Bell Family Archive

Military / Police / Rescue / EMS - Service & Public Safety

Military service, law enforcement, technical rescue, emergency response, and patient care across the family and close friends.

103 archive items

1920

1945

1993

Rickey Front Row, Holding the 28th Inf Flag

Circa December 1993
Ft Jackson, SC
Rickey B
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1994

1995

Annual Training at Ft Jackson. Date is an Estimate.

Circa June 1995
Rickey B

Look at that baby with the Pig/M60

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Annual Training at Ft Jackson. Date is an Estimate.

Circa June 1995
Rickey B

Look at that baby with the Pig/M60

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2001

RIP Phil Polston!

November 27, 2001
Phil Polston, Wayne Willis
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November 27, 2001
Chuck Payne, Greg Brasington, Greg Robinson
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2002

2004

August 7, 2004
Lancaster Rescue Squad, Lancaster County, SC
Clayton Rouse, Mickey Morgan
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Drysuit training.

September 12, 2004
Rock Hill, York County, SC
Jason Hoke
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Drysuit training.

September 12, 2004
Rock Hill, York County, SC
Ann Hoke, Carl Whitcomb, Jason Hoke
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Video

Airbag Demo

October 10, 2004
Larry Crooks
Rescue Training 106.mp4

Rescue is looking for evidence of murder in the dump. Lots of fun!

October 19, 2004
Carl Whitcomb, Jason Hoke, Mickey Morgan, Mike Cole
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One way to test if the patient is secure?!?

December 5, 2004
Carl Whitcomb, Mickey Morgan
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2005

Know what happens when the tower collapses with the workers?

February 10, 2005
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Video

Paramedic School training at its best

December 15, 2005
Jason Humphries
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2006

Not quite the correct weapon, but it was readily available.

August 14, 2006
Jarred B, Stephanie B
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2007

You would never know how out of shape you were until you ran with bloodhounds!

April 6, 2007
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2008

Adv Rope Rescue Team.

May 30, 2008
Chuck Payne, Greg Brasington, Jason Humphries, Phil Polston, Rickey B, Sol Garcia
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Video

Practice those knots!

December 5, 2008
Great Falls, Chester County, SC
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Video
December 5, 2008
Great Falls, Chester County, SC

2008-08-29

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Video

Wendy's first time.

December 5, 2008
Great Falls, Chester County, SC
Wendy Wheeler

2008-08-29

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Video
December 5, 2008
Great Falls, Chester County, SC

2008-08-29

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2009

Video

Tazer, Tazer, Tazer!!!

January 20, 2009
Rickey B
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2010

Swiftwater diamond drill.

June 4, 2010
Chuck Payne

The swiftwater rescue diamond formation (often practiced interchangeably with or alongside the wedge/pyramid formation) is a highly specialized shallow-water wading technique. It allows a team of rescuers to safely cross fast-moving, shallow water or retrieve a victim by working together to break the river's force

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2012

2013

Video

Farewell Larry!

September 5, 2013
Larry Shuler
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2014

Circa 2014
Jason Hoke, Terri Faulkenberry
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2017

Video
March 2, 2017
Chester County, SC
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Video

Jason Hoke Funeral Last Call

October 3, 2017
Jason Hoke

Lancaster dispatch couldn't make the last call at the funeral because he had left Lancaster for Chester. Rickey made the call using two handheld radios and Chester's local frequencies so it wouldn't reach the Chester County repeaters. Many on- and off-duty responders attended the funeral with pagers; the plan was for the Chester pagers to go off and broadcast the call. For reasons that can not be explained, EVERY pager at the funeral went off and broadcast the call, regardless of county, frequency, or service. It was really like God himself was sending Jason home!

Medic Hoke Last Call.mp4

2018

Video
June 19, 2018
Sub Fiber, Chester County, SC
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