VIDEO: The Charleston Fire Department will be celebrating a milestone anniversary this weekend: their 150th.
For more than a century, the Charleston Fire Department has served generations of people. Countless firefighters have called the station their second home. Last month marked the big milestone.
“Well, I take exceptional pride in it because my dad actually started here as a as a firefighter in the ’90s,” Lieutenant Jordan Philpott said.
He said continuing his father’s legacy adds a whole new meaning to his job.
“You know, as a kid, growing up and being able to come into the fire station and being exposed to that, it made me have the desire to do it,” Philpott said. “And so that’s that’s what got me here today.”
The Charleston Fire Department was established in 1874. About 100 years later, in the 1970s, they took over the ambulance service from a private company.