Easley Fire Department

As temperatures rise and families head to the pool, water safety must remain a top priority.

Drowning can happen quickly and quietly, even when adults are nearby. Constant supervision, swim lessons, proper barriers, and a designated water watcher can help prevent a tragedy before it occurs.

The Easley Fire Department encourages all residents to review these important pool safety tips and make water safety part of every day spent around the pool.

A few seconds can make all the difference. Stay alert, stay prepared, and help keep our community safe this summer.

❗️City of Easley Fire Department Receives 5th Fire Safe S.C. Community Award❗️

Last week, members of the City of Easley Fire Department accepted our 5th S.C. Fire Safe Community Award from Fire Safe SC during the S.C. Fire Rescue Conference in Myrtle Beach.

Fire Safe SC is a statewide Community Risk Reduction (CRR) initiative that helps fire departments reduce fires, injuries, and loss of life through education, prevention, data-driven programs, and community partnerships.

The Fire Safe SC Community Designation is awarded annually to fire departments that demonstrate a commitment to reducing fire-related injuries, promoting consistent fire safety messaging, improving data quality, and providing valuable safety resources to their communities.

By receiving this award, it demonstrates the commitment of living out our mission statement of "Saving Lives & Protecting Property. This award also honors the commitment of our firefighters to provide fire and life safety education to the members of our community.

At Easley Fire Department, we strive to provide the best education and community safety for the people we serve. We are excited to continue our community risk reduction program throughout our district in 2026-2027!!

For any questions or concerns, please reach out to us anytime!

📍1089 S. Pendleton St. Easley, S.C. 29642
☎️ (864) 859-8950

As temperatures continue to rise, the Easley Fire Department urges everyone to remember that a parked vehicle can become dangerously hot within minutes.

Never leave children or pets unattended in a vehicle, even for a short period of time. Interior temperatures can quickly reach life-threatening levels, and a cracked window does not provide adequate protection.

Take a moment to:
• Look before you lock.
• Place an important item in the back seat as a reminder.
• Keep vehicles locked and keys out of children's reach.

If you see a child or pet alone in a vehicle, call 9-1-1 immediately.

A moment of awareness can prevent a tragedy. Please help us share this important safety message and keep our community safe this summer.

From all of us at Easley Fire Department, we would like to take a moment to honor and remember the men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. We hope everyone has a safe Memorial Day!

Reminder, tomorrow is the last day to pre order for the Boston butt fundraiser for Memorial Day weekend.

Easley PD will be at the Easley Walmart today from 9:00-11:00am!!

National Fentanyl Awareness Day is a time to come together, remember, and take action. 💜

Fentanyl continues to impact families and communities across the country, and awareness can save lives.

By learning about the risks, having honest conversations, and supporting one another, we can make a difference as a community.

Join us next week as we come together to raise awareness, share resources, and stand in support of those affected. Your presence matters, and together we are stronger.

Let’s honor lives, spread knowledge, and be part of the change.

It’s that time of year again!! Help support the Pickens County Fire Chief’s Association by purchasing a Boston Butt for your Memorial Day weekend. Information on how to preorder is listen below!!

SC Forestry Commission to issue statewide burning ban; restriction on all outdoor burning goes into effect at 7 a.m. Friday

COLUMBIA—The South Carolina Forestry Commission is issuing a State Forester’s Burning Ban for all counties, effective at 7 a.m. Friday, April 17.

A State Forester’s Burning Ban prohibits all outdoor burning, including yard debris burning, prescribed burning, campfires, bonfires and other recreational fires in all unincorporated areas of the state.

Forestry Commission officials cite a particularly dangerous mix of elevated wildfire risk factors through the weekend that warrant limiting all ignitions in the interest of public safety.

Rapidly escalating drought conditions across the state, a critical decrease in relative humidities over the next several days and gusty winds that are expected to accompany an approaching cold front will combine to create extreme fire danger.

"When it’s this dry – energy release component values are at high-to-critical levels – we’re just as likely, if not more, to see wildfires that are fuel-driven rather than wind-driven. Add the other volatile conditions of increased wind and lower relative humidity, and it becomes an especially precarious situation,” said SCFC Fire Chief Darryl Jones. "These conditions not only increase the likelihood of wildfires igniting easily and spreading rapidly, but would also make them more difficult for firefighters to control.”

While the ban does not apply to fires used for the preparation of food or fires used in appropriate enclosures (portable outdoor fireplaces, chimineas or permanent fire pits constructed of stone, masonry, metal or other noncombustible material that conforms with all applicable South Carolina fire codes), Forestry Commission officials urge the utmost caution burning outdoors under these exemptions.

Likewise, citizens should exercise extreme vigilance operating any equipment that could create sparks, avoid parking on dry grass and refrain from using fireworks.

The ban will stay in effect until further notice, which will come in the form of an official announcement from the Forestry Commission.

Shareable release:https://www.scfc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Advisory-StateForestersBurningBan-20260416.pdf

❗️PUBLIC EVENT❗️

Spring Fling 2026 is this Saturday, April 11 at Old Market Square in Downtown Easley!!

Easley Fire Department will have a fire truck and a table with some fire safety material. We are looking forward to having you and your family come by and see us!!

From the South Carolina Forestry Commission:

Forestry Commission issuing statewide Red Flag Fire Alert
COLUMBIA—The South Carolina Forestry Commission is issuing a statewide Red Flag Fire Alert, effective at 6 a.m. Wednesday, April 8.
The alert is being issued to strongly discourage people from burning outdoors when weather conditions present an elevated risk of wildfire.
In addition to a widespread deficit of rainfall that continues to intensify drought over much of the state, Wednesday’s forecast includes gusty winds higher than 20 mph and relative humidities under 25% in places.
Because current weather conditions are very conducive to fires escaping easily and spreading rapidly, anyone considering outdoor burning should take extra precautions if they still choose to burn under a Red Flag Fire Alert. Those who have burned recently should return to monitor their burn areas and ensure the dry conditions don’t cause any rekindling.
“Wildfire potential is always higher this time of year, and our use of the Red Flag Fire Alert a few weeks ago made a huge difference in the number of new ignitions,” said SCFC Fire Chief Darryl Jones. “This warning is a great tool that encourages citizens to voluntarily postpone any such burning until the alert is lifted. We’re simply asking for people to respect the weather, be smart and stay safe.”
Adding to the danger, particularly in the western part of the state, are the heavy fuel loads that remain in our forests from Hurricane Helene. Not only can these downed, drying trees and other fuels act as kindling, increasing the risk of wildfire ignition and spread, but they also are likely to impede firefighters’ access, adversely impacting response capability.
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.
Press release: https://www.scfc.gov/.../Advisory-RedFlagFireAlert-260408...

Forestry Commission issuing statewide Red Flag Fire Alert
COLUMBIA—The South Carolina Forestry Commission is issuing a statewide Red Flag Fire Alert, effective at 6 a.m. Wednesday, April 8.

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

In addition to a widespread deficit of rainfall that continues to intensify drought over much of the state, Wednesday’s forecast includes gusty winds higher than 20 mph and relative humidities under 25% in places.

Because current weather conditions are very conducive to fires escaping easily and spreading rapidly, anyone considering outdoor burning should take extra precautions if they still choose to burn under a Red Flag Fire Alert. Those who have burned recently should return to monitor their burn areas and ensure the dry conditions don’t cause any rekindling.

“Wildfire potential is always higher this time of year, and our use of the Red Flag Fire Alert a few weeks ago made a huge difference in the number of new ignitions,” said SCFC Fire Chief Darryl Jones. “This warning is a great tool that encourages citizens to voluntarily postpone any such burning until the alert is lifted. We’re simply asking for people to respect the weather, be smart and stay safe.”

Adding to the danger, particularly in the western part of the state, are the heavy fuel loads that remain in our forests from Hurricane Helene. Not only can these downed, drying trees and other fuels act as kindling, increasing the risk of wildfire ignition and spread, but they also are likely to impede firefighters’ access, adversely impacting response capability.

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.

Press release:https://www.scfc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Advisory-RedFlagFireAlert-260408.pdf