CONWAY –Randy Webster, Horry County Emergency Management Director, was named Director of the Year during the annual South Carolina Emergency Management Association workshop this week in the Myrtle Beach area. Nominees for the annual award are judged by their emergency management peers.

“Randy has been a true leader in our community, and I am proud his accomplishments have been recognized not just locally, but statewide as well,” state Chris Eldridge, Horry County Administrator.

Webster has over 32 years of public safety experience in Emergency Management, EMS and Fire service fields. He began his career with Horry County in 1989 just before Hurricane Hugo hit the east coast and has been the Emergency Management Director since 2003. Randy is a member of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Hurricane Liaison Team and has been a member of various boards and committees to include the South Carolina Hurricane Task Force, Pee Dee Regional Counter Terrorism Coordinating Council and a member of the American Meteorology Society.

(This information included in part of Horry County press release)