This year Columbia-Richland Fire Chief Aubrey D. Jenkins is marking 45 years serving with the Columbia-Richland Fire Department. Chief Jenkins's career spanning four and a half decades began in 1979…
The Columbia-Richland Fire Department’s efforts to help in the nation’s ongoing opioid crisis was highlighted at the annual SC Governor’s Opioid and Addiction Summit. CRFD was one of several fire…
Columbia-Richland firefighters took home one of the tops honors at the annual Fire Truck Pull to raise funds in the fight against childhood cancers. CRFD’s team recorded the best pull…
Two dozen members of the Columbia-Richland Fire Department earned promotions to new ranks of leadership during the early months of 2024. All of them were recognized during a Promotional Pinning…
On the early morning of April 4, 2024 the Columbia-Richland Fire Department lost our longtime photographer and loyal friend Robert Leroy Busbee. Over the course of decades Mr. Busbee, who…
A spring tradition in the Capital City is back as the 11th Annual Curing Kids Cancer Fire Truck Pull will be taking place in downtown Columbia on Saturday April 6th…
From the Columbia Police Department Columbia Police Chief W.H. ‘Skip’ Holbrook and Fire Chief Aubrey D. Jenkins announce the arrest of a 27-year-old man accused of setting fire inside a…
On Sunday March 10, 2024 Columbia-Richland fire crews working with the Irmo Fire District were able to contain and stop a fast-moving 3-Alarm fire that ripped through an apartment building.…
Columbia-Richland firefighters working with the Irmo Fire District were successfully able to contain a fast-moving 2-Alarm fire that tore through parts of an area condo building. Firefighters responded to Old…
Roughly 30 people were left displaced after a 2-Alarm fire ripped through an apartment building in Columbia. Crews with the Columbia-Richland Fire Department responded to the Columbia Rising Apartments on…