Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad

L to R: Cpl. Kimber Gist, Chief Bill Salisbury and Captain Will Rogers (Now Retired) On Friday night, the Berkeley County Rescue Squad held its annual Christmas dinner at Wampee in Pinopolis. As always, the food was amazing. We also celebrated a huge milestone. It's hard to believe, but we've been in operation for 50 years now and still going strong. We hope to be around serving the community for many more years to come! In attendance at last night's dinner were also two very special guests: Cpl. Kimber Gist and Captain Will Rogers with the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office. Both were shot in the line of duty nine months apart from one another. Kimber & Will share a hug. Chief Bill Salisbury and the rest of the rescue squad honored them both with the "Hero of the Year" award. "I was able to see, and stand beside Captain Will Rogers, whom I share a tragic and blessed event with. I cannot thank the citizens of Berkeley County enoug

We recently conducted training with our new drone and shot video of our many vehicles, boats and dive equipments.

We want to say a big THANK YOU to all those who came out and participated in the catfish tournament on April 30th. The weather was perfect! In the 23 years that we've been doing this, this one topped them all. We raised over $16,000--the most ever. The community participation was awesome. We had a huge turnout. Even if you didn't take part in the tournament, it was still fun to watch the weigh ins as well as take part in the raffle prizes. Here are a list of the catfish tournament winners from over the weekend: Below, you'll also find some video highlights from the event. We hope you had fun. We certainly did and look forward to seeing you all again next year. Thanks for making this one a success!

Pictured: Catfish Tournament BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.--The Berkeley County Rescue Squad is gearing up for its biggest fundraising event of the year. On April 30th, squad members will host their 23rd annual catfish tournament at the William Dennis Boat Landing in Moncks Corner--which is right across from Gilligan's. Early registration is currently underway. The fee to take part in the tournament is $75. If you wait until the day of the tournament, participants will be charged $90. Ten cash prizes will be awarded. The person who reels in the biggest catfish will win $1,000. Even if you choose not to take part in the tournament, make sure you come down and check out all the fun.  Squad members will begin weigh ins around 3 p.m. Those are always fun to watch. There will also be some great raffle prizes to take advantage of, too. All of the proceeds from the event will benefit the Berkeley County Rescue Squad. If you're interested in taking part

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.-- Berkeley County Rescue Squad  Chief Bill Salisbury and  Berkeley County Sheriff's Offi ce  Sheriff Duane Lewis announced today that a local company has donated and presented a drone for the county’s rescue efforts. Berkeley County-based  SKYVIEW AERIAL SOLUTIONS , who donated their equipment and time for the rescue efforts following the summer plane crash of an F-16 and Cessna, presented the drone to  Berkeley County Rescue  Chief Salisbury and Sheriff Lewis at a special presentation ceremony on Wednesday at the Rescue Squad Building located at 202 Factory Street in Moncks Corner. “The generous donation by Skyview Aerial Solutions will go a very long way to save lives in Berkeley County,” said Salisbury, who also serves as Berkeley County’s Coroner. “Often times, our rescue efforts take us to places that are extremely difficult to navigate to, including thick wooded forests and swamps with many tree stump hazards for our boats. This drone will

Berkeley County rescue squad members pose with their new life vests The Berkeley County Rescue Squad is pleased to announce that it recently received a $2,300 grant from the Home Community Fund . Home Telecom created this kind and generous donation as a grant-making fund of Coastal Community Foundation to build a permanent charitable resource for selected non-profit programs in the company's service area. Every year, Berkeley County squad members (all volunteer) respond to approximately 100 emergency calls.  Many of those calls are water-related involving either search or recovery missions. Thanks to the generous funding by the grant committee, squad members were recently able to replace all of their old life jackets that were more than ten years old and showed obvious signs of wear and tear. Recently, Berkeley County Rescue Squad Chief Bill Salisbury used the money to locally purchase 20 new auto/manual inflatable life vests that are commonly used with many firs