South Carolina H 4022: Workforce Education Act

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2025-2026 Bill 4022 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 18, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4022

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A concurrent RESOLUTION

to congratulate W. Paul prince for 
his sixty years of service with the Loris Fire Department as a volunteer chaplain 
and first responder and commend him for his dedication to the citizens of Horry 
County.

Whereas, the members of the South General Assembly have learned that 
W. Paul Prince has served for sixty years as a volunteer chaplain and first responder 
for the Loris Fire Department and would like to commend him for his dedication 
to the citizens of Horry County; and

Whereas, in 1965, he started working as a firefighter with the 
all-volunteer fire department which only had a 1941 model fire truck and one 
other vehicle that responded to less than forty calls. Mr. Prince recalls one 
of his calls, "I drove my car straight to the fire, and I pulled the door open, 
and there was a burning inside toward the kitchen and towards the bed, because 
it was just a small trailer. I saw him, not moving and the bed, on the foot, 
and it was getting smoked up. I held my breath and drug him to safety." Saving 
people is what makes the late-night calls and the time away from home worth it 
for Mr. Prince. The Loris Fire Department now operates three engines, one 
ladder tower, one rescue/squad vehicle, one tanker, two brush trucks, and one 
antique fire engine; and

Whereas, the Loris Fire Department responded to over fourteen hundred 
calls in 2024, and has been the busiest volunteer fire department in the State 
for over a decade; and

Whereas, it was through the Jaycees that Mr. Prince got his first 
experience in public service, and held each leadership position in the local 
chapter. He has served his community as a volunteer firefighter, county councilman, 
local booster club member, and a poll worker, along with many other volunteer 
services. During his tenure on county council he worked with his counterparts 
to secure funding for a county-wide fire department, emergency response 
service, and 911 service; and

Whereas, and as a member of Loris First Baptist Church, Mr. Prince 
exhibits enthusiasm to serve that stems from a heart that loves the Lord and 
follows Christ's example of service. He has served a wider community on mission 
trips with the South Carolina Disaster Relief Team, helping to put roofs on 
houses in Homestead, Florida, after hurricane Andrew; helping to strip out the 
inside of flooded homes so they could be restored after the flood in Albany, 
Georgia; helping with food distribution in McClellanville after hurricane Hugo, 
and during the pandemic; and

Whereas, after sixty years of serving the volunteer Loris Fire 
Department, Mr. Prince continues his work as chaplain; and

Whereas, grateful for his many years of dedicated service to the 
citizens of Horry County, the General Assembly commends W. Paul Prince for his 
lifetime of commitment and dedication. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of 
Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the South 
Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, congratulate W. Paul Prince for 
his sixty years with the Loris Fire Department as a volunteer chaplain and 
first responder and commend him for his dedication to the citizens of Horry 
County.

Be it further resolved that a copy 
of this resolution be presented to W. Paul Prince.

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