Abbeville County Fire Department
Fire Marshal
Physical: 17 Old Calhoun Falls Road
Mailing: 903 W. Greenwood St., Suite 1400
Abbeville, SC 29620
Phone: (864) 366-6444
Fax: (864) 366-6445
Dispatch: (864) 366-8451
info@abbevillecountysc.com
Chuck Bagwell, Battalion Chief Aerial Operations
Paul Parnell, Maintenance Chief
Battalion Chief & IT/Webmaster
Headquarters
Our Headquarters Station opened in August 2003. The Headquarters Station houses the Fire Marshall’s Office, Maintenance Division, Training Division, and numerous pieces of apparatus. Our Headquarters Station is the product of several years of effort between the Fire Marshall, County fire Commission, and County Council to update and combine the previous divisions of the County Fire Services which were all in separate county buildings. The new facility is state-of-the-art and will easily carry Abbeville County into the future. The Headquarters Station is located off Hwy 28 by-pass, east of Abbeville off Hwy 72.
2004-2005 Grant Awards
The listed Abbeville County Stations received Federal Grants for 2004-2005 so far. These grants are matching funds grants each station applied for and were awarded from the
Assistance to Firefighters Federal Grant. Congratulations to each station!
Sharon VFD
Operations & Firefighter Safety $56,875.00 2004
Operations & Firefighter Safety $36,447.00 2005
Cold Spring VFD
Operations & Firefighter Safety $81,162.00 2004
Firefighting Vehicle (tanker) $198,000.00 2005
Antreville VFD
Operations & Firefighter Safely $82,832.00 2004
Donalds VFD
Operations & Firefighter Safety $54,374.00 2004
Calhoun Falls FD
Operations & Firefighter Safety $71,977.00 2004
Broadmouth – Turkey Creek
Operation & Firefighter Safety $42,410.00 2004
Edgewood
Operations & Firefighter Safety $43,698.00 2005
Keowee
Operations & firefighter Safety $66,295.00 2005
Headquarters Station 20
Fire Prevention $53,865.00 2004
Total grant fund into Abbeville County $934,946.00 “OUTSTANDING”
Several other stations have applications in now, hoping to be awarded soon.
Fire Commission
Term of Office: 3 Years
Authority:
Membership: Appointed
Responsibilities:
Meeting Schedule:
Staff Liaison: Tim Williams, Fire Marshal
| Member | Position | Term |
| Johnny Stansell | Lowndesville District 04 | 3 years |
| Kenneth Bryant | Monterey District 09 | 3 years |
| William Whitmire | Edgewood District 06 | 3 years |
| Greg Fleming | Keowee District 05 | 3 years |
| Austin Hammonds | Sharon District 01 | 3 years |
| Robbie Holley | Broad Mouth/Turkey Creek District 11 | 3 years |
| Jesse Karls | Antreville/McGill District 03 | 3 years |
| Austin Mullet | Cold Spring District 02 | 3 years |
| Joseph Whitwood | Long Cane District 08 | 3 years |
| Bill Wilson | Bethia District 11 | 3 years |
| Jason Whitwood | Donalds District 07 | 3 years |
County Stations and Chiefs
Station 1 Sharon VFD
Brian Parnell, Chief
Station 2 Cold Spring VFD
Jay Raber, Chief
Station 3 Antreville and McGill VFD
James Wilson, Chief
Station 4 Lowndesville VFD
Andrew Holley, Chief
Station 5 Keowee VFD
Hank OShields, Chief
Station 6 Edgewood VFD
DK Saylors, Chief
Station 7 Donalds VFD
Ronnie Vaughn, Chief
Station 8 Long Cane VFD
PJ Jones, Chief
Station 9 Monterey VFD
Curtis Brown, Chief
Station 10 Due West City Fire Department
Roy McClain, Chief
Station 11 Broadmouth – Turkey Creek VFD
Timothy Jones, Chief
Station 12 Calhoun Falls City Fire Dept.
Darrell Manning, Chief
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Station 14 Bethia VFD
Kevin Busby, Chief