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08/05/2025

08/05/2025

Pope Leo XIV

Habemus Papam! We have a Pope!

The Cardinals gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV.

08/05/2025

05/05/2025

If you happen to get caught in a rip current while swimming, it’s important to know what to do and what not to do. A key point is to not swim toward shore while in a rip current. Visit https://www.weather.gov/beach/southeast for more details.

01/05/2025

Happening now active search is underway in the area of Breach Inlet on Sullivans Island. White male bald head and a beard last seen wearing a red shirt and shorts. The subject is possibly armed and dangerous. Call 911 with any sightings.

Media Staging 101 Palm Blvd

29/04/2025

This week marks the first ever Carolinas Rip Current Awareness Week. According to the NWS, between 2000-2024, 192 people died as a result of rip currents in North and South Carolina.

Day 2 of awareness week focuses on how to escape a rip current. The most important thing to do is to stay calm so you save your energy and can make it back to the shoreline safely.

29/04/2025

Caution: King Tides are back! King tides are the highest seasonal tides that occur each year. In Charleston, these tides can reach 7 feet or higher, which is about a foot and a half above our average high tide of 5.5 feet, posing a flooding risk for low-lying areas.

To stay prepared for king tides, you can view real-time and predicted tide data for free on the City’s TIDEeye website: https://gis.charleston-sc.gov/tideeye/

TIDEeye also allows citizens to view street closures and report flooding.

Charleston’s king tide schedule prediction by NOAA for the remainder of 2025:

April 26-29
May 25-27
October 7-11
November 4-9
December 3-6

03/04/2025

TABLE ROCK COMPLEX UPDATE - APRIL 3, 2025

*This will be the final update for the Table Rock Complex

TABLE ROCK FIRE
SIZE: 13,845 acres
-13,210 acres (SC)
-635 acres (NC)
CONTAINMENT: 91%
START DATE: March 21, 2025
CAUSE: Human-caused
On Wednesday, firefighters secured the perimeter of the Table Rock Fire. Fire resources will continue to patrol and mop-up any remaining hotspots as containment nears 100%. Today's focus will shift to suppression repair, which involves stabilizing exposed soil with seed and straw to prevent erosion and remove dirt and debris from stream crossings. Firefighters will install water bars on containment lines, which are small diagonal ridges built across the fireline to divert surface water runoff back into the woods. Crews will complete backhauling equipment today.

PERSIMMON RIDGE FIRE
SIZE: 2,078 acres
CONTAINMENT: 99%
START DATE: March 22, 2025
CAUSE: Human-caused
Firefighters on the Persimmon Ridge Fire will focus on suppression repair and backhauling of equipment today. Fire engines will continue to patrol the containment lines and extinguish any remaining hotspots near the fire perimeter.

SAFETY MESSAGE: Slow down and move over when encountering firefighters on the road. Firefighters, engines, and equipment may move slowly or stop on local roads. Drivers are urged to slow down and give fire crews space to work.

WEATHER AND FIRE BEHAVIOR: The moist weather pattern moving through the area has deposited between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain on the fires over the last twenty-four hours. Today, high temperatures should reach 80 degrees, with relative humidity not dropping below 60%. Winds will be between 5 and 10 mph, with gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoon.

CLOSURES/EVACUATIONS: All evacuation orders related to the Table Rock and Persimmon fires have been lifted.

BURN BAN: There are no burn bans in place for the states of South Carolina and North Carolina.

SC Firefighter Mobilization (SC State Fire) Resources: All SC Firefighter Mobilization resources have demobilized. SC State Fire will have a SC-HART crew on standby through xFriday at Noon, as a means to provide rapid extraction of an injured wildland crew member, if needed. The Palmetto IST will remain at the incident through Friday at Noon in support of SC-HART.

Command: The Southern Area Blue Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) is managing the Table Rock Complex, in unified command with South Carolina Forestry Commission, North Carolina Forest Service, Greenville County Emergency Management and Pickens County Emergency Management. The incident is supported by the South Carolina Emergency Management Division, South Carolina State Fire, South Carolina
Military Department, The Nature Conservancy, Greenville Water, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, USDA Forest Service and multiple local fire departments.

Zoomable map:https://www.scfc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/0403-PIO-MAP.pdf

31/03/2025

TABLE ROCK COMPLEX UPDATE - MARCH 31, 2025

FIRE SUPPRESSION OPERATIONS CONTINUE AS RAIN ANTICIPATED

Fire Information: 803-906-9730 (8 a.m.-8 p.m.)
Evacuation Information: 864-467-3428
Email: [email protected]

Smoke Outlook:https://www.scfc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Smoke-Outlook_3.31.25.pdf

Table Rock Fire
Size: 13,191 acres (SC)
574 acres (NC)
Containment: 30 percent
Fire Start Date: March 21, 2025
Cause: Human-caused
Moist conditions on Sunday greatly reduced fire activity and allowed crews to work directly along the fire’s edge. The perimeter of the Table Rock Fire did not increase – the additional acreage showing today was due to a successful burnout on the southwest part of the fire. Priority areas for today’s actions include completing firelines on the North Carolina portion of the fire. Firefighters will be scouting for opportunities to directly construct lines in the Raven Cliffs area to keep the fire from spreading into Matthews Creek. Firefighters will also continue to reinforce firelines to the west and northeast by using water to cool hot spots that continue to smolder.

Persimmon Ridge Fire
Size: 2,078 acres
Containment: 64 percent
Fire Start Date: March 22, 2025
Cause: Human-caused
This fire has not increased in acreage in several days. Firefighters will concentrate efforts today on the eastern edge where Hurricane Helene debris is causing challenges. Additional equipment will be assigned to this area that will be used to break up this debris and allow firefighters to mop up the fallen trees and other material that is retaining heat.

Weather and Fire Behavior: Rainfall amounts ranging from 0.92 to 0.96 inches were recorded during the last 24 hours. Additional rainfall of approximately 0.5 inch is expected today. There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms between noon and 2:00pm which could cause operations to pause briefly on both fires.
Closures/Evacuations: Mandatory evacuation is still in place for some residents of Greenville County. South Carolina evacuation guidelines have been updated from mandatory to voluntary for those in Pickens County.

Find updates on Facebook for and , or call 864-467-3428. No current mandatory evacuations are in place for Transylvania County, NC - https://www.transylvaniacounty.org/

Burn Ban: A burning ban remains in effect for Oconee, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, and Horry counties in South Carolina - all outdoor burning prohibited - including yard debris burning, prescribed burning, campfires, bonfires and other recreational fires in all unincorporated areas of South Carolina. The ban has been lifted for the rest of South Carolina. A statewide ban on open burning remains in place for all counties in North Carolina.
Incident Resources: 5 hand crews, 4 helicopters, 45 Engines, 376 personnel

SC Firefighter Mobilization (SC State Fire) Resources: 8 brush trucks, 9 engines, 2 water tenders, 5 UTVs, 64 personnel
Command: The Southern Area Blue Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) is managing the Table Rock Complex, in unified command with South Carolina Forestry Commission, North Carolina Forest Service, Greenville County Emergency Management and Pickens County Emergency Management. The incident is supported by the South Carolina Emergency Management Division, South Carolina State Fire, South Carolina Military Department, , The Nature Conservancy, Greenville Water, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, USDA Forest Service and multiple local fire departments.

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24/03/2025

See the photos: The park is closed, and police patrol the area in Pickens County near State Highway 11 as a fire continues

21/03/2025

FORESTRY COMMISSION ISSUING STATEWIDE RED FLAG FIRE ALERT

The South Carolina Forestry Commission is issuing a statewide Red Flag Fire Alert, effective immediately until further notice. The Commission plans to reevaluate conditions Sunday.

The alert is being issued to strongly discourage people from burning outdoors when weather conditions present an elevated risk of wildfire.

A cold front moving across the state today will usher in low relative humidities throughout the weekend, accompanied by sustained periods of gusty winds. While the frontal passage may result in precipitation in some areas today, the expected amounts of rainfall will not be significant enough to remediate already-dry fuels on the ground over much of the state.

A Red Flag Fire Alert does not prohibit outdoor burning, provided that all other state and local regulations are followed, but the Forestry Commission uses the alert to strongly encourage citizens to voluntarily postpone any such burning until the alert is lifted. Land managers who are considering conducting prescribed fires should take extra care if they choose to burn under a Red Flag.

“The combination of wind, low relative humidity and dry fuels is very favorable for wildfire ignitions, so we ask that people who don’t have to burn to hold off until these conditions subside,” said SCFC Fire Chief Darryl Jones. “The dramatic uptick in wildfires across the state over the last two months were in large part the result of exactly these typical springtime weather patterns.”

The purpose of Red Flag Fire Alerts is twofold: in addition to discouraging people from doing any outdoor burning, it also helps to reduce the strain on local fire departments and other first responders who need to remain available for other emergencies.

SCFC firefighters responded to 280 wildfires in February alone, above the five-year average for the second month of the year. The agency has already recorded 277 wildfires in March. Historically, wildfire occurrence in South Carolina is greater in March than in any other month.

Although a Red Flag Fire Alert does not ban outdoor burning, it does trigger certain county or local ordinances that restrict outdoor fires, so residents should contact their local fire departments to check whether such restrictions apply in their areas. The alert will remain in effect until lifted by the Commission, whose fire managers will continuously monitor the situation.

See the release here:https://www.scfc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/03202025_Advisory_RedFlagFireAlert.pdf

05/03/2025

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