West Columbia Fire Department

The City of West Columbia Fire Department is a career, urban fire department that is ready to respond to emergency calls 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. The WCFD provides fire protection to the City’s 16,000 citizen and the WCFD also has automatic aid agreements with each of its surrounding municipal fire departments (Columbia Fire Department, Cayce Public Safety, and Lexington County Fire Service).
In addition to fire suppression, the WCFD also provides a variety of operation to technician level rescue services, Basic Life Support (BLS) medical care, along with swift water rescue response to the Lower Saluda and Congaree Rivers, which runs between downtown Columbia and the City of West Columbia.

The City current possesses an ISO rating of 3.