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SQUAD 8 MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY DIVE TEAM RESPOND TO DROWNING

OCTOBER 19 - FORK RESCUE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY DIVE TEAM RESPONDED TO HARTWELL LAKE NEAR DARWIN WRIGHT PARK TO ASSIST IN THE SEARCH OF A MALE THAT FELL OFF A BOAT INTO THE WATER. ANDERSON COUNTY DIVE TEAM MEMBERS SEARCHED FOR SEVERAL DAYS FOR THE VICTIM. SOUTH CAROLINA DNR OFFICERS SPOTTED THE BODY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR ANDERSON INDEPENDENT MAIL ARTICLE.

LAKE HARTWELL DROWNING

PHOTOS BY IKE BRISSEY-ANDERSON COUNTY EMS COORDINATOR

UNITS RESPONDING: MEDSHORE EMS, ANDERSON COUNTY DIVE TEAM, ANDERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES, ANDERSON COUNTY AND CITY RESCUE TEAMS, CENTERVILLE VFD, AND DNR

FATAL HOUSE FIRE IN TOWNVILLE

OCTOBER 17 - FORMER FORK RESCUE SQUAD MEMBER PATRICK L. KAY PASSED AWAY FROM THERMAL BURNS AS A RESULT OF A FIRE AT HIS HOME. TOWNVILLE AND DOUBLE SPRINGS VFD'S, ALONG WITH FORK RESCUE SQUAD WERE ALERTED AT 0517 FOR A HOUSE FIRE ON HWY 24 WITH ENTRAPMENT. ENGINE 17, UNDER THE COMMAND OF CHIEF LEWIS CARROLL ARRIVED AT 0522 HOURS. SIX TOWNVILLE FIREFIGHTERS ENTERED THE HOUSE WITH TWO HOSE LINES AND MADE AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE MR. KAY, BUT WERE TURNED BACK BY INTENSE FLAMES, WHICH HAD REACHED THE ATTIC OF THE HOME MAKING ANY FURTHER RESCUE ATTEMPTS UNSAFE. MR. KAY WAS WELL KNOWN AND LIKED BY MANY. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE KAY FAMILY.

RESPONDING UNITS

FORK RESCUE MEDIC 8-2, MEDIC 8-1

TOWNVILLE VFD ENGINE 17,17-1,17-2, TANKER 17, GRASS 17

DOUBLE SPRINGS ENGINE 5 AND 5-1

County dive team recovers victim from motor vehicle accident

OCTOBER 9 - DIVE TEAM MEMBERS LOCATED AND RECOVERED A VEHICLE THAT HAD GONE OFF THE BROWN RD BRIDGE AND INTO LAKE HARTWELL. THE OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE PASSED AWAY AND WAS LOCATED IN THE VEHICLE.

Vehicle recovery at Brown Rd boat ramp

OCTOBER 1 - THE ANDERSON COUNTY DIVE TEAM WAS ALERTED FOR A POSSIBLE DROWNING AT THE BROWN RD BOAT RAMP. DIVE TEAM MEMBERS RECOVERED A VEHICLE THAT HAD BEEN IN THE WATER FOR SOME TIME. NO ONE WAS IN THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FROM THE WATER.

Squad Run Totals for October

During the month of October, Fork Rescue Squad responded to 35 emergent calls and 28 non-emergent calls. The top call emergent runners are posted below

Paid Staff	Calls Attended	Volunteers	Emergent Calls Attended
Terri Franks	18	Eddie Moriarty III	19
Mark Bryant	17	George Shirley	14
Hayden Noordhuizen	11	Michael Hunnicutt	13
Kim Santos	9	Ed Moriarty Jr.	12
Joey Smith	9	Lisa Moriarty	10
William Tatum	9	Jeff Martin	9
Mark Fuller	8	Frank Trutwin	7