Berkeley Co. Rescue Squad

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