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EASTOVER, S.C.— Offering fire protection services for the South Carolina National Guard’s McCrady Training Center in addition to other parts of Richland County, the Fire Station at MTC celebrated their new and expanded facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony here Oct. 30, 2014.
“This is a unique opportunity for us because of what we can bring to this community, not only for the military but for the civilians as well,” said Andrew James, chief of the MTC Fire Company. “We also have people on staff that bring not only firefighting skills to the table but others as well including medics, fire marshals, inspectors and mechanics.”
“Today’s ribbon cutting signifies the culmination of about 10 years of effort to make this project come together,” said Brig. Gen. R. Van McCarty, the deputy adjutant general of South Carolina. “Not only will this station be a resource here at MTC but also to Fort Jackson (S.C.) and to the Lower Richland community area through cooperative agreements that we will have in place to provide additional protection to our Soldiers and our citizens.”
Chief Eric Harper of the Fort Jackson Fire Department agreed with McCarty’s partnership assessment.
“It was a great honor for me to participate in the meetings to plan this facility,” he said. “That told me that we are in this together. We at Fort Jackson are pleased for you and your firefighters.”
One fallen firefighter not far from the minds of anyone in attendance was that of Jarvis Jones, who was an M-Day Soldier with the S.C. Guard’s Firefighting Detachment 268 and was also a full-time firefighter at McCrady. His family was in attendance for the ceremony.
“As happy this day is for us, we are still sad in our hearts as we lost one of ours recently and to the Jones family our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to you,” said McCarty.
“It was a great loss,” said James. “He was so talented. At the age of 36, he was working on his doctorate and he had also produced the best fire training program I have ever seen.”
Following the ceremony, attendees were treated to refreshments and a tour of the new facility.
| Date Taken: | 10.30.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 11.03.2014 11:22 |
| Story ID: | 146844 |
| Location: | EASTOVER, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
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