New Sun City Fire Station 39 aims to improve emergency response times, county vice chair says
May 15, 2026 | Beaufort County, South Carolina
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A groundbreaking for Bluffton Township Fire Station 39 in Sun City was celebrated this week, and Beaufort County Council vice chair Anna Marie Tabernick said the new station should improve emergency response in the southern portion of her district.
“Station 39 literally is far south of the, in the southern end,” Tabernick said in a county broadcast, and she cited a 2021 heat map Chief Thompson presented that “showed us that response times down here were not satisfactory to him and the regulations.” She said the station will make responses more central to neighborhoods including Landing Lane and Lazy Daisy and stressed the importance for time-sensitive events such as cardiac arrests.
Tabernick described department protocol for many calls: “Usually, the truck rolls first and then the ambulance is behind,” noting that firefighters on the truck are certified to provide basic medical aid until an ambulance can arrive. The remarks were made during a local television segment introducing coverage from station organizers and county officials.
The broadcast did not include a detailed timeline for the station’s opening or capital cost figures; those details were not specified in the segment. The county’s video coverage of the groundbreaking is available on the Beaufort County TV YouTube channel, the report said.
“Station 39 literally is far south of the, in the southern end,” Tabernick said in a county broadcast, and she cited a 2021 heat map Chief Thompson presented that “showed us that response times down here were not satisfactory to him and the regulations.” She said the station will make responses more central to neighborhoods including Landing Lane and Lazy Daisy and stressed the importance for time-sensitive events such as cardiac arrests.
Tabernick described department protocol for many calls: “Usually, the truck rolls first and then the ambulance is behind,” noting that firefighters on the truck are certified to provide basic medical aid until an ambulance can arrive. The remarks were made during a local television segment introducing coverage from station organizers and county officials.
The broadcast did not include a detailed timeline for the station’s opening or capital cost figures; those details were not specified in the segment. The county’s video coverage of the groundbreaking is available on the Beaufort County TV YouTube channel, the report said.
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