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628th Emergency Management hosts capabilities brief for Charleston County
August 27, 2018 — Joint Base Charleston’s Office of Emergency Management hosted a capabilities briefing for their Charleston County civilian counterparts Aug. 23, 2018, at Joint Base Charleston. JB Charleston members were invited to an equivalent capabilities meeting held the same day by Charleston County personnel at the Charleston County Public Works Department... MORE

Airman 1st Class Cameron Polson, Joint Base Charleston’s Office of Emergency Management, explains JB Charleston's capabilities to detect and identify any weapons of mass destruction, hazardous materials, or chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards to members of Charleston County Emergency Management and Charleston County’s Weapons of Mass Destruction response team Aug. 23, 2018, at JB Charleston.

New Initiative streamlines base, county emergency response times
April 3, 2017 — Leadership from Joint Base Charleston and Charleston County representatives signed a memorandum of agreement combining their call centers to shorten the response times of military and civilian first responders at the Charleston County Consolidated 911 Center, March 30. The Public-Public, Public-Private, better known as P4, program makes mutually... MORE

Col. Rob Lyman, right, Joint Base Charleston commander, meets with J. Al Cannon, left, Charleston County sheriff, during a tour of the Charleston County Consolidated 911 Center, March 30, 2017. The Enhanced 911 initiative combines the call centers for the 628th Security Forces Squadron and fire department with the Charleston County Consolidated 911 Center, ultimately shortening response times, saving money and saving lives.

Joint EOD, CCBS training yields explosive results
September 26, 2016 — The 628th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight hosted a joint training exercise for the Charleston County Bomb Squad here Sept. 21, 2016.Because the skillsets of the two units are different, training together allows them to share their varied expertise. The collaborative training creates familiarity with each other’s tactics... MORE

Detective Carl Makins, a hazardous device technician with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office, examines a powder sample from an exploded ordnance during a training exercise here, Sept. 21, 2016. The local bomb squads often train with members from the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron's Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight to build relationships and streamline operating procedures between state and federal entities.