger street celebrated their 100 anniversary of service today. Current members and former members were on hand today to celebrate and to remember their times in the "Ghost house" What a great day in the Charleston Fire Department as we take time to reflec...
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| Local # 61 to make donation |
| Sun. Apr 25th 2010 |
The Charleston Firefighter Association plans to donate $500.00 dollars to a Parkinson's disease charitable organization in the very near future. We want to show our administration and all of our citizens that we stand by our chief and will support him as much as we are able too. Chief Carr has...
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| Fire Chief has Parkinson's ( Post & Courier) |
| Sun. Apr 25th 2010 |
Charleston Fire Chief Thomas Carr knew he had Parkinson's disease when he took the job in November 2008, but he felt it wouldn't stop him from helping a fire department struggling to rebuild after it lost nine of its own.
Charleston Fire Chief Thomas Carr
Carr, 56, revealed his battle with t...
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| Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year message from Local# 61 President Bill Haigler |
| Wed. Dec 23rd 2009 |
Brothers, and Sisters,
I would like to extend a very Merry Christmas and a healthy, safe,and profitable New Year from my family to yours.
This past year we have accomplished a lot ,and have much more work to do. Together we were able to negotiate the furloughs with the administration th...
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| A Messege From Chief Thomas Carr Concearning Furloughs. |
| Thu. Nov 26th 2009 |
Yesterday you received an email from the mayor citing the city’s budget situation for next year and the need for employees to assume some of the burden through the use of furlough days. The mayor left the timing of the implementation of the furloughs of fire fighters to the fir...
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| Message to all City Employees from Mayor Riley |
| Thu. Nov 26th 2009 |
All of you have been asked this year to make sacrifices in order to keep the City running smoothly during this very difficult economic downturn. From more closely monitoring your spending to filling in where needed due to the hiring freeze, you have all done your part and I am truly gratef...
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| Congratulations to our brother David Griffin! |
| Thu. Nov 26th 2009 |
As many of you know David "Snowball" Griffin has been training and fighting in the AFL. David's last contest was in Greenville, NC where he fought and WON! the middle weight championship. Congratulation David! For more information concerning the fight you can visit: w...
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| L.O.D.D. Buffalo Fire Department |
| Wed. Aug 26th 2009 |
The members of the Charleston Firefighters Association extend our thoughts and prayers to the Buffalo Fire Department members and family. The funeral plans are as follows.
Viewing for Lt. Charles McCarthy will be held Thursday, August 27 from 2-8pm at James Cannan Funeral ...
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| Collective Bargaining Bill Re-Introduced In Senate |
| Sun. Aug 9th 2009 |
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| Fire guts Olde Town Resturant Downtown Charleston |
| Tue. Jul 7th 2009 |
Fire destroys Olde Towne restaurant downtown
By Andy Paras (Contact), Glenn Smith (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Originally published 10:57 a.m., July 7, 2009
Updated 11:57 a.m., July 7, 2009
A thick cloud of smoke hung over downtown Charleston this morning as firefighters extinguis...
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