At a Wednesday, Oct. 28, press conference at the Horry County Fire Rescue Station 1 in Socastee, HCFR Chief Joey Tanner, along with state Rep. Heather Ammons Crawford (Dist. 68) state Rep. Val Guest (Dist. 106) and Horry County Councilman Cam Crawford, announced the awarding of a $2 million state grant that will go toward building a new fire station.