Bamberg County Details Nine Fire Departments and Central Emergency Contacts

Bamberg County organizes fire protection through a network of nine volunteer and municipal departments, each tied to a primary station number and local leadership that residents should know for faster emergency response and community support. The county emphasizes coordination through a central point of contact and multiple notification channels to link rural precincts and towns in mutual aid and incident management.

The county lists the following departments and leadership: Bamberg City Fire Department (Station 1 - Chief Gary Williams), Colston Fire Department (Station 2 - Chief Mack Clayton), Denmark Fire Department (Station 3 - Chief Charles Breland), Govan Fire Department (Station 5 - Chief Kenneth Utz), Hunter’s Chapel / Little Swamp (Station 6 - Chief Richard Rentz), Olar Fire Department (Station 8 - Chief Chris Fail), and Ehrhardt Fire Department (Station 9 - Chief Chad Dilling), with Clear Pond also included among county coverage. Residents should note the station numbers when calling for assistance or locating the nearest crew during severe weather or local incidents.

For county-level coordination, the Fire Services Coordinator is Paul H. Eubanks; the county website lists a central phone number and the Courthouse Annex administrative address for fire services and related inquiries. Bamberg County’s Fire Services page links directly to 911 communications, Sheriff’s Alerts, and an emergency services Facebook feed to provide real-time announcements and preparedness guidance. The county also highlights CodeRED as the primary weather- and incident-based alert system for immediate notifications.

Knowing your nearest station and chief contact matters in a county where volunteers and municipal teams operate side by side. Volunteering remains a practical way for residents to strengthen local response capacity, and chiefs such as Gary Williams, Mack Clayton, Charles Breland, Kenneth Utz, Richard Rentz, Chris Fail, and Chad Dilling are the named points of leadership across the county’s coverage map. Mutual-aid arrangements and county coordination are intended to move resources where they are needed across town lines and rural routes.

For residents, the immediate steps are clear: identify the nearest station and chief, sign up for CodeRED and follow the county’s emergency channels, and consider volunteer opportunities at your local station. That local knowledge and participation keep Bamberg County’s network ready, helping ensure crews can reach you quickly and that the community remains resilient when weather or incidents require a coordinated response.