BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. – The Sandridge Volunteer Fire Department took to social media Monday to announce that its department is no more after most of its firefighters resigned.
“After numerous attempts on our part, we could not come to a working relationship with our board,” the department said on its official Facebook page. “This challenge has been on-going for months, and we feel we cannot properly protect the community, or ourselves under the leadership of our current board.”
Because of an apparent strain with its board, the majority of the fire department’s personnel resigned this week.
As a result, the department said it no longer meets the requirements of Berkeley County to provide fire protection in our district. It will now be supplemented by surrounding departments.
“As volunteers who care very deeply for our community, this truly breaks our hearts,” the department continued on Facebook. “We hope we can work with the county to ensure we get the fire protection the community deserves as soon as possible.”
Meanwhile, Board Chairman Kevin Harkins told WCBD-TV that the root of the problem is money: “you can’t spend more money than you’ve got.”
Board Secretary Linda Harkins also told the TV station that the department’s former fire chief, Richard Demmerle, is “a bully” and added that publicizing the issue was premature.
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