Community Participation
The Sumter Fire Department takes pride in educating the community on Fire Prevention and how Firefighters are here to help us all.
Helpful Links
Annual Fire Prevention Week
First Week in October: October 5th - 11th, 2008
You will find your Sumter Firefighter in schools, churches, day cares and talking to civic groups. You can also enjoy learning about fire prevention at our community festivals and events such as:
- Sumter Iris Festival
- Sumter Fun Fest
- Sumter County Fair
- Boo Fest
- Sumter Shaw Street Fest
- Sumter Poinsettia Festival
- HOPE Center Events
The Sumter Fire Department has a Smoke House for children and adults to experience what a room may look like during an actual fire. Crawling through a smoke filled house allows you to see who quickly your senses are affected and why you need a plan. Remember, it only takes two breaths of smoke filled air to knock you out!
The Sumter Fire Department has special Firefighters to assist in safety and fire prevention. Learn safety tips on Fire, Water, Bicycling and more from Skeeter and his fellow Firefighters. Skeeter enjoys story telling and singing songs about safety for the Children in Sumter. Skeeter and his fellow Firefighters enjoy coming to you and your group to visit so call 436-2600 to schedule today!
Sumter Fire Department Community Projects
Your Fire Department is deeply involved with the community and its citizens. We strongly support our on-going smoke detector program. Firefighters will install smoke detectors sponsored by the City Living Program, Black River Electric Cooperative, Lowe's, Wal-Mart and the SC Fire Association.
Each year we support the youth of Sumter by sponsoring two little league teams. Our firefighters coach these teams as well.
The Sumter firefighters believe in helping our citizens. The Easter Seal program funds are used to assist the citizens of Sumter. Since 1992, we have collected $138,370.75 for Easter Seals.
The Aluminum Cans for Burned Children program helps with burn victims through the Medical University of South Carolina. Since 1989, we have collected $63,118.96.
