Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad

Every year, the Berkeley County Rescue Squad has its annual Christmas Dinner. On December 10th, 2014 (a Wednesday), it was held at Wampee Plantation in Pinopolis. Below are some of the photos from the event. Enjoy! Dan Moon, spokesperson for the Berkeley Co. Sheriff's Office. He helped start the rescue squad's catfish tournament many "moons" ago. Deputy Chief Rick Ollic With the Berkeley Co. Sheriff's Office. We work closely with his department. Cody Dangerfield named "Rookie of the Year" for the Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad Mike Yonke named "Member of the Year" for the Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad Moncks Corner Mayor Bill Peagler and Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad Chief Bill Salisbury The cooks at Wampee who really know how to make a mean meal. We had steak, shrimp, baked potatoes, salad---and the list goes on! Bill Peagler speaking during the dinner. He will be sworn in as the county's newest supervisor on January 2nd.

This year a lot of hard work went into getting ready for this year's parade. With the movie "Frozen" being so popular, we decided our float would have a winter theme. To top it off, we got Elsa and Anna to join us on our float. How "cool" is that?!?! (Big THANKS to Glass Slipper Productions !!!) John DeHay adding some last minute touches to our "winter float." Ms. Charlene assisting with our fake snow. Our new ride, the "mule," was also featured in the parade. This was where "Olaf" rode. Miss Charlene was "Olaf." She made her costume herself! Finally arrived at Berkeley High School for the start of the parade. Group photo!!!! And there's Elsa and Anna from "Frozen!" Raymond Owens and Nikki Gaskins pass out candy to the kids. (They were also guilty of eating some along the way.) Traveling down Main Street and waving to the crowd. "Olaf" seated

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Electrocution is the second leading cause of death for construction workers; however, it’s not just the people working in that particular field who should worry about the dangers associated with live wires—especially power lines. “A lot of people don’t really understand the danger or how fast you can come in contact with a power line,” stated Claud Wessinger, Santee Cooper’s senior training instructor. “It’s not like you get a light that comes on telling you, ‘Hey, you’re getting too close.’ It’s just suddenly you’re into the power lines, and then there’s not a whole lot you can do about it.” On Thursday, Wessinger and two linemen conducted a live electricity demonstration at the Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad building in Moncks Corner to show how electricity is nothing to play around with. “The rescue squad answers a lot of traffic accidents. A lot of times people hit power poles and we have to deal down power lines,” explained Bill S

   Squad members gearing up to go searching the area.  Squad members & other first responders searched deep within the woods to try to find the missing man.  The area we were searching also contained several bodies of water.  The Charleston Co. Sheriff's Office assisted with the searching from the air.  Another body of water--and lots of ducks!  A separate body of water. (multiple ponds and creeks off Cypress Gardens Road)  Another section of land we searched.  This is the Chevy Camaro a hunter found early this morning.  Searching a path near where the camaro was located.  Pictured: Wendell Lampkin assisting with the search by horseback. BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–Shortly before 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, the Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad was dispatched to Wapoola Plantation off of Cypress Gardens Road to help locate a 58-year-old Jesse Conley of Waverly, Ohio. Conley’s 2011 white Chevy Camaro was located early Saturday morning by a hunter

Recently, The Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad got a chance to show off their brand new ride at the Whitesville Fire Dept. display event last Saturday.   The squad tries to attend as many community events as possible and show residents in Berkeley County just what we do. We are privately funded and all volunteer. As for this new mobile unit, it will be used to assist rescue squad members during searches and recovery missions. If you're interested in checking out some of our other equipment used to assist the squad out in the field, click here .

MONCKS CORNER, S.C.—The Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad is looking into the possibility of using to drones to assist with future searches.   Representatives with SkyView Aerial Solutions, a company out of Mount Pleasant that specializes in unmanned aerial solutions, met with rescue squad members on Thursday. On the outside, drones look like toy planes but do way more than just fly around.   Becoming increasingly popular with law enforcement, the military and other rescue agencies, drones come equipped with a video camera which makes it possible to conduct aerial searches without the need of a pilot. Several agencies in South Carolina already use drones to assist them on the job.   The Richland Co. Sheriff’s Office and Columbia Police Department first started using them in 2011 to help them with locating missing people and monitoring dangerous situations from a distance. According to representatives with SkyView Aerial Solutions, they’ve experienced a huge in