Emergency Services
Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue began operations July 1, 1993 as a consolidation of the former Sea Pines Forest Beach Fire Department, the Hilton Head Island Fire District, and the Hilton Head Island Rescue Squad. It is a career department that provides fire suppression and emergency medical services (EMS) at the advanced life support level. Special operations capabilities include HAZMAT, urban search and rescue (USAR), confined space rescue, trench rescue, and rope rescue. The department is accredited by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI).
There are seven fire stations on Hilton Head Island, providing professional fire protection and emergency medical care.
- Station 1: 70 Cordillo Parkway - (in Shipyard Plantation near the Pope Avenue entrance)
- Station 2: 65 Lighthouse Road - (in Sea Pines Resort between Frazer Circle and Harbour Town)
- Station 3: 534 William Hilton Parkway - (across from Port Royal Plantation next to First Presbyterian Church)
- Station 4: 400 Squire Pope Road - (near the back gate of Hilton Head Plantation)
- Station 5: 20 Whooping Crane Way - (near the front gate of Hilton Head Plantation)
- Station 6: 16 Queen's Folly Road - (in the front of Palmetto Dunes under the water tower)
- Station 7: 1001 Marshland Road - (by the toll booths of the Cross Island Parkway)
- Fire & Rescue Headquarters: 40 Summit Drive - (general aviation entrance to the airport off Dillon Road, next to the convenience center)
Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue also works with Bluffton Township Fire Department as a sponsoring agency for two of South Carolina's designated special teams: one of the state's Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Response Teams and one of the four Regional Urban Search and Rescue Response Teams.
Police services are contracted through Beaufort County Sheriff's Office. The island is equipped with an enhanced 9-1-1 system.
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