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Fire Department adding staff to deal with inspection backlog

By adam beam | Published: October 7, 2009
Columbia Fire Chief Bradley Anderson says he is hiring four more fire marshals to help with the city’s backlog of commercial fire inspections. As I reported in July, city officials have to inspect 7,700 commercial buildings every year. But because the department only has five fire marshals, they typically only inspect about 3,500 a year. To read [...]
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Columbia Fire Chief speaks

By adam beam | Published: September 28, 2009
Columbia Fire Chief Bradley Anderson held a news conference this afternoon where he read a statement regarding a story I wrote in yesterday’s newspaper. He took no questions.
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Together We Can — Read

By adam beam | Published: March 18, 2009
Thursday, more than 120 volunteers will deploy to all 96 Richland 1 third grade classrooms to read copies of the children’s book “Charley’s Columbia Backyard.” For a full list of readers and where they will read, click here.. The city contributed $12,000 to purchase 2,000 copies of the book, one for every third grader. Notable readers include: All [...]
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In today's paper

By adam beam | Published: March 6, 2009
Two ways Columbia’s projected $4 million budget deficit is affecting city services: Police Chief Tandy Carter has taken away some officers’ cell phones and take home cars. This upsets some neighborhood residents, like Fred Easley, who have enjoyed direct access to cops for years through their cell phones. Fire Chief Bradley Anderson is using engineers to fill [...]
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