Josh Scallate began his first City Council term in December 2022. He is a native of Beaufort, and graduated from Beaufort High School in 2009. He graduated from the South Carolina Fire Academy in 2012, and completed the EMT program at the Technical College of the Lowcountry in 2013.
Scallate is a lieutenant with the Lady’s Island St. Helena Fire District, where he has worked since 2013. In 2018, he was named Firefighter of the Year. He has completed 1,200 hours of continuing education during his tenure at the Fire District.
In 2019, Councilman Scallate was nominated to sit on the 1% Committee for the Fire District.
Scallate is a real estate agent and has been with the HomesFinder Realty Group for the past 5 years.
He and his wife, Ryan, have two children, Scarlet Rose and Jacob Walker.