The Columbia-Richland Fire Department will join friends, family and our partners in the South Carolina Fire Service today in bidding goodbye to late CRFD Battalion Chief Joseph Casey Desso, who passed away on Monday September 13, 2021 following a brief battle with illness. Visitation will be held at Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Irmo – […]
The Columbia-Richland Fire Department is saddened to announce the sudden passing of Battalion Chief Joseph Casey Desso, who died during the night of September 13, 2021 following a brief illness. Battalion Chief Desso bravely served the citizens of the City of Columbia and Richland County for 24 years. From the beginning of his career as […]
The Columbia-Richland Fire Department will join friends, families and our partnering agencies in the South Carolina Fire Service in celebrating the life of CRFD Chaplain Billie Lee Bright II who passed away on Sunday, September 12, 2021 at the age of 46. Chaplain Bright served CRFD beginning in September of 1998 when he first was […]
At an emergency meeting of the Columbia City Council on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 city leaders officially voted to re-implement a protective mask ordinance for all public spaces within Columbia city limits. This ordinance will now require the immediate use of face coverings in bars, restuarants, gorcery stores, pharmacies and other businesses in the City […]
On the night of Saturday August 28, 2021 CRFD firefighters responded to a massive apartment building fire at Grove at St. Andrews Apartments off of Zimalcrest Drive. By the time the first crews arrived on scene flames could be seen coming through a section of the building’s roof. There were also reports that tenants were […]
As the 2021 school year began, members of the Columbia-Richland Fire Department were busy lending their support to help area families in need obtain school supplies. Over the course of several weeks in August CRFD members contributed hundreds of dollars worth of school supplies to two ‘back to school’ drives! One was organized by area […]
Over the course of the summer CRFD was honored by both the Columbia City Council as well as the Richland County Council in recognition of the department being named a ‘Fire Safe South Carolina’ community for the second year in a row. Both councils presented the department with honorary proclamations when they convened for meetings […]
The Columbia-Richland Fire Department was proud to once again support National Night Out festivities across the City of Columbia and Richland County during the month of August. A majority of neighborhood events were held on the evening of Tuesday August 3, 2021. Other gatherings were postponed until later weeks. National Night Out is an annual […]
As school faculty members prepare their classrooms and learning spaces for the new academic year, they should be making sure to take fire code requirements into consideration. The information below is a guide form the CRFD Fire Marshal’s Office for setting up classrooms as well as maintaining a fire safe learning environment in the rest […]
Columbia-Richland firefighters did an excellent job stopping a 2-Alarm fire that broke out at an apartment building in Richland County on Sunday, July 11. Crews responded to the Austin Wood Apartments off of Garners Ferry Road shortly before 5 p.m. Minutes after arriving on scene firefighters would call for a 2nd Alarm as flames were […]