Denver Mortuary Fire On March 26th, 2014 at approximately 16:00 Denver Fire Department was dispatched to a reported commercial structure fire at Taylor Mortuary, 2531 N. Ogden St. Units arrived on scene within minutes and found heavy smoke coming from a basement window. Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire and spent about an hour conducting overhaul and ventilating …
Evergreen Chimney Fire At 10:34 on March 16th, 2014 Evergreen Fire Protection District was alerted to a possible chimney fire on Deer Path with multiple 911 callers reporting flames showing. Crews arrived to a 2-story single-family residence with flames and heavy smoke showing, and command requested a working structure fire tone. Engine 138 arrived and pulled a line for transitional …
Denver Carbon Monoxide Leak At 19:02 on March 15th, 2014 Denver Fire Department was alerted to the Noodles & Company at 1460 16th St. for parties feeling ill possibly from carbon monoxide poisoning. Crews arrived on scene and started to investigate and evacuate the restaurant. Firefighters came into contact with 9 people complaining of symptoms and who had tested positive …
St. Baldrick’s Event On March 14th, 2014 First responders and the community stepped up once again to raise money to help researcher’s battle childhood cancer. Shaves from North Metro Fire Rescue District, Westminster Fire Department, Westminster Police Department, Thornton Fire Department, Pleasant View Fire Department and many more area fire, police departments and surrounding community attended the first annual St. …
Hell Night 2014 The Denver Fire Department along with Denver Paramedics trained and put to the test the training of the new Denver Fire recruits and other cadets over an 8 hour period with numerous fire and rescue scenarios on March 14th, 2014. The recruits were dispatched to water and utility problems, various types of car accidents and fires involving …
Polar Plunge 2014 After stops in Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver and Englewood, the 2014 Polar Plunge made it’s way to the City of Aurora. Aurora Parks, Recreation and Open Space hosted the event at the Aurora Reservoir on March 8th, 2014. Hundreds of die-hard plungers, many from area law enforcement agencies, took advantage of the warm weather to go “Freezin’ …
Thornton Structure Fire At 13:45 on March 4th, 2014 Thornton Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 8760 Corona St. Medic 72 arrived to heavy fire showing from two sides of a 3-story apartment building, and conducted a 360 and found heavy involvement to the Charlie side exposure. Engine 72 arrived and assumed command, established their own water supply and declared …
Lacrosse Scrimmage On March 1st. 2014 Firefighters and Military service members squared off at the Pepsi Center in a game of indoor lacrosse. With family and friends watching in the seats, Military once again battled their way to victory over the Firefighters. Everyone came out a winner in the end, the money from ticket sales to the game went to …