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CFD firefighters net more than $130,000 to help in the fight against Muscular Dystrophy
Columbia Richland firefighters marked the success of the department’s 2019 ‘Fill the Boot’ campaign as they presented a ceremonial check to the Muscular Dystrophy Association on June 12, 2019. From March 20 through March 22, CFD fire crews collected donations from the public at 17 total intersections in the City of Columbia and Richland County. […]
2-Alarm fire rips through Northeast apartment building
Nearly a dozen Columbia Richland fire crews responded to northeast Richland County on May 31, 2019 after an apartment building fire reached 2-alarm status. Nobody was injured when the fire ripped through six units of a building at Killian Lakes Apartments and Townhomes. Roughly 50 members of the department were called out to the complex […]
Prisma Health physicians get up close look at firefighting during training visit
For the second straight year Columbia Richland Fire hosted area physicians for a morning of education and outreach at the CFD training complex. The focus of this year’s exercise on May 22, 2019 was learning about the physical and stress-related injuries that a major fire can cause. About 30 resident physicians in emergency medicine at […]
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