
Sunday, January 29, 2012
CFD To Get New Headquarters!

Best Wishes to Good Friends!

This past week, one of our own, Battalion Chief John Winn, was hospitalized and now must face some uncertain times as he begins his journey to beat his illness. As I visited him in the hospital, I stood in line outside of his room to get my opportunity to visit with him and Debbie. There were so many firefighters and supporters there that we actually took turns going in to his room. One of the nurses approached me and said that she had never seen so many visitors for one person. I told her that first, that was John Winn in there and once she got to know him, she would understand why so many were there. I also asked her if she had ever had a firefighter under her care and she said “no”. Well, I told her that if she ever did again, she would see another large group of people because firefighters looked at life a little differently. She said it was an amazing thing to see and she was truly touched.
Well, as we all expected, Chief Winn took the news of his illness with the spirit to do whatever he has to do to beat it. In his normal fashion, he continues to worry more about his family and his firefighters than himself and plans on returning to duty next week. Rest assured, Chief John and Debbie, that the support shown by all the firefighters last week will continue to follow you both in the coming weeks and months.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Memorial Service Set for Captain Richard Ridge
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Capt. Richard Ridge Passes.................
Friday, January 6, 2012
A Mystery Solved...........
On July 17, 1915, the Chief's car, being driven by Chauffeur Pequette, was enroute to a fire at Box No. 454 on the corner of Coming and Montague Street. Asst. Chief Michael J. Morris was riding on the passenger side when they collided with a City of Charleston Police car at the corner of Calhoun Street and St. Phillip Street. Chauffeur Pequette was thrown from the vehicle and suffered a severe skull fracture. Chief Morris was pinned under the dash and died from his injuries. In addition, several police officers were injured in the collision.
Grant was able to get a copy of Chief Morris' death certificate documenting his cause of death as well as the photo of the wrecked Chief's car. Special thanks to him for his work in solving this mystery for us.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Apartment Fire in North Charleston!

Congratulations to Our New Engineers!