Carnation Festival Parade On August 9th, 2025 Wheat Ridge Police Department, Arvada Fire Protection District and others participated in the annual Wheat Ridge Carnation Festival Parade that went down W. 38th Ave. from Sheridan Blvd. to Upham Court. Unfortunately, West Metro Fire Rescue was absent from parade this year.
Alamosa National Night Out The annual National Night Out was celebrated with the City Services Fair on on August 8th, 2025 at Cole Park. The community came out to enjoy food, activities, meet with first responders, tour the vehicles, information booths and more. Alamosa Police Department, Alamosa Fire Department, Alamosa County Sheriff’s Office, the City of Alamosa Public Works and …
Multi-Agency Training Exercise On August 6th, 2025 a full-scale emergency readiness exercise was held at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 15200 W. 6th Ave. in Golden. The incident began with emergency calls to Jeffcom 911 dispatch. The first on scene Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies, who encountered dozens of volunteers with realistic-looking injuries. Their assignment: to locate the “suspect” and stop …
Broomfield National Night Out The annual National Night Out was celebrated at Commons Park in Broomfield on August 5th, 2025 with Broomfield Police Department, North Metro Fire Rescue District, and the City of Broomfield Public Works. The community came out to meet with first responders and tour the vehicles, extrication demo and more. AirLife, Broomfield Public Safety Communications Center, Salvation …
Adams County National Night Out On August 5th, 2025 the Adams County Sheriff’s Office held their National Night Out at Rotella Park, 1824 Coronado Parkway. The neighborhood came out for the annual family event to meet up with first responders with booths on safety info with swat, crime unit, games, food and more were at the event. Adams County Fire …
Golden National Night Out The City of Golden held their annual National Night Out on August 5th, 2025 at Parfet Park, 719 10th St. in Golden. The community came out to enjoy food, live music, face painting and more. Golden Police Department, Golden Fire Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado State Patrol, U.S. Marshals Service Denver, FBI Denver, Bureau of …
Westminster National Night Out The Westminster Police Department held their National Night Out on August 5th, 2025 at the Central Plaza Pavilion, 5845 W 89th Ave. in Downtown Westminster. The neighborhood came out to connect with the police department with booths from local venders, games, food and more. Westminster Fire Department was also on hand at the event. More info …
Jefferson County National Night Out The Welchester and Daniels neighborhoods held their annual neighborhood picnic to celebrate National Night Out on August 5th, 2025 at Daniels Park, 1315 Welch St. in Lakewood. The local neighborhood came to food, games, booths and to meet up with first responders from Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Lakewood Police Department and West Metro Fire Rescue and …
Federal Heights National Night Out The City of Federal Heights held their National Night Out on August 5th, 2025 at the Ruston Park, 9901 N. Zuni St. The community came out to visit and connect with the Federal Heights Police Department, Federal Heights Fire Department and the City of Federal Heights with booths from venders, games, ice cream, food, music …
Wheat Ridge National Night Out The Wheat Ridge Police Department held their annual National Night Out on August 5th, 2025 at the Hayward Park, 7500 W. 29th Ave. The local community stopped by to enjoy food, play games, meet with police officers, members of special teams and to see the patrol, command vehicles and traffic motorcycles. More info about the …
50th Anniversary Festival Lory State Park held their 50th Anniversary Festival on August 2nd 2025 at the Lory State Park Soldier Center, 708 Lodgepole Drive in Bellevue. Many local vendors provided refreshments and crafts, while park staff and rangers from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife held demonstrations and were available for questions and answer sessions on wildland related topics. More …
Platte Valley Kersey Days The Platte Valley Fire Protection District held a Kersey Days Celebration at the Centennial Park Pavilion in Kersey on August 2nd, 2025, part of the Kersey Days. The community came out to enjoy pancakes, meet the firefighters with questions and answer sessions, tour the fire engines, car seat checks, obstacle course, vendor booths and more. The …
Transfer of Command Ceremony On August 1st, 2025 an historic day for West Metro Fire Rescue, as they honored retiring Fire Chief Don Lombardi, and welcomed new Fire Chief Jeremy Metz with “Transfer of Command Ceremony” at Station 10.with a packed audience on hand to witness the event starting off with Deputy Chief Gary Armstrong welcoming in the event and the …
West Metro MVA On July 31st, 2025 at 21:01 Jeffcom 911 dispatched West Metro Fire Rescue to possible head-on trapped MVA on northbound Hwy. 285 Frontage Rd. at Upham St. in Lakewood. Rescue 10 arrived on scene to a two-vehicle MVA on the Frontage Rd. and started the investigation. Both vehicles had heavy damage and unknown on any injuries. The Frontage …
Change of Command Ceremony On July 31st, 2025 Mark Daugherty was sworn in as the new fire chief of North Metro Fire Rescue District becoming the seventh professional fire chief to lead the district since its foundation in 1946. As part of the ceremony, Retired North Metro Fire Chief David Ramos presented Fire Chief Daugherty with a special firefighter’s axe …
Douglas County Wildfire Training On July 30th, 2025 several Douglas County fire departments got the opportunity to train with the Douglas County Office of Emergency Management Helicopter 5TA (N205TA) and crew for wildland helicopters operations near Sandstone Ranch Open Space in Perry Park. The 1974 Bell 205A-1 copter has a 300 gallon water capacity and can hover and dump that …
Longmont Coffee With A Cop The Longmont Police Department “Coffee with a Cop” was a great opportunity for residents to engage in conversations with their local law enforcement officers while enjoying free coffee. The event was held on July 26th, 2025 at the MeCo Coffee Collective, located at 627 Main St. in Longmont.
Douglas County Fair Parade On July 26th, 2025 the Douglas County Fair & Rodeo Parade was held in Downtown Castle Rock since 1954. Castle Rock Fire Rescue Department, Castle Rock Police Department, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Douglas County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) and others participated in the event.
Golden Pancake Breakfast The Golden Fire Department held their 51st annual pancake breakfast at Station 21 in Downtown Golden on July 26th, 2025 which included pancakes and bacon. The pancake breakfast is also part of the “Buffalo Bills Days” celebration and the “Best of the West” parade that followed the pancake breakfast. The annual pancake breakfast supports the volunteer fire …
Fire Chief Ramos Retirement Ceremony On July 22nd, 2025 North Metro Fire Rescue District Fire Chief David Ramos took his final steps as fire chief and enter retirement after a 40 year career as part of a special retirement ceremony held at North Metro Fire Station 61 in Broomfield. Colleagues, district board members, family and friends all gathered for brief …