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The Mount Pleasant Fire Department has provided fire suppression and emergency services since 1837, initially as a volunteer agency, and eventually today's full-time fire department.

Today, the fire department has 118 paid personnel augmented by 15 volunteers.

It is internationally accredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International ( CFAI ).

The Mt.

Pleasant Fire Department was originally accredited in 2001 becoming the first accredited fire department in the state of South Carolina.

Firefighters work twenty-four hour rotating shifts.

The corporate area and its surroundings are served by five strategically located fire stations.

The fire department administrative office is located within the Town Municipal Complex.

Mount Pleasant fire stations are staffed daily by 33 personnel.

In 2007, under the supervision of Chief Herb Williams and Captain Robert Wronski, the Mount Pleasant Fire Department established a " Paramedic Engine " program, in which firefighters trained as Paramedics will carry the same equipment on the fire engines as in the ambulances.

Currently, all engines in Mt Pleasant are now operating as " Paramedic Engines ".

This means in the event Charleston County EMS is delayed, the Mount Pleasant Fire Department will be able to provide life-saving procedures until the ambulance arrives.