Big Weekend Coming Up!

Hey Folks, come out and join us for a fun day on Saturday as we take part in the Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Charleston. The parade will start at 10:00 a.m. at Radcliffe and King Streets and proceed down King to Broad so get there early to get a good spot. 

After the parade, we will join the Carolina Children's Charity at Waterfront Park in Mount Pleasant for their 3rd Annual Music Festival. Many locals bands will be there with plenty of vendors and food for all. It's going to be a great weekend! Hope to see you there. 

9/11 Heroes Run Coming to Charleston!

The 9/11 Heroes Run is being hosted by the Travis Manion Foundation, a 501 c (3) non-profit organization, established by the family of Travis Manion, a Marine killed in his scond tour of duty in Iraq in 2007. The Run is a 5K to honor all those lost on 9/11, their families, and all emergency responders that continue to put their lives on the line every day. 

Proceeds from the Charleston Run will benefit several worthy causes; The Travis Manion Foundation and the following local organizations: Gifting Warriors, a local 501 c (3) non-profit organization that assists active duty military and veterans in different ways such as post war training and education so they have the proper tools needed to maintain employment as well as covering some medical needs/equipment that VA benefits don’t cover. Additionally, a portion of the proceeds will also benefit the City of Charleston Fire Department and the Charleston Nine Memorial Fund.

The Director for the Charleston Race is our own Theresa Faircloth, the wife of CFD Firefighter Jesse Faircloth. We are excited to be a supporter of this event. Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

"Forever in Our Hearts!"

We rolled out the restored Charleston 9 Camaro today during the Camp Happy Days Car Show in North Charleston. It was damaged last Easter in a crash at the Dorchester Dragway and has required a great deal of time to get it back into shape.  As we approach the fifth anniversary of the loss of the Charleston 9, our new theme "Forever in Our Hearts" will take us into the new year with the commitment to continue to taking care of our firefighters and their families. 

Restored Charleston 9 Tribute Camaro to Debut on Saturday!

It has been almost twelve months since we crashed the Charleston 9 Camaro and it has taken some time and effort to restore it to race and show ready condition.

We are pleased to share with all of you that we will roll it out for the first time since the restoration this coming Saturday, March 10th, in the “Camp Happy Days” Car Show at the Texas Roadhouse in North Charleston.  The theme remains the same but the look is different to reflect our continuing commitment to the memory of our nine heroes who will be “Forever in Our Hearts”.  We have intentionally withheld publishing full photos of it here until after the show on Saturday.  Please come out and join us this weekend as we remember the Charleston 9 in this rolling tribute.  

We would also like to extend our sincere gratitude to Chet Couch and his crew at Hipster Race Cars in Summerville for their great work and dedication to this restoration. 

March for Babies Set for April 28th!

The March for Babies, formerly known as WalkAmerica, is the March of Dimes premier fundraising event that benefits all babies, those born healthy as well as those who need help to survive and thrive.  In Charleston, March for Babies will take place on April 28th, at 9:00 am, at Cannon Park (261 Calhoun St). Low Country residents can sign up today to help fund lifesaving research and educational programs aimed at reaching the goal of giving every baby a healthy start.  Funds raised by this March for Babies event support research and grants awarded to programs that improve infant and maternal health in South Carolina.

Walkers and donors can visit marchforbabies.org or call toll-free 1-800-525-9255 to sign up as an individual, start a corporate, family or friends team, or donate to help babies be born healthy.

The Charleston Firefighter Support Team and the Women Firefighters of the Lowcountry will be there to support this great cause!

SDRA Car Show this Saturday!

This Saturday. March 10, is the annual Southern Drag Racing Association's Car Show at the Texas Roadhouse located on Rivers Avenue in North Charleston. All proceeds will go to support 'Camp Happy Days" and cancer research for children. Show starts at 9:00 a.m. and trophies will be awarded after 3:00 p.m. Come out to see some of the finest car and trucks in the Lowcountry. Our Team will be there with both Engines 8 & 11 and "Big Red", our 1962 Ford Fire Chief's car. Hope to see all of you there!

Remembering Our Friends..............

Today, we join our brothers and sisters of the Salisbury, North Carolina Fire Department in remembering their own, Victor Isler and Justin Munroe, who lost their lives in the line of duty on March 7, 2008.