Beginning Saturday December 6 some new faces will be out in service for the Columbia-Richland Fire Department
The department is proud to announce the graduation of 17 new firefighters. The members of CRFD Recruit Class 2025-02 officially completed their training on Thursday December 4, 2025 with graduation exercises that were held at Eau Claire High School in Columbia.
Before their family and friends, each new firefighter received their badge from Columbia-Richland Fire Chief Aubrey D. Jenkins.
Several awards were handed out during the graduation. Recruit Chad Reinkens was honored with both the Maltese Cross Award as well as the Bryan P. Roberts Academic Achievement Award.
Fire Chief Aubrey D. Jenkins (left) presents the Maltese Cross Award & Bryan P. Roberts Award to Chad Reinkens)
The Columbia-Richland Fire Department extends its congratulations to our new full-time firefighters.
RECRUIT CLASS 2025-02
Adrien Alaimo
Joseph Alfonso
Jalaysia Allen
Ronald Ashford
Sami Ayoub
Chris Baldissard
Christian Carson
Matthew Cespe
David Crim
Ethan Culver
Nathan Daugherty
Chris Johnson
Riley LeVan
Kevin McNeil
Niquolas Quick
Chad Reinkens
Nicholas Squillace
