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Florence County firefighters now have more tools for water rescues © Provided by WPDE Myrtle Beach/Florence The Florence County Unified Fire District now has four more water rescue boats to help during hurricanes, flooding and other catastrophic events, according to Florence County Fire and Rescue Services Coordinator Sam Brockington. Brockington said all seven fire stations are equipped with boats, bringing the total number of them to 11 across the county. He added they responded to several water rescues during Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and Hurricane Florence in 2018 but didn t have enough boats to adequately respond. Back in the famous flood of 2016 and the hurricanes after that, we realized the significant need for water rescue in this county. When the flooding gets far beyond what s normal, people had to be rescued from their homes and had never experienced anything from the likes of this. The Unified Fire Department participated in over 200 rescues. The situation then is

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