FRFC Graduation Ceremony On May 25th, 2023 the Front Range Fire Consortium (FRFC) Academy Class 23-1 graduation was held at the Rez Church in Loveland. Recruits from 9 northern Colorado fire agencies became firefighters by taking their oaths, having badges pinned by friends and family, and received their helmets. Class 23-1 participated in 14 weeks of classroom and drill ground …
Rocky Mountain ARFF Drill The Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport held several ARFF Drills on May 24th, 2023 that was designed to test the preparedness and response plans of the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport Fire (ARFF), North Metro Fire Rescue District, RMMA Personnel, Broomfield Dispatch, Jeffcom Dispatch, and the RMMA (FAA) Air Traffic Control Tower. The Drill also tested communication systems …
FRFC Hell Night On May 23rd, 2023 recruits from the Front Range Fire Consortium (frontrangefireconsortium.org) Class 2023-1 got to experience “Hell Night”. This is the final hurdle that the recruits must face before graduating this week. Starting early in the morning, they experienced the life of a busy shift. The 10 engine companies ran call after call, sometimes they could …
South Metro ARFF Familiarization On May 22nd, 2023, South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Academy Class 23-1 spent their day conducting airport familiarization training at Centennial Airport. The recruits got a close up look at some of the ARFF apparatus, visited the control tower and toured the airport grounds. The class is scheduled to graduate in two weeks. Crews affectionately nicknamed the …
Fire Academy Hell Night On May 19th, 2023 South Metro Fire Rescue Fire Academy 23-1 held their “Hell Night”. The recruits staffed 11 rigs and responded to dozens of calls during the day until about midnight. These calls included structure, dumpster, vehicle, and wildland fires, vehicle extrications, various medical calls, and more. These recruits have been working hard for 14 weeks, …
Class 2023-01 Graduation Ceremony The Denver Fire Department Class 23-01 Academy Graduation was held on May 12th, 2023 in Denver. The Denver Firefighters Pipes started the ceremony and then was followed by the presentation of Colors by Denver Fire Department Honor Guard. The presentation of the Badges to all the new Denver Firefighters were pinned with their badges by family …
South Metro Hose Testing On May 20th, 2023 South Metro Fire Rescue Logistics technicians spent the better part of their Saturday conducting hose testing at the Joint Services Facility in Parker. Every two hours a different company checked in to have their equipment checked by FireCatt who uses patented technology to provide hose, ladder and nozzle testing. The testing happens …
Ranger Excellence School The Larimer County Natural Resources hosted Ranger Excellence School at the Ridgeline Hotel in Estes Park from May 15th, 2023 through May 19, 2023. Throughout the week participants attended sessions on defensive driving, low angle rescue, Spanish, swift water rescue, self defense, crisis intervention CPR, water survival and pepper spray certification. The school culminated on May 19th …
Arvada Auto X The Annual Arvada Auto-X Extrication Workshop 2023 was held the three-day workshop from May 11th, 12th and 13th, 2023 at the Training Center and hosted by Arvada Fire Protection District. Auto X is 105 firefighters representing 30 fire agencies from as far away as the state of Washington that attended, although most come from Colorado. Auto extrication …
Student Honored From Thornton Fire On May 16th, 2023 Thornton Fire Department held an honor of recognizing to a very special kindergarten student that knew exactly what to do in an emergency. She was alone with a family member while they experienced a medical emergency and acted quickly. She asked the neighbor to call 911 and was able to give …
Station 17 Open House On May 13th, 2023 Wellington Fire Protection District held an open house at Station 17 in Waverly. The community members was invited to the station to learn about wildfire prevention and preparedness. The Larimer County Sheriff Wildland Team and the Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority were also on hand at the station. For more information on upcoming …
Wildfire Awareness Open Houses The West Metro Fire Rescue hosted several open houses on May 13th, 2023 as May is “Wildfire Awareness Month”. The open houses were held at Station 4, 5, 11 and 15 with each station providing simple tips and tricks and quick weekend projects that make homes wildfire ready. 5280Fire covered the open houses at Station 5: 14055 …
Wildland Training Exercise On May 13th, 2023 Evergreen Fire Rescue conducted a wildland fire training exercise in Elk Meadow Park, at the Beaver Brook trailhead and along Old Squaw Pass Road. Crews practiced with progressive packs, pump operations, size up, anchor points, line operations and structure triage. Evergreen, Clear Creek Fire Authority, Foothills Fire Protection District, Genesee Fire Protection District, …
AirLife Memorial EMS Muster The annual Friends of AirLife EMS Memorial Run/Walk and EMS Celebration was held May 13th, 2023 at Hudson Gardens & Event Center in Littleton, benefiting the Friends of AirLife. EMS, fire and police muster with emergency vehicles were on display, and numerous activities including the EMS Volleyball Challenge Tournament and a 5/10K. The event was founded …
Retirement and Change of Command Fire Chief Alan Fletcher of the Fairmount Fire Protection District retired on May 12th, 2023 with 45 years of experience in the fire service, including the last 10 as Fire Chief to Fairmount Fire. The ceremony also was the change of command to Mike Piper, the current Fire Chief of the Arvada Fire Protection District. …
Joint Live Fire Training The week of May 8th, 2023 the Lafayette Fire Department and Mountain View Fire Rescue conducted joint live fire training at the Boulder Fire Training Center. Additional information provided by Chris Rodgers / Code 10 Photography
Schroeder Send Off On May 8th, 2023 the Louisville Fire Protection District celebrated the retirement of Battalion Chief Diane Schroeder. In attendance were many LFPD firefighters as well as the LFPD Medical Director Colleen Foster, Board President John Milanski, Fire Chief John Willson and her family. Chief Schroeder was given the flag that flew over Fire Station 1, that was …
Water World Training On May 5th, 6th and 7th, 2023 the Federal Heights Fire Department and a member of the North Area Technical Rescue Team conducted gondola training at Water World. Firefighters practiced rigging gear, moving from one car to another and opening the gondola doors. The State of Colorado and the park’s insurance company require this training every year …
Wildfire Awareness Open Houses The West Metro Fire Rescue hosted several open houses on May 7th, 2023 as May is “Wildfire Awareness Month”. The open houses were held at Station 6, 9, 13 and 17 with each station providing simple tips and tricks and quick weekend projects that make homes wildfire ready. WMFR covers over 100 square miles with 17 …
Denver Hell Night The Denver Fire Department held their annual “Hell Night” for the latest recruit class 23-01 on May 6th, 2023 at the Denver Fire Training Center. The recruits responded to scenarios which included medical, alarms, auto extrications, vehicle fires, aerial pick offs and structure fires. The recruits graduated on May 12th, 2023, More here: Denver Fire Class 23-01 Graduation …