Editing Bluffton, South Carolina (section)

===Fire department===
The Bluffton Township Fire District was created in 1978, and is comprised all of the land in Beaufort County south of the Broad River except Jenkins Island, Hilton Head Island and Daufuskie Island. In 1994, Jenkins Island was added.<ref name="Fire1">[http://www.blufftonfd.com/about.php "About BTFD"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923111813/http://www.blufftonfd.com/about.php |date=September 23, 2012 }} ''BTFD About'' - Accessed August 28, 2012.</ref>

There are nine fire stations in the Bluffton Township Fire District.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bluffton Township South Carolina Fire District Home Page |url=https://www.blufftonfd.com/home |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=Bluffton Township South Carolina Fire District |language=en}}</ref>

Bluffton Township Fire District works with Hilton Head Island Fire & Rescue as a sponsoring agency for two of South Carolina's designated special teams: one of the state's Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Response Teams and one of the four Regional Urban Search and Rescue Response Teams.<ref>[http://www.ffmob.sc.gov/index.asp?file=RegionalUSandR.htm "Regional US&R Teams,"] ''South Carolina Firefighter Mobilization Oversight Committee'', Accessed May 20, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://bluffton-today.wehaa-server2.com/catalog.php?catalog_id=438 "Safety First - The Hilton Head/Bluffton Disaster Response Team Trains for Emergency Rescue Missions,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718023134/http://bluffton-today.wehaa-server2.com/catalog.php?catalog_id=438 |date=July 18, 2011 }} ''The Bluffton Today'', January 10, 2008. Accessed January 12, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.fireengineering.com/news/newsArticleDisplay.html?id=156017 "Firefighters in SC train in tornado scenario,"]{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Fire Engineering'', January 9, 2008. Accessed January 12, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/125943.html "Mock tornado stirs up read training locally,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110192730/http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/125943.html |date=January 10, 2008 }} ''The Island Packet'', January 9, 2008. Accessed January 12, 2008.</ref>