COLUMBUS — For more than four decades, Red, White and Boom has been a staple in Columbus. 

And each year to make sure it runs safely, law enforcement officials collaborate to make sure the area is secure.  

“Routine safety just for people coming out here to have a good time," said Franklin County Sheriff, Dallas Baldwin. "We have a lot of first responders working the event."

Sheriff Baldwin is no stranger to the event. He’s worked it almost every year since it began. The sheriff said they staff the event with their bomb squad, dive team, sheriffs deputies, horse-mounted units and bike patrol.

That’s in addition to the Columbus police and fire departments who are also on duty.

“Dive team keeps the waterways clear during the actual event when the fireworks are going off because it’s a safety zone as they’re coming down and landing in the water, so we need to keep people cleared out of that area,” Baldwin said.

To make sure nothing suspicious enters the area, the Bomb Squad thoroughly inspects each vehicle as a safety precaution. 

“Just to make sure there’s no explosive device or something unsafe like would get into the area,” Baldwin said.

They use technology that scans the underneath of vehicle and flags anything that looks out of the ordinary. 

Meanwhile, Sgt. Mickey Casper, with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, said they’re fully staffed to prepare for any potential threat so they can keep everyone safe.

“This is a multi-agency operation. You have Columbus Fire, you have the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, you have Columbus Police, you have Homeland Security, everyone is down here sweeping the perimeters and making everything safe,” Mickey said.

And with the event happening during the summer months, they also have to prepare for the heat.

“When you get this many people, a half a million people in a congested area, temperatures rising, we always do have a concern that people might get overheated, just health issues, things like that,” Baldwin said.