Charleston firefighters relocated once again due to bedbugs in West … – Charleston City Paper

Charleston firefighters are once again facing relocation as a new bedbug infestation has been discovered in a West Ashley fire station.

Exactly one month after all Charleston fire stations were cleared of bedbugs, full pest treatment protocols are now being enforced at Station 11, located at 1517 Savannah Highway. According to an announcement from the city, bedbugs were spotted on top of a covered mattress in the stations dormitory area Tuesday night. That report was confirmed the following morning through the use of a specially trained, bedbug-sniffing dog. The infestation is said to be contained to a single room in the station, but firefighters from Station 11 have been relocated to Station 16 on Ashley Hall Plantation Road until their former post can be cleared.

Charleston fire stations cleared of infestations thanks, in part, to bedbug-sniffing dogs

Good boy, Rex

Four weeks after bedbugs were first discovered in a local fire station, Charleston firefighters displaced by bedbugs have finally returned to their posts.

By Dustin Waters

The Battery

Following the previous series of infestations reported in May, Tippett said that specialized detectors would be added to the dorm spaces in the fire stations to provide an early alert as to the future presence of any bedbugs. The original source of the infestations remains unknown, and Tippett said last month that there was no clear link between the four fire stations that previously experienced infestations.

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