Eureka Vol. Fire Department

06/23/2026

Awesome opportunity to train with our neighboring departments tonight!! 
Thank you to our Brothers and Sisters in Ridge Spring for the invite.

06/18/2026

Today, we remember the Charleston 9.

On June 18, 2007, the Charleston Fire Department suffered an unimaginable loss when nine firefighters lost their lives while courageously responding to the Sofa Super Store fire.

We honor and remember:

• Brad Baity
• Mike Benke
• Melvin Champaign
• James Earl Drayton
• Michael French
• Billy Hutchinson
• Mark Kelsey
• Louis Mulkey
• Brandon Thompson

Their bravery, sacrifice, and dedication to protecting others will never be forgotten. As we mark this anniversary, we pay tribute to these heroes and keep their families, friends, and fellow firefighters in our thoughts.

06/05/2026

This is critical to getting your loved ones access to life saving care. The Eureka Community can reach out for a free access evaluation of your property.
Chief Chad Auvenshine (803)295-2612

05/01/2026

We are so fortunate to receive this grant funding to purchase critical equipment needed to move forward with the addition of a Station #3 in the Springfield Ch road area.
Hopefully land will be acquired very soon.

2026 V-SAFE Grant Awards Announced! For more information: https://bit.ly/424nLwr

04/30/2026

So thankful for the rain and our communities support during these extreme fire risk conditions.
The Eureka Community had NO fires during this time origination from citizens being “negligent”. Awesome work!!!

04/26/2026

As of this morning we are receiving illegal burn notifications on Lakeshore Drive.
Just a reminder, we continue to be in a burn ban for the foreseeable future until we get adequate precipitation. South Carolina Forestry Commission will remove the Ban as soon as conditions improve.

04/22/2026

The Eureka area is experiencing heavy smoke due to a wildfire in Georgia. We have received multiple calls for possible fires in the area but everything fortunately is from the migrating smoke.
This is going to make it extremely hard to distinguish a “real fire” in the area. We ask everyone to continue to follow the burn ban for outdoor burning and to report any flames observed.
Everyone be safe.

04/18/2026

Reminder, we are seeing a few citizens around Aiken ignoring the band. SCFC will issue significant fines up to arrest if you are burning during these conditions and Ban.
Please postpone all burning until conditions improve.

This is a reminder that a statewide burn ban is in effect until further notice. The State Forester’s Burning Ban prohibits all outdoor burning, including yard debris burning, prescribed burning, campfires, bonfires, and other recreational fires.

04/16/2026

Guys please do not burn until conditions improved. Everything is severely dry and our community has dodged two major bullets in the last week that could’ve cause catastrophic damage. Be smart and Be safe!!

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