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Welcome to the Official Website for the
Columbia Borough Fire Department!
"The mission of the Columbia Borough Fire Department shall be to protect the lives and property of the citizens and visitors of the Borough of Columbia and neighboring communities from fire and other related emergencies or natural disasters. This public safety goal shall be achieved by providing professionally trained personnel educated in the areas of fire prevention, suppression, and tactical operations from the adverse effects of fire and rescue situations, or exposure to other hazardous conditions."
We are always looking for good men and women to join our team. Applications for membership are available at the station or you can Click here to download the membership application. You will need the Adobe Reader to view and print the application. Please read and fill out the application completely. Drop off your completed application at the station.
2024 Run Video
Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80, February 08
For all of our followers, the 2024 run video will be released tomorrow. If you could please click the YouTube link and follow our page!!! Also this evening the members of CBFD will be having there annual banquet. We would like to thank @manheimfire26 and Pequea Valley Fire Department for providing services for our residents and mutual aid companies.
www.youtube.com/@cbfd80... (Full Story & Photos)
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Busy Start to February
Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80, February 04
The volunteers are currently assisting West Hempfield Fire/Rescue with 2 separate incidents just outside of the borough. The volunteers are currently assisting West Hempfield Fire/Rescue with 2 separate incidents just outside of the borough. Boat 801/Squad 801 are operating on the Susquehanna River for a water rescue. The Engine and Ladder are out on Lancaster Avenue for a large wood pile that is ... (Full Story & Photos)
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January Stats
Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80, February 01
Your Columbia Borough fire department had a very busy January. Stats are as followed.
Calls-81
Box alarms- 18
Jobs-3
Pins-1
The rescue just cleared the first call for February this morning, They assisted EMS with a lift assist.... (Full Story)
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Elevator Rescue Training
Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80, January 18
17 Members recently completed a 16 hour elevator rescue class. The class consisted of classroom instruction, site visits to different types of elevators, and practical rescue demonstrations. Today, we travelled to two local businesses and practiced rescue scenarios. The class was taught by @Sam Clark of Clark Fire and Safety Training LLC who is a past battalion chief at Harrisburg City, assistant ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Start of 2025 Keeps Crews Busy
Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80, January 08
Today has been a busy day for the volunteers. The day started with a transfer assignment for the Rescue to cover Manheim Fire Department, while they were on a barn fire. Next up was the Truck getting called for a farm rescue to assist Fire Department Mount Joy, with male stuck in a grain silo. While both of those incidents were being handled the Engine was called for a vehicle fire in the parking ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Foresters' of America Donation
Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80, January 07
The Columbia Borough Fire Department would like to thank the Foresters’ of America Social Club for their generous donation we received. With this donation the fire department will be updating their standpipe kits for high rise type fires. This kit will improve our operations when utilizing a standpipe for hand line operations. Both of our high rises in town, as well as our new apartment buildings ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Crash With Entrapment on Prospect Road
Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80, January 05
As Sunday apparatus checks were wrapping up, the Rescue Co. was added to the crash with entrapment in 7’s first due. Rescue enroute with 6 a minute after dispatch. Assistant 7 arrived and confirmed 2 trapped assigning LT802 as the Rescue Supervisor. Crews immediately worked with Company 7’s crew performing stabilization as D/C 7 and Rescue Supervisor discussed operations. A “2 door swing” was initially ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Happy New Year!
Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80, January 01
We hope all of our followers are having a wonderful New Year with family and friends. Here is a quick recap of our statistics for the 2024 year.
Total calls - 746
Box alarms - 107
Jobs - 30
Pins - 7
The annual video will be released on February 8th the night of our annual banquet.... (Full Story & Photos)
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2025 Fire Line and Administrative Officers
Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80, December 24
The Columbia Borough Fire Department is proud to announce its officers for the 2025 term that will be effective on January 01, 2025. The membership would like to thank the outgoing officers for all their hard work and dedication to the department.... (Full Story & Photos)
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Press Release
Columbia Borough Fire Department Station 80, December 03
Columbia Borough Fire Department is aware of an increase of 9-1-1 calls being made regarding the smell of a gas leak in the areas of Columbia Borough and towards Lancaster City.
Hazmat 2 Environmental Fire Rescue dispatched a Duty Officer to conduct a site evaluation and concluded there is no immediate hazard to the public. During the site evaluation, a chemical: methyl mercaptan, was identified. ... (Full Story)
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