High Plains Honor Flight The High Plains Honor Flight was held on April 30th, 2023 with the Escort of Heroes from The Ranch to Northern Colorado Regional Airport through portions of Loveland and Windsor. Numerous first responder agencies positioned personnel and apparatus along the route including Earhart Rd. leading into the airport with the aerial ladder flag display. The final …
Florissant Family Fire Muster On April 29th, 2023 the Florissant Fire Protection District held its first annual Family Fire Muster at Station 1. The community competed in a timed run and was given apparatus tours. Teller County Search & Rescue gave tours of equipment and information about the group. After the timed runs, a vehicle fire demonstration and an extrication …
Colorado Fallen Firefighters Memorial The annual Colorado Fallen Firefighters Foundation Remembrance Ceremony was held on April 29th, 2023. The ceremony was inside the Lakewood Cultural Center 470 S. Allison Pkwy and the last part was held outside at the Colorado Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Belmar Park honoring the 170 names on the wall. This year the ceremony added 4 names to …
Timnath Police Safety Fair On April 29th, 2023, the Timnath Police Department held a safety fair in Timnath Community Park. The department invited local residents to meet with first responders, check out their equipment and learn valuable safety information. The American Red Cross, Colorado State Patrol, Fort Collins Police Services, Larimer County Dive Rescue, Larimer County Search & Rescue, Larimer …
Monument Push-In Ceremony On March 29th, 2023 the Monument Fire Protection District invited the community to Station 4, which is the former Donald Wescott Fire Protection District Station 1 to celebrate putting their newest pieces of equipment in service. Engine 514, a 2022 Pierce Enforcer, that will be housed at Station 4, at 15415 Gleneagle Drive and serving the Gleneagle …
Women In The Fire Service Skills Day On April 29th, 2023 Boulder Rural Fire Rescue sponsored the Boulder County Women in the Fire Service Skills Day at the Boulder Fire Training Center. Not only were women from Boulder County agencies invited, but the training also welcomed female firefighters from all around Colorado. The participating firefighters held various skill levels, from …
AMR Ambulance Rollover On April 28th, 2023 at 13:30 AMR 8 was responding emergent to a call advised Boulder Police & Fire Communications (9100) that they were involved in an accident and was rolled over at 55th St. & Arapahoe Ave. Engine 2507 arrived on scene to a two-vehicle accident with the ambulance on it’s side in the intersection. The …
West Metro Garage Fire On April 27th, 2023 at 04:15 West Metro Fire Rescue and Arvada Fire Protection District responded to a possible structure fire in the area of westbound I-70 at W. 32nd Ave. as drivers on I-70 called 911 as flames and smoke were very visible from the highway. Engine 5 enroute advised that smoke and flames showing …
New ARFF Strikers Placed Into Service On April 26th, 202, South Metro Fire Rescue placed their two new Oshkosh Strikers into service at Centennial Airport. Before a small crowd on the airport tarmac, new Red 1 and Red 2 were wet down, blessed and called into service. Red 1 will be housed north of the airport at Station 35 while …
Denver Commercial Fire On April 25th, 2023 at 23:20 Denver Fire Department responded to a reported commercial structure fire at 2506 W. 13th Ave. in the Sun Valley neighborhood. Crews arrived to heavy fire showings from a two-story commercial building. Crews worked heavy defensive fire and command ordered all crews to back out with collapse issues. One firefighter was evaluated …
Working Structure Fire On April 25th, 2023 at 15:38 Jeffcom dispatched Arvada Fire Protection District and Fairmount Fire Protection District responded to a working structure fire in the 9200 block of Blanca St. in Candelas after the homeowner called 911 reporting the smell of smoke after their home had been hit by lighting. Engine 59 arrived on scene to a …
Ben Fournier Memorial The celebration of life for Mountain View Fire Rescue Firefighter Ben Fournier was held on April 25th, 2023 at the Lifebridge Christian Church in Longmont. Ben was 42 years-old and passed away on April 10th, 2023. Ben had 17 years of service in the fire service which started when he attended the Red Rocks Community College and …
Pueblo West Pancake Breakfast The Pueblo West Fire Department and the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office Explorers hosted a pancake breakfast at Pueblo West Station 1 on April 23rd, 2023. The community was invited out to meet with first responders, check out the apparatus and enjoy breakfast. Proceeds from the event benefit Pueblo West Firefighters Local 4765 and the Pueblo County …
Glendale Gone But Not Forgotten In May of 2005, the City of Glendale opted to contract with the Denver Fire Department to provide fire service to their municipality. Eighteen years later, firefighters at Denver Fire Station 5 in Glendale are paying homage to their history by displaying a plaque and several other historical items on the walls inside the building. …
Annual Lift Ticket Program The Rocky Mountain Rescue recertified their lift tickets with Med Evac on April 22nd, 2023. The lift ticket program allows the rescuers to ride in either helicopters to remote locations to help make quick access to hard-to-reach victims. The lift ticket is essentially a pass that gets a certified rescuer up in the air and to someone …
West Metro Apartment Fire On April 21st, 2023 at 17:23 Jeffcom dispatched West Metro Fire Rescue to a possible structure fire 7875 W. Mansfield Parkway at the Marston Pointe Apartments in Lakewood. Rescue 10 arrived to a medium three-story apartment building with nothing showing and started the investigation. Crews found the problem first appeared to be an overheated and burned out …
West Metro Fatal Apartment Fire On April 21st, 2023 at 03:49 West Metro Fire Rescue responded to a possible structure fire in the 8000 block of W. 12th Ave. in Lakewood. Jeffcom advised that multiple callers and possible one person trapped inside. Engine 3 arrived on scene to a single-story apartment building with a working fire on the Alpha-Delta corner …
West Metro Structure Fire On April 20th, 2023 at 12:46 West Metro Fire Rescue and South Metro Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire in the 9000 block of W. Polk Drive. in the Kipling Hills neighborhood in Littleton. Engine 12 arrived on scene to a single-story single-family with the front of the home fully involved and pulled a 1 …
Pueblo Garage Fire Just after 15:00 on April 19th, 2023 Pueblo Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 120 block of W. Evans Ave. in the Mesa Junction neighborhood after a resident knocked on Station 3‘s door and alerted them to the fire behind their station. As their crew began to look around the corner tones dropped as …
South Metro Skid Steer Fire On April 18th, 2023 at approximately 17:40 South Metro Fire Rescue was dispatched to a possible residential structure fire at 5419 S. Waco Court. Engine 22 arrived on scene within minutes and found a Caterpillar 256C Skid Steer Loader heavily engulfed in fire. The fire from the loader, which was parked extremely close to the …