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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A local firefighter is taking his training overseas, selected to be part of a counter-terrorism drill in Israel.
Born and raised in Conway, Steven Bret Holland is a career firefighter and EMT for the City of Myrtle Beach Fire Department. The titles and training he has under his belt are vast and impressive. Holland is a Hazardous Materials Specialist for South Carolina Task Force 1, which is internationally deployable in times of need.
He is also a COBRA (chemical, ordinance, biological, radiological, and atomic) Specialist for South Carolina’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Regional Response Team. Adding to his training, in May Holland took part in an Integrated Capstone Event where he was in charge of all Hazardous Materials Operations during an exercise simulating the deployment of live anthrax and explosives by a domestic terrorism cell.
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