The current fire station in Olympia is housed in a former flower shop that was built back in 197. It was converted into a fire house in the 1990s, and now the department has outgrown the facility. The replacement will be located on Bluff Road. The new firehouse will be able to hold more resources, equipment and possibly another fire truck.

"When it comes to safety, when it comes to the hot, warm, cold zone, when it comes to place to study, place, to fellowship with one, another place to have, you know, to eat is everything about this place is new and different and also expansion. So, when you look at the future, when we designed this firehouse, we thought about the future. We thought about future growth," said Mickey Folsom, assistant Chief of Administration of Columbia Fire Department.