Dear members and visitors,
Please be patient with our new website. We recently migrated to a different format and much of our previous info was lost in the transition. We are working diligently to recover all lost information. This new format will be easier to navigate, find information and keep updated with the latest news for you.
Thank you for your understanding during this time,
-The Local 793 Executive Board
NFPA 1710: The Industry Standard for Career Fire Departments
Depending on daily staffing levels, Columbia-Richland apparatus previously riding 4 may still ride 3 until budget needs are met.
Today, Engine 24 on Sparkleberry Road off Two Notch is riding 3 firefighters. If this is concerning to you we ask you to contact your Richland County Council representative for a plan to keep the apparatus staffed with 4.
#SAFERCOLUMBIA
SC Department's Fully Staffed Apparatus May be Brief
Five Columbia-Richland apparatus are now properly staffed, but the department must convince county officials to restore some of its budget for that to continue.Every officer should start Transmitting 2nd Alarms for all Working fires. ALL FIRES!!!! Then let’s see what manpower starts looking like. Make a strong point guys!!!
24 covers some the largest homes in Richland County, and some of the highest tax payers in the NE area. Stay tuned!
Thought you guys had this all straightened out
Every firefighter on an apparatus has a job for that riding position. When one is missing, their assignment has to be absorbed by other firefighters, causing a delay in the tasks needing to be accomplished.
Firefighters demonstrate importance of manpower
LORAIN — An abandoned house on West 13th Street was the site of a fire department demonstration Saturday morning. Envisioning a cool summer night about 10 p.m., the demonstration stated that crews were called to a working structure fire at Reid Avenue and 13th Street. Firefighters were met on the ...
After the Chaos: The Power of Peer Support
After a shooting in El Paso, Texas, claimed the lives of 22 innocent people, the nightmare was repeated less than 12 hours later in Dayton, Ohio, where another***🔥🔥🔥🔔🔔🔔🔥🔥🔥***
🎊🎉🎊
WE DID IT!!! Mission #safercolumbia was a success!
🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒x4
We just received confirmation per Fire Chief Aubrey D. Jenkins, that all 5 Richland County units (Engines 14, 24, 31, 32, & 33) that have been riding short for the last 8 months will return to full staffing! Beginning Saturday, August 10th at 0745hrs, 4 firefighters (instead of 3) will be responding to emergency calls on the above mentioned units. This will allow the Columbia-Richland Fire Department to again serve the public at a safer, more efficient level that we NEVER should have gone away from in the first place.
🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒x4
Thank you to everyone who liked, commented and shared our posts to help spread the word!! Without all of you we wouldn’t have been able to accomplish this! Together we are strong! Together we have a voice that is loud enough to be heard!
🚒🚒🚒🚒🚒x4
#safercolumbia #unionstrong #local793 #columbiafirefighters #makinghousecalls #makinggrabs #4oneverything #countyrescuesarenext
Victory! Great job!
Great work!
So happy to know this problem is being solved! This is a contract, a written agreement that the City and County govnmts would fund the Fire Dept to cover all of Richland County AND the City. Be responsible! This effects lives is so many ways!
Outstanding
Congrats
Where are they finding the extra personnel to put out in the County , and when are they going to fully staff the county rescues to 4 and not 3
Excellent!!!
Glad it worked! Still sucks it took 8 months.
The State newspaper picked up the story today! Thanks to all who read and shared our press release today!!!
#safercolumbia
Understaffed Richland County fire trucks leave some areas in danger, union says
The head of the Columbia-Richland Firefighters Association says a shortage in county funding is causing fire trucks to be understaffed and it’s putting Richland County neighborhoods and firefighters in danger.
Columbia Firefighter’s Association is a non-profit organization and a chapter of the International Association of Firefighter’s, Local 793.