The
Fort Mill Township continues
to be a rapidly growing area for new business, industry, and families.
Fort Mill has been and continues to be one of the most desired areas in which
to live and work in York County and the surrounding region. Providing
quality emergency medical services (EMS) and rescue services to the citizens
and businesses in the Fort Mill area are the primary goals of Fort Mill Rescue.
We are an independent, non-profit organization with
three advanced life support (ALS) ambulances, one heavy rescue, two rescue
boats, a car, and a Suburban. Our organization is staffed primarily with
approximately fifty volunteers. Regular members give at least ten hours
per week of their time. Many give more. We supplement our volunteer
staff with four full-time paid paramedics and 7
part-time paramedics.
Between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006, we were
dispatched to 1969 calls and had 916 transports.
Several transports included multiple patients.
In addition to responding to 911 calls, Fort Mill Rescue
has been and continues to be active within the community in
numerous other
ways. First, we provide EMS coverage at many community events including,
but not limited to, Fest-i-Fun, football games, band competitions, the Greenway
Challenge, Springmaid Road Race, Earth Day, Hoop It
Up, and the Paw Print Race. Second, we provide
safety-related training to our citizens by teaching
CPR and First-Aid classes, holding car seat safety
checks, participating in elementary school “show and
tell” days, and distributing safety materials to
children and their parents. For more
information on community events staffed in 2006,
please see the News link.
Our efforts to provide quality EMS coverage and
community service have earned us two state awards in
2002. We received the S.C. 2002 Small System
of the Year award (our second time receiving this
award) as well as the 2002 PIER award for Public
Information and Education. We could not
achieve this without our dedicated volunteers and
continuous support from the community.
