Bluffton Township Fire District
Stephen Combs, M.S., MPIO, SCCEM currently serves as the Public Information Officer for the Bluffton Township Fire District since February 2023. In addition, Stephen Combs has been an Adjunct Instructor at Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service since March 2020, teaching the MGT 318 course focused on Public Information in an All-hazards Incident and contributing to curriculum revision. Previous experience includes serving as Emergency Manager for the Bluffton Police Department and Public Information Officer & Emergency Management Specialist for Anderson County Sheriff's Office. Earlier in their career, Stephen Combs worked as an Information Systems Analyst at Redemption. Educational qualifications include a Master of Science in Emergency Management and a Certificate of Graduate Studies in All-hazards Emergency Management from Lander University, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Western Carolina University, and an Associate of Arts from Allan Hancock College.
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Bluffton Township Fire District
The Bluffton Township Fire District was formally founded in 1978 as a special fire tax district by the Beaufort County Council to provide emergency services in the southern portion of the County and the Town of Bluffton. Initially, the district was made up of three independent volunteer fire departments – Chelsea (Station 32), Pritchardville (Station 31), and Bluffton (Station 30). These local departments were created by concerned citizens seeing a need for fire and medical services in the area prior to the County combining them into a single department in 1978. Over the years the department evolved from a volunteer service and started hiring paid firefighters. In 2007, the district became a fully career department that now serves a population of approximately 75,000 residents with 170 personnel within its 246 square miles. Today, the Bluffton Township Fire District is committed to protecting the lives and property of its citizens, while providing proactive all-hazards public safety services to address all its community’s risks from nine stations, located strategically throughout its jurisdiction.