Patrick Rogacki Memorial The Colorado Springs Fire Department held a memorial procession for retired Captain Patrick Rogacki on September 5th, 2025. Captain Rogacki passed away on August 1st, 2025 as a result of cancer he obtained while working at Ground Zero in New York City after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Captain Rogacki joined CSFD in 1979 and retired in 2014. …
Loveland Aircraft Crash Simulation On September 5th, 2025 Loveland Fire Rescue Authority and Northern Colorado Regional Airport (KFNL) hosted the 2025 tri-annual aircraft crash simulation. Firefighters from the surrounding area gathered for a briefing before being “dispatched” by the Loveland Emergency Communications Center to a standby for a large aircraft incoming to KFNL. Loveland Station 4 is not staffed 24/7 …
South Metro Plane Crash On September 5th, 2025 at approximately 06:20 South Metro Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported aircraft emergency at the Flexential Denver-Englewood Data Center, 8636 S. Peoria St. in Douglas County outside of the Centennial Airport. Units arrived on scene to find that a small plane had crashed and caught on fire between two large transformers …