Horry County (SC) Fire and Rescue
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Horry County Fire/Rescue
Horry County Fire Rescue is toned and dispatched on the primary dispatch talkgroup (talkgroup 48016). This dispatch talkgroup is simulcast (in analog, standard FM) on 154.40000 MHz. The dispatch talkgroup is used only for station/personnel alerting. Responding units contact dispatch as described below to go enroute.
Three tac talkgroups are used by units to acknowledge calls and contact dispatch. Each tac talkgroup correspond to their respective battalion assignment.
Primary tac talkgroups are as follows:
- Tac 1 (48080) - Battalion 1: Northern section of the county, including the North Myrtle Beach, Little River, and Loris areas.
- Tac 2 (48112) - Battalion 2: Southern section of the county, including the Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach, Socastee, and Garden City areas, as well as eastern portions of Conway and Carolina Forest.
- Tac 3 (48144) - Battalion 3: Northern section of the county, including much of the city of Conway and the Aynor/Galivants Ferry areas.
A fireground/incident tac talkgroup will be assigned for certain operations which generally require coordination among a large number of responding units. For example, units responding to a structure fire will be assigned what's usually referred to as a "tac channel" (properly called a fireground/incident talkgroup.) Fireground operations will take place on the assigned tac channel. Dispatch does not generally monitor incident tac channels, and any time a unit needs to contact dispatch, their respective dispatch channel (tac 1-3) will be used. Other communications (coordinating attack, water shuttles, etc.) will be done on the tac channel.
Incident/Fireground tac talkgroups are as follows:
- Tac 4, 5, 6, 7, 8: General fireground operations.
- Tac 9: Generally reserved for wildfire and brush fire operations. May be used for some fireground operations.
- Tac 10: Reserved solely for helicopter operations.
- Tac 11: Generally reserved for HAZMAT and technical operations. May be used for some fireground operations.
Note: In August 2011, HCFR switched from several talkgroups in the 7xxx to 9xxx range to new talkgroups in the 48xxx range. The old 7-9xxx talkgroups are no longer used for any purpose. These new talkgroups are listed here. Old talkgroups can still be found in the database, however, these never see regular use.
The Horry County Fire/Rescue Website contains lots of information about HCFR. A list of all Horry County Fire/Rescue stations, with pictures, can be found on their website's station list.
Other Local Fire/Rescue Departments
Myrtle Beach Fire Department is dispatched on talkgroup 12816 and fireground and incident coordination is on Fireground 1 or 2 (12880 and 12912 respectively). The units number are in the 600 series and Horry County Medics also cover the City of Myrtle Beach (Medic 30 and 36) and are toned out on HCFR's dispatch. Most incidents are toned out on both county and city channels due to mutual aid protocols.
North Myrtle Beach Public Safety is a hybrid agency of police and fire units. The fire units are dispatched on talkgroup 33616 by "Firecom" and coordinate incident and fireground operations on one of their 7 fireground tac channels. Most incidents are toned out on both county and city channels due to mutual aid protocols.
North Myrtle Beach Public Safety also has a list of stations (also with pictures) on their website as well.
Conway Fire Department seems to be primarily dispatched by the county and operate on the county's tac channels. However, they do have three talkgroups that are used infrequently.
Several volunteer rescue sqauds exist in Horry County. They supplement regular Fire/Rescue operations and are generally dispatched on the HCFR talkgroups. They are usually dispatched as "basic" units, rather than "medic" units, as the county's ambulances are. The following is a list of these agencies:
- Basic 81 - Myrtle Beach Rescue
- Basic 82 - Horry Rescue (Conway)
- Basic 84 - Surfside Beach Rescue
- Basic 85 - Aynor Rescue
- Basic 86 - Mt. Olive Rescue
- Basic 87 - North Horry Rescue (Loris)
- Basic 88 - North Myrtle Beach Rescue
Horry County Fire/Rescue Station List
A list of all Horry County Fire/Rescue stations, with pictures, can be found on their website's station list.
North Myrtle Beach Public Safety also has a list of stations (also with pictures) on their website as well.
A Google-maps based map, which lists all city and county stations, has also been contributed.
Station | Department | Location | Station | Department | Location |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | HCFR | Socastee | 2 | HCFR | Little River |
3 | HCFR | Bucksport | 4 | HCFR | Forestbrook |
5 | HCFR | Wampee | 6 | HCFR | Finklea |
7 | HCFR | Lake Arrowhead | 8 | HCFR | Juniper Bay |
9 | HCFR | Antioch | 10 | HCFR | Ketchuptown |
12 | HCFR | Nixonville | 13 | HCFR | Longs |
14 | HCFR | Shell | 15 | HCFR | Bayboro |
16 | HCFR | Cates Bay | 17 | HCFR | Mt. Vernon |
18 | HCFR | Stephens Crossroads | 19 | HCFR | Cherry Hill |
20 | HCFR | Scipio | 21 | HCFR | Maple |
23 | HCFR | University | 24 | HCFR | Aynor |
25 | HCFR | Mt. Olive | 26 | HCFR | Goretown |
27 | HCFR | Allens | 28 | HCFR | Joyner |
29 | HCFR | Conway HQ | 30 | HCFR | Myrtle Beach - North |
31 | HCFR | Surfside Beach | 32 | HCFR | North Myrtle Beach |
34 | HCFR | Red Bluff | 35 | HCFR | Loris |
36 | HCFR | Myrtle Beach - South | 38 | HCFR | Floyds |
39 | HCFR | Carolina Forest | 40 | HCFR | Hickory Grove |
41 | HCFR | Iron Springs | 42 | Surfside FD | Surfside Beach |
43 | HCFR | Lee's Landing | 45 | HCFR | Carolina Bays |
46 | HCFR | Pitch Landing | 51 | Conway FD | Conway |
52 | Conway FD | Conway | 53 | Conway FD | Conway |
61 | Myrtle Beach FD | Sta 1 - Mr. Joe White Ave | 62 | Myrtle Beach FD | Sta 2 - N Kings Hwy |
63 | Myrtle Beach FD | Sta 3 - S Kings Hwy | 64 | Myrtle Beach FD | Sta 4 - Howard Pkway |
65 | Myrtle Beach FD | Sta 5 - 79th Ave N | 66 | Myrtle Beach FD | Sta 6 - 38th Ave N |
68 | Fairbluff FD | Fairbluff, NC | 69 | Tabor City FD | Tabor City, NC |
71 | N Myrtle Beach | Sta 1 - 2nd Ave S | 72 | N Myrtle Beach | Sta 2 - Sea Mountain Hwy |
73 | N Myrtle Beach | Sta 3 - 33rd Ave S | 74 | N Myrtle Beach | Sta 4 - Little River Neck Rd |
75 | N Myrtle Beach | Sta 5 - Barefoot Resort Rd | 76 | MI-GC FD | Murrells Inlet-Garden City |
77 | MI-GC FD | Murrells Inlet-Garden City |
Links
- Horry County Fire and Rescue - Official website for Horry County Fire/Rescue. This website has a list of stations, with pictures and assigned units, and other information.