{"id":2,"date":"2016-12-16T20:43:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T20:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piercetownfire.wordpress.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-12-16T20:43:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T20:43:07","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/piercetownfire.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"117\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/piercetownfire.com\/station5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piercetownfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/station5.jpeg?fit=1280%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1485621407&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;33&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"station5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piercetownfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/station5.jpeg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piercetownfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/station5.jpeg?fit=780%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" size-full wp-image-117 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/piercetownfire.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/station5.jpeg?resize=780%2C520\" alt=\"station5\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piercetownfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/station5.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piercetownfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/station5.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piercetownfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/station5.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piercetownfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/station5.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piercetownfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/station5.jpeg?resize=200%2C133&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piercetownfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/station5.jpeg?resize=660%2C440&amp;ssl=1 660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Piercetown Fire Department is a 100% volunteer staffed fire department in Anderson County, SC. We are Station #13 within the Anderson County Fire Department that is comprised of 27 volunteer stations throughout the county. The department was founded in 1965 and continues to exude the core values is was founded upon. Piercetown Fire Department protects and serves the Piercetown Community, while assisting our neighboring communities and Stations when requested. Below are examples of the variety of services that Piercetown Fire Department offers the community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Services Offered<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Emergency Incident Response<\/li>\n<li>Fire Suppression<\/li>\n<li>Patient Care<\/li>\n<li>Pre-Incident Planning and Walk-Through<\/li>\n<li>Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Piercetown Fire Department&#8217;s <span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><a style=\"color:#ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/piercetownfire.wordpress.com\/station-13\/\">Station<\/a><\/span> is located off of Interstate 85 on State Highway 81, and our <span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><a style=\"color:#ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/piercetownfire.wordpress.com\/district\/\">District<\/a><\/span> is comprised of the Piercetown and immediately surround communities. Station #13 is home to five pieces of fire <span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><a style=\"color:#ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/piercetownfire.wordpress.com\/apparatus\/\">Apparatus<\/a><\/span>. Aside from housing apparatus, Piercetown Firefighters complete required <span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><a style=\"color:#ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/piercetownfire.wordpress.com\/training\/\">Training<\/a><\/span> at Station #13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is just a short excerpt for the about&nbsp;page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8DSm4-2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56,"url":"https:\/\/piercetownfire.com\/index.php\/station-13\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":0},"title":"Station #13","date":"February 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Piercetown Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1965 as the thirteenth station in the Anderson County Fire Department. The department was charged with protecting and serving the Piercetown and surrounding communities. The station consists of five single-bays that house our Apparatus, Officer work-spaces, equipment storage rooms, kitchen, TV lounge, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"station2","src":"https:\/\/piercetownfire.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/02\/station2.jpeg?w=350&h=200&crop=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6,"url":"https:\/\/piercetownfire.com\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":1},"title":"Piercetown Fire Department","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This is the home page's excerpt","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piercetownfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/cropped-station-13.jpeg?fit=1200%2C309&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":66,"url":"https:\/\/piercetownfire.com\/index.php\/training\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":2},"title":"Training","date":"February 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Training is a pillar of the firefighting profession, and at Piercetown Fire Department, that is no different. Piercetown Firefighters hone their skills through State-Mandated training, National training seminars, as well as on-the-job training during station meetings. This relentless dedication to training ensures that Piercetown firefighters are able and capable of\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/piercetownfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/7a118ca6-8f17-42b3-bc32-2a08c0e1cf39.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":65,"url":"https:\/\/piercetownfire.com\/index.php\/district\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":3},"title":"District","date":"February 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Located in the northeastern section of Anderson County, SC, Piercetown Fire Department's response district is 31.68 square miles with 16 linear miles of Interstate. With a current permanent population of approximately 4,800 people, Piercetown Fire Department is centrally located, with great routes of travel for local alarms, mutual and automatic\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":255,"url":"https:\/\/piercetownfire.com\/index.php\/contact\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":4},"title":"Contact","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This is just a short excerpt for the contact\u00a0page.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35,"url":"https:\/\/piercetownfire.com\/index.php\/join\/","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":5},"title":"Join","date":"January 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Piercetown Fire Department is always accepting volunteers to help in many capacities. If you are interested in becoming a firefighter with our department, please see the attached document, which thoroughly explains the requirements, the commitments, and process to join. 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