Chad Beam

Chad Beam has nearly 20 years of experience in fire, EMS and emergency response. He currently is an assistant chief of South Carolina State Fire, where he oversees the state’s Emergency Response Division, including Urban Search and Rescue, the South Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team and firefighter mobilization statewide. Beam has deployed as operations section chief on more than 20 federally declared disasters. He also serves a part-time firefighter with the Fountain Inn, SC, Fire Department, where he has been a member for 14 years. Beam serves as second vice president of the State Urban Search & Rescue Alliance and vice chair of the National Search and Rescue Geospatial Coordination Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in emergency services management from Anderson University and a master’s in public administration from Clemson University and is enrolled in the Executive Fire Officer Program at the National Fire Academy.