Wages BBQ Fundraiser On August 24, 2025 the Wages Volunteer Fire Department, located southwest of Holyoke, hosted the department’s 2025 BBQ Fundraiser. Bringing enough community members and firefighters to fill the station, members celebrated the 40th year of service for three of its members, recognizing each with a gift from the department. Community members gathered for brats, hotdogs and hamburgers, …
PFA Station 7 Grand Opening On June 21st, 2025 Poudre Fire Authority hosted a grand opening ceremony for their new Station 7. The new station is located approximately one block from the old one, now located at 3016 W. County Rd. 54G in Laporte. Firefighters were on hand to provide tours of the station and its apparatus. Along with the …
Engine 403 Push-In Ceremony On June 11, 2025 the Windsor-Severance Fire Rescue hosted a public push-in ceremony at Station 3 for its new 2025 Pierce Velocity Engine. This engine is similar to the older engine 403, with a few functionality upgrades at the request of the crew. The new engine is spec’d with a smaller water tank to allow for …
Windsor Trash Fire On May 4th, 2025 at approximately 18:12 Windsor Severance Fire Rescue, Loveland Fire Rescue Authority and Poudre Fire Authority were dispatched to a possible structure fire near I-25 and American Oaks St. Engine 403 arrived on scene and provided an updated location and advised it was a trash fire near a structure. Firefighters began an attack on …
High Plains Honor Flight On April 27th, 2025 the High Plains Honor Flight was escorted from the Blue Arena to the Loveland-Fort Collins Municipal Airport by numerous agencies. The High Plains Honor Flight is a nonprofit organization that takes a group of veterans to the War Memorials in Washington D.C. each year. Loveland Firefighters also welcomed the veterans home after …
Greeley 3rd Alarm Fire At approximately 05:30 on April 27, 2025 Weld County Regional Communications Center dispatched Greeley Fire Department and UC Health EMS to a commercial structure fire located in the 100 block of 9th Ave. in Greeley. Upon arrival, units encountered a large two-story commercial warehouse with significant fire conditions. A second alarm was promptly requested, mobilizing additional …
Sterling Commercial Structure Fire On April 23rd, 2025 at approximately 02:30 the Sterling Fire Department was dispatched to a fire on the roof of a commercial structure. Arriving officers from the Sterling Police Department reported a working fire. Sterling Fire requested mutual aid from Merino Volunteer Fire Department due to the size of the structure and the location of the …
Greeley 2nd Alarm Fire On April 12th, 2025 at approximately 08:00 the Greeley Fire Department was dispatched by the Weld County Regional Communications Center to the 1400 block of E. 8th St. for a commercial fire. Crews arrived on scene to find a pile of metal burning at a salvage yard. With numerous hazardous materials as potential exposures crews began …
Kristen Hayes Memorial Service On March 21st, 2025 a Celebration of Life was held for Community Risk Reduction Specialist Kristen Hayes at the Flatirons Community Church in Lafayette. Kirsten had joined the Frederick Firestone Fire Protection District in 2023 and was passionate about teaching community classes and doing outreach in the communities served. Kristen had began her career in Emergency …
Berthoud Large Vegetation Fire On March 17th, 2025 at approximately 13:10 the Loveland Emergency Communications Center Dispatched the Berthoud Fire Protection District to a vegetation fire east of Carter Lake. Due to the weather conditions this fire was classified as a fast moving vegetation fire and mutual aid was requested from across the region. Crews began attack with difficult access …
Poudre Fire Low Angle Rescue On March 6th, 2025 at approximately 13:51 Fort Collins 911 dispatched Poudre Fire Authority and UC Health EMS to the 1800 block of Baltusrol Drive for a medical. This call was quickly upgraded to a rescue callout when dispatchers advised the patient had become unconscious and fallen about 10 feet into the foundation of a residential …
Greeley Vegetation Fire On February 28th, 2025 at approximately 16:05 the Weld County Communications Center dispatched the Greeley Fire Department to a small vegetation fire south of Highway 34 on 95th Ave. Brush 106 arrived on scene and reported a small 1 acre vegetation fire. Engine 106 deployed a 1 inch forestry line from the engine and began extinguishment from …
Driver Operator Pump Training On February 28th, 2025 firefighters from Platte Valley Fire Protection District and the LaSalle Fire Protection District gathered at the Platte Valley Fire Training Center. These firefighters worked on skills (JPR’s) to achieve their Driver Operator Pump (DOP) Certification. Firefighters used Engine 703 and Engine 3101 rotating them for drafting operations, as well as pumping the …
Estes Valley Fire Ice Rescue Training On February 8th, 2025 firefighters from the Estes Valley Fire Protection District gathered for the field day of the Ice Rescue Training that they have been participating in. Students attended a classroom session on Thursday and on Saturday put the knowledge from the class to use on the ice of Lake Estes. Students completed …
Windsor-Severance Fire Drills On February 7th, 2025 the Windsor Severance Fire Rescue conducted multi company training at the Public Safety Campus of Aims Community College in Windsor. This included a simulated working structure fire with smoke showing. Crews would respond in achieve a water supply, deploy a hose line and complete an interior attack, forcible entry, complete a primary search, …
Larimer County Polar Plunge On January 25th, 2025 participants braved the freezing temperatures and snow to jump into even colder water to support the Larimer County Dive Rescue Team. Annually there is a 5K race at Horsetooth Reservoir followed by a Polar Plunge. This year over 410 people registered to complete the Polar Plunge. Larimer County Dive Rescue, Larimer County …
LCDRT Ice Rescue Training On January 25th, 2025 the Larimer County Dive Rescue and Larimer County Emergency Services gathered at the South Bay Campground area of Horsetooth Reservoir for Ice Rescue Training. Nine students completed the course for ice rescue to become certified rescuers. This course included self rescue methods and team rescue drills of a person who fell through …
California Wildland Deployments In January of 2025 a set of wildfires broke out threatening the City of Los Angeles. Crews from all over the western United States responded to aid. These apparatus can be assigned as Initial Attack engines to fight the current fires or Pre-Positioned resources to respond to additional calls that my come out. These firefighters can be …
2nd Alarm Structure Fire On January 13th, 2025 at approximately 10:08 the Poudre Fire Authority and UC Health EMS were dispatched by Fort Collins 911 to the 400 Block of S. Overland Trail. Crews arrived on scene to find a working fire and began an offensive attack. Next in units began a primary search and confirmed everyone had been evacuated from the …
Greeley Multi-Family Working Fire On January 10th, 2025 at approximately 20:00 the Greeley Fire Department, UC Health EMS, and Greeley Police Department were dispatched by the Weld County Regional Communications Center to a Multi-Family Structure Fire inn the 1800 block of 10th Avenue. Units arrived on the scene to find a working fire outside of an apartment working its way …