Windsor Vegetation Fire

On August 3rd ,2024 at approximately 14:20 Windsor Severance Fire Rescue was dispatched to a small vegetation fire at Hwy. 14 and Weld County Rd. 19. Battalion 4260 while enroute requested to a Second Alarm Residential Structure Fire due to initial reports of the fire pushing to a camper and residental structures. This added units from Fredrick-Firestone Fire Protection District, Greeley Fire Department, Banner Paramedics and UC Health EMS. Upon arrival crews found a large vegetation fire and requested the resources appropriate for such cancelling Fredrick-Firestone Fire Protection District and adding Poudre Fire Authority. Advanced Sawyers and Heavy Equipment were requested to knock trees down to allow the inside of the trees to be extinguished or burn out. Most of these trees were hollow inside, allowing fire to still be inside the trees even if the fire on the exterior had been extinguished. Crews remained on scene for several hours completing mop up and cutting trees down. One person was transported and released at a local hospital. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Windsor-Severance Fire Rescue.

Units on Scene:

Windsor Severance: Battalion Chief 4260, Chief 4261, Brush 4232, Tower 4218, Engine 4204, Tender 4242 & Engine 4203

 Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District: Tender 2041

Poudre Fire Authority: Brush 6 & Tender 6

Greeley Fire Department: Engine 3 (103)

 Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District: Ladder 3417 (Cancelled)

UCHealth EMS: Medic 26

 Banner Health Paramedics: Medic 13

 Severance Police Department, Weld County Sheriff’s Office & 4X Industrial LLC- Excavator