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It has a flat roof and features horizontal bands of windows. The one-story, brick fire truck garage building and the main building were constructed in 1949–1950. The drill tower is a six-story reinforced concrete structure built in 1951. The complex served as the Columbia Fire Department's Headquarters from 1950 until 1995. [2] [3]
On September 7, 2008, WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina reported that two of the survivors would be lobbying the U.S. Congress on behalf of two bills aimed at improving fire safety on college campuses nationwide. Ashley Perdue and Tripp Wylie each use the word "luck" to describe their circumstances during the fire which allowed them to survive.
Harden Street Substation, also known as Harden Street Fire Station, is a historic fire station located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1953, and is a two-story, rectangular brick building with a flat roof constructed in the Moderne style. It was built by the city of Columbia to house African-American firemen under white officers ...
There was a large fire overnight at the Maurice’s Piggie Park barbecue complex in West Columbia, according to South Carolina officials. The fire was at the Midlands restaurant chain’s ...
Members of the Columbia Fire Department battle a 2-Alarm fire. Two homes were “heavily damaged,” while a third also suffered exposure damages because of the high heat, the fire department said.
The firefighters worked for the volunteer-staffed fire service in Saluda County, which sits on the other side of Lexington County from Columbia and has about 19,000 residents.
Police and fire/rescue services are provided by the Columbia Metro Airport Department of Public Safety. Public safety officers are South Carolina Police Academy Class 1 officers, and South Carolina Fire Academy IFSAC Firefighter II, and Airport Firefighter. Some have basic EMT certifications. The Department has three ARFF units, one RIV unit ...
The city celebrated the groundbreaking of a project to renovate, upgrade and expand Columbia Fire Station No. 1, which first opened in 1979.