Only you can prevent apartment fires
Preventable mistakes can spark apartment fires — leaving residents with less than two minutes to escape.
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Tag: fire department
New boutique hotel offers job opportunities for USC’s Carolina LIFE students
The Lantern hotel will incorporate part of the old Columbia Fire Department Headquarters tower into its design.
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Blythewood firefighters teach kids ‘hot’ safety tips
The goal is to educate kids on fire safety in the home.
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Tractor trailer fire shuts down part of I-26 East
Traffic was backed up 4 to 6 miles Wednesday afternoon.
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Cayce teaches life-saving skills at Save A Life Day
People learned about first aid procedures and emergency services in a fun, family-friendly environment.
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Fire departments face shortages, funding issues, slower response times
Departments increasingly struggle to recruit, leaving some 911 callers waiting 15 minutes for help to arrive.
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Smoke evacuates USC’s Darla Moore School of Business
Hundreds of students forced outside by lower-level kitchen incident.
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Flooding anticipated in Columbia ahead of Hurricane Ian: ‘Turn around, don’t drown’
Nearly 30 low-lying roads in Columbia could flood when Hurricane Ian arrives. Here’s a list of the streets to avoid later this week.
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