Michael Bargeron Jr. is the deputy fire chief of the Hanahan, SC, Fire Department. He serves as the department’s fire Marhsal, EMS director and EMS training officer. Bargeron teaches for the South Carolina Fire Academy. He is a member of the federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team FL-4. Bargeron has a bachelor’s degree in fire science from Columbia Southern and a master’s degree in public administration from Belhaven University.