Our History

On July 1, 2001, Horry County Fire Deparment and Horry County EMS merged into Horry County Fire Rescue. This merger made the department the largest in South Carolina. Below you will find the previous Chief/Director of the two departments. Please click on the Horry County Fire Department and the Horry County EMS logo to view a history of each of those departments.

	Fred Crosby, II Fire Rescue Chief Horry County Fire Rescue November 2012 - Present

Fire Chief History

Garry Alderman *Fire Rescue Chief* July 2003 - June 2012	Randall Webster *Fire Rescue Chief* Horry County Fire Rescue Director / Director Horry County EMS May 1999 - July 2003	Hampton Shuping *Fire Chief* Horry County Fire Department November 1985 - March 1999	Robert Maxwell *Fire Chief* Horry County Fire District October 1978 - November 1985

EMS History

Teddy Griffith *Horry County EMS Director* March 2001 - August 2002	Carrie Shannon *Horry County EMS Director* June 1979 - March 2001	Robert Carter *Horry County Ambulance Service Director* September 1974 - June 1979

More History

Horry County EMS

The Horry County Ambulance Service was destined to be called Rescue. It did not matter how many awards HCEMS won, how many times employees of HCEMS... read more

Horry County Fire Rescue

Over the last 30 years, Horry County Fire Rescue has gone from being established as a fire district, to being responsible for 1134 square miles and responding to more than 42,500 calls annually... read more

Uniform Patch History

The original Horry County Fire Department patch was nicknamed the "Pumpkin Patch". It was worn on all fire department uniforms from 1980 through January of 1993... read more

Volunteer Recruitment

Hire Process

Member Site

EMS Patient Info