Caw Caw Volunteer Fire Department

05/15/2026

05/01/2026

Traffic Alert: if you are heading to West Columbia or Columbia, you may want to consider an alternate route. Motor Vehicle Accident 26 westbound at the mile marker 133. The right lane is block at this time. CCFD units are on scene.

04/24/2026

Sunny Plain Rd. Bridge is open!!

04/24/2026

The burn ban is still in place across South Carolina.
Dry conditions, gusty winds, and low humidity continue to fuel a high wildfire risk statewide. The South Carolina Forestry Commission has issued a State Forester’s Burning Ban until further notice.
This ban means no outdoor burning in unincorporated areas. That includes yard debris, prescribed burns, campfires, bonfires, and any recreational fires.

04/22/2026

04/22/2026

⚠️ BE ADVISED⚠️

💨There is smoke present from ongoing wildfires in Georgia, wind has pushed it our way. 🍃

📍Reports of smoke have been noted across Aiken County, Orangeburg County & Lexington County.

🏠 If you have respiratory problems you are urged to stay indoors. 😷

🔥 If you see active flames with nobody appearing to be present, please call 9️⃣1️⃣1️⃣! 🚒

🚗 Driving visibility may be impacted, please use extra caution when traveling.

✅ For updates on the fires visit Georgia Forestry Commission

🚫Per The South Carolina Forestry Commission there is still a NO BURN BAN for the state. A fire can get out of control very quickly.

💧There is no rain projected until Saturday, 4/25 & chances are currently reasonably low. Expect the burn ban to continue during these conditions.

Stay safe! 🔥🚔

04/17/2026

Due to a lack of rainfall lately, a Statewide Burn Ban goes into effect at 7 AM.

04/17/2026

Statewide Burning Ban in Effect Starting Today!!!

The South Carolina Forestry Commission has issued a State Forester’s Burning Ban for all counties, effective at 7 a.m. Friday, April 17 until further notice. This prohibits all outdoor burning.

04/16/2026

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

04/10/2026

On yesterday around 4:30pm CCFD units responded to a vehicle fire at 1300 Burke Rd. Upon the arrival of Engine-71, Fire units find two food trucks fully involved. No injuries or entrapment reported.