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H 4429

Alamo Cove

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Mike Burns

Requests SCDOT install an Alamo Cove marker on US-276 in Greenville County at 35°5'30N, 82°36'53W to honor Persimmon Ridge firefighters; honorific with no funding.

Adopted, returned to House with concurrence
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Bill Summary · H 4429

Summary — H.4429 (Alamo Cove) — Concurrent Resolution

Status: Adopted by the General Assembly; returned to the House with concurrence (May 2025).
Introduced by: Rep. Burns.
Classification: Concurrent resolution (honorific/request).

Main purpose

H.4429 requests that the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) install an appropriate marker or sign along U.S. Highway 276 in Greenville County at coordinates 35°5'30" N, 82°36'53" W bearing the words "Alamo Cove." The marker is intended to honor the firefighters who fought to contain and extinguish the Persimmon Ridge wildfire on March 26, 2025.

Key provisions

  • Requests SCDOT erect an “Alamo Cove” marker or sign at the specified coordinates on U.S. Highway 276 (north toward Caesars Head Mountain).
  • Directs that copies of the resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation and presented to the River Falls Fire Department.
  • Describes the circumstances and rationale for the designation: dangerous wind-driven fire conditions on March 26, 2025; coordinated response by more than fifty firefighters and twenty-two apparatus; the successful holding of the line and protection of homes and property in nearby Cedar Mountain and Cliff Ridge communities.
  • Lists participating firefighting units (River Falls Chief 63; Anderson City Car 1; Newberry Engine 3; Williston Brush 7; Macedonia Engine 11; Fountain Inn Brush 27; Greenwood Brush 70; Clinton Engine 4; Parker Brush 52; Piedmont Park Engine 61A; Laurens City Engine 220; Boiling Springs Engine 12; Abbeville Engine 14A; Dunklin Brush 26; Slater‑Marietta Tanker 70; Slater UTV 70; River Falls Brush 63; McCormick Brush 1; Crosswell Engine 14‑1; Pickens County Squad 15‑2; Parker Engine 51 R; and the South Carolina Forestry Commission).

Who is affected

  • South Carolina Department of Transportation (asked to install the marker).
  • River Falls Fire Department (recipient of presentation and local honoree).
  • Firefighting units and their communities (formal public recognition).
  • General public and travelers along U.S. 276 (will see the marker).

Fiscal and legal impact

  • Honorific concurrent resolution — does not appropriate funds or create new statutory obligations. Any cost or logistical impact (sign fabrication/installation, maintenance) would be handled by SCDOT within existing signage/recognition procedures and budgets unless the department elects otherwise.
  • Concurrent resolutions are expressions of the Legislature; this one requests but does not compel SCDOT action.

Procedural timeline (selected)

  • Introduced: April 29 / May 6, 2025 (Rep. Burns).
  • Committee report (Invitations & Memorial Resolutions): April 30, 2025 — favorable.
  • Adopted by House and sent to Senate: May 1, 2025 (scrivener corrections noted May 1 & May 7).
  • Adopted by Senate and returned to House with concurrence: May 7, 2025.
  • Later recorded as “reported, in part” by H.4531 (9/17/2025) and H.4601 (10/14/2025), indicating related language or incorporation in other legislative measures.

Practical effect

If SCDOT proceeds, the resolution will result in an on-site sign formally naming the location “Alamo Cove,” providing public recognition of the firefighters’ actions during the Persimmon Ridge fire. There is no independent funding or regulatory change in the resolution.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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