Columbia-Richland Fire Department

Classes like these give our personnel the guidance and practice to be even better prepared during a HAZ-MAT call.

Firefighters who serve on our HAZ-MAT response crews for the department spent several days last week brushing up on their skills! Our partners at @AllSafeInd hosted sessions to go over the techniques and technology that can be used to identify unknown materials.

A large semi-truck passing down Hampton Street made contact with power lines and pulled the utility pole down. No one was injured.

UPDATE: Our crews have cleared from today’s call on Hampton Street. Pickens Street has reopened to traffic between Blanding Street and Washington Street. Hampton Street remains closed between Pickens and Bull streets while work continues to clean up the downed utility pole.

Our 3rd Shift crews are dealing with small fires along the power lines in several spots and there are also several properties without power. Dominion Energy is on scene and we’ll have more updates as they become available. Please avoid the area at this time.

TRAFFIC ALERT 🚨: Hampton Street is closed to traffic ar this hour between Bull & Henderson streets after a vehicle struck a utility pole. Pickens Street is also closed between Blanding Street and Washington Street.

It's Firefighter 🚒Friday! Time to learn more about one of the many members running calls for @ColaFire ! This week's 'Firefighter of the Week' grew up in Louisville and has a fondness for watching classic films 📽️in his downtime. Meet Firefigher Clifford Lafayette !

More photos from this week’s 2-Alarm fire at Samara East apartments 🔥 🔥 The fire Tuesday night left 28 people displaced but thankfully all tenants of the building got out safely.

About 28 people have been left displaced by the incident this evening and they are getting assistance from the Red Cross of South Carolina. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Richland County Fire Marshal’s Office. Excellent work 3rd Shift!

Busy evening for @ColaFire 3rd Shift crews after an apartment building fire went 2-Alarm in the Dentsville area of Richland County. Crews responded to Samara East apartments off of Bayfield Road shortly before 9:40 p.m. Tuesday evening.

There are eight units total to the building. Four of them were left damaged by fire, smoke and water. After the fire was brought under control, one occupant of the building was transported by Richland County EMS to get checked out as a precaution.

Upon arrival firefighters found heavy fire coming from one end of the building and spreading through parts of the roof. All occupants of the building escaped safely. Crews were able to cut the fire off and keep it from spreading to the other end of the property.

While en route to the scene officers called for a 2nd Alarm after getting reports that the building was already heavily involved with fire. This put additional resources on the call.

This year Cinco De Mayo 🎺🪇 falls on a Test It Tuesday!! 🚨🚨🚨 Before you head out to celebrate, give your smoke alarms a test!

Today we salute our brothers and sisters serving across the world 🌎 in the world's greatest profession! We thank you for the dedication and sacrifice you show daily to protect your communities and aid citizens in their darkest hours. 🚒🚒🚒

The interior of the building contained mixed recycling ♻️ materials stacked from floor to ceiling. Staff at the center used their equipment to dig into the piles and move out materials so our crews could apply water. The scene was brought under control and no one was injured.

Our 2nd Shift crews had their work cut out for them this afternoon when materials at a recycling facility caught fire. Firefighters arrived on scene at Sunoco Recycling on Idlewild Boulevard shortly after 12:40 p.m. to find smoke coming from the rear of the facility.

Each student picked to receive a bike showed the highest growth progress in their STAR score for English Language Arts or iReady Math score. This continues a great program for Chief Jenkins who purchases bikes and presents them at area schools each year.

Twenty-four students at Carver-Lyon Elementary School in Columbia received a real bonus 🚲 for their hard work last week! Fire Chief Jenkins stopped by to present each of them with brand new bicycles in recognition of their standardized test scores. 📄✏️

The cause of the fire is being investigated by the @RichlandSC Fire Marshal’s Office

Tonight our 3rd Shift crews were able to stop a 2-Alarm fire that broke out in a building at Spring Gardens Apartments. Firefighters were called out to the property off of Percival Road shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday.