Spartanburg County

Hazardous Materials Response Team

Lewis Named “Member Of The Year” At Annual Banquet

Spartanburg, South Carolina-

The Spartanburg County Hazardous Materials Response Team Recently held their annual Team Appreciation Banquet at Stefano’s Italian Restaurant. There were 23 team members and their spouse in attendance, along with numerous industry representatives and county officials.

Each year a member is chosen as “Team Member Of The Year”. This year’s recipient of the award is J. Brent Lewis. Brent is a firefighter with the City of Spartanburg and works on his off days at a variety of tasks including as a paramedic, a police officer or an assistant in a doctors office.

During the past year, Brent has taken on the roll of assisting with some technical aspects of the team such as computers, monitoring equipment, and paging systems. “ Brent has gone far beyond the call of duty to assist with support functions of the Haz-Mat Team; he is always willing to help even with a schedule as busy as his”, said Tony Barnett, Hazardous Materials Administrator/Assistant Director of Emergency Preparedness.

The Haz-Mat team consists of 25 members from fire departments, law enforcement agencies, and industries within Spartanburg County, as well as many resource contacts. The team has one response vehicle- a 1996 International with a Hackney 8 bay/rear command post body.

For further information, you may contact Tony Barnett at 864-596-2047 or E-mail at tbarnett@spartanburgcounty.org                     

 

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