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Fire Department

https://www.myrtlebeachfire.com/
(843) 918-1192

Tom Gwyer, Fire Chief

OVERVIEW

The Myrtle Beach Fire Department provides excellent fire suppression and protection services.  For more, visit https://www.myrtlebeachfire.com/.

HISTORY & MISSION

The Myrtle Beach Fire Department began as a volunteer effort in October 1936, two years before the city's incorporation.  The first truck was a 1936 Ford purchased by Myrtle Beach Farms Company.  The first fire engine operated out of a wood frame building behind Broadway Restaurant!  Back then, when a fire alarm occurred, the first person to reach the fire truck was the one who drove it.  From those humble beginnings, the fire department has grown into a highly trained and well equipped firefighting and EMS organization.  As one of the state's busiest fire departments, the city has a state-of-the-art fire fleet and six fire stations.


Myrtle Beach is an ISO Class 1 Fire Department.  This is the highest rating the Insurance Services Office (ISO) can assign.  ISO Ratings evaluate every fire department on various categories, including the following: Apparatus, Staffing, Training, Station Distribution, Response Times and Hydrant Flow.  The rating ensures residents, second homeowners and visitors alike that the Myrtle Beach Fire Department provides the highest level of trained personnel!

ALL DOCUMENTS

The following documents and related materials can be found in the “Fire Department Documents” folder on the website’s Document Center webpage:

  • After the Inspection Booklet
  • Approved Backflow Preventers (SC) File
  • Approved Turn-Arounds File
  • BBQs on Balconies File
  • Building-Business Survey Form
  • Cal Hypo Storage File
  • Carbon Monoxide Detectors (Existing Buildings) File
  • Citizens Fire Academy Application
  • Clothes Dryer Exhaust File
  • Community Risk Reduction Booklet
  • Daycare Requirements File
  • Doors Locks and Gates File
  • Emergency Escape and Rescue (IFC) File
  • Event Cooking Guidelines File
  • Failure to Maintain a Fire Alarm System Ordinance
  • Fire Protection Sprinkler Act
  • Fireworks Prohibited Ordinance
  • Generator Maintenance File
  • Generator Sequence of Operation File
  • Hood and Duct System Worksheet
  • Hotel Room Occupancy Limitations File
  • Local Fire Alarm Inspection File
  • Maintenance of the Means of Egress File
  • MBFD Fire Safety Plan Template
  • MBFD Precon Checklist
  • Outdoor Burning Restrictions - IFC
  • Outdoor Burning Restrictions Ordinance
  • Residential Fire Sprinklers File
  • Residential Heating Requirements File
  • Schools - Monthly Self Inspection Form
  • Security Gates File
  • Self-Inspection Form
  • Smoke Control Inspection Worksheet
  • Special Event Guidelines Fire Prevention File
  • Stairwell Fan Testing Report
  • Stairwell Pressurization File
  • Standpipe Hose Removal Letter
  • Vehicles Prohibited Inside Buildings File

FIRE STATIONS

Fire Administration


Fire Station No. 1


Fire Station No. 2


Fire Station No. 3


Fire Station No. 4


Fire Station No. 5


Fire Station No. 6