Station 6 Grand Opening On November 9th, 2020 Grand Junction Fire Department held an opening ceremony with a hose uncoupling for the new Station 6. Members of the station crew, administrative staff, city officials, contractors and builders gathered to celebrate. Fire Chief Watkins, Local 2808 member Hazelhurst, members of the city and building committee spoke during the ceremony. The event …
Training Center Grand Opening The Grand Junction Fire Department, City of Grand Junction, Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control, and Colorado Mesa University celebrated the grand opening of their new Training Facility on October 26th, 2020, which is located on Whitewater Hill. The new facility is a ModX built by WHP Training Towers. The facility allows the GJFD Fire …
Carbondale Open House On October 10th, 2020 Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District held their annual community open house COVID safety style at Station 81. The Semi-Open house was limited to outdoor activities, demonstrations, apparatus in the bays, lunch, and public education materials. The department made the open house possible by tracking all visitors with a sign-in sheet to aid …
Light The Night 2020 Arvada Fire Protection District Engine 51 showed their support and respect for the annual National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Light the Night for Fallen Firefighters. This year marks the 25th anniversary which ran from September 27th to October 4th, 2020. In partnership with the City of Arvada, the water tower in Olde Town was lit in red. …
Station 3 Remembered Arvada Fire Protection District held an open house to let current and former members say goodbye to the Old 3. The station will be torn down, and the New Station 3 (Station 53) will be built on the same location. All shifts including the fire chief also honored station with Engine 53, which will also be replaced …
Pueblo Fire Training Drill Pueblo Fire Department was able to participate in a training drill at the Black Hills Energy plant on September 17th, 2020. Crews were called for a patient that had been injured higher up on one of the units and had to be extracted and then transported. Crews had to initiate patient care and then work together …
59th Annual Spaghetti Dinner The South Adams County Fire Department held their 59th annual spaghetti dinner at Station 23 and Station 28 on September 12th, 2020. This year’s dinner was not held at the Adams City High School due to the pandemic, but was held with a drive through take out event at 2 stations. Station 23 served as a …
Westminster Fill The Boot Westminster Fire Department Firefighters Duran Cornelius and Bryan Leto each spent 24 hours on the roof of Station 2 with “Stuck on the Roof” from 08:00 on September 5th to 08:00 on September 7th, 2020. Both camped out in an effort to raise money for the MDA “Fill the Boot”. The firefighters endured scorching triple digit heat …
Haz-Mat Rollover Simulator Denver Fire Department held an officially acknowledge of the receipt of the $150,000 rail-car trainer (Haz-Mat Rollover Simulator) at Station 39 on August 28th, 2020. The rollover simulator was recently awarded through the FY2017 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Residual Funds Grant program, which is managed by the Denver Office of Emergency Management. The rail-car setup allows …
Josh Macdonald Memorial On July 11th, 2020 Berthoud Fire Protection District Fire Investigator Joshua Macdonald was laid to rest following a church service at the Foundations Church in Loveland, a procession with dozens of emergency vehicles, and a graveside ceremony with full military and firefighter honors culminating with an aircraft overflight with missing man formation by the Rocky Mountain Renegades. …
Fire Academy Evolution Night The East Metro I-70 Corridor Fire Departments held evolution night on July 7th, 2020 with training for the current East Metro Fire Academy Recruit class including propane tank, dumpster and car fires, and all the props clean burning propane props at the Bennett Training Grounds (Station 92) 35900 E. Colfax Ave. Participating Agencies: Bennett-Watkins Fire Rescue, …
Tom Young Day On July 6th, 2020 Golden Fire Department honored Captain Tom Young for his 30 years of survival. Tom started with the Golden Fire Department in 1982. But on July 6th, 1990, Tom responded to a call to help rescue an injured hang glider who crashed on Lookout Mountain. In his pursuit to rescue the man, he was …
East Metro I-70 RIT Training On June 20th, 2020 East Metro I-70 Corridor Fire Departments conducted RIT training for the current East Metro Fire Academy Recruit class. A donated structure was used to set-up several challenging scenarios in tight quarters and in a basement. The recruits were met with narrow and confined spaces, zero-visibility,and other obstacles, as they had to …
Training Academy 2020 On June 5th, 2020 South Metro Fire Rescue recruits trained at the Joint Services Facility, and part of the South Metro Fire Rescue Training Academy with a live burn, roof ventilation simulation structure and more. No other information is available at this time.
Live Fire Training The Colorado Springs Fire Department Class of 2020-1 recruits held an in-field training with live fire at 4 donated structures. The recruits went through the academy with wildland training, structure fires, rescues and more during the training class. The recruits graduated on June 5th, 2020.
Rodrigues Retirement Ceremony Federal Heights Fire Department honored Captain Ernie Rodrigues after over 40 years in the fire service on May 20th, 2020 with a retirement ceremony, and a procession with crews and family that lined up in front of Station 41 with apparatus from other departments including Adams County Fire Rescue, Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District, North Metro Fire Rescue …
Thunderbirds Flyover Colorado The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds preformed a flyover to honor and salute Colorado essential front line workers and first reponders fighting the Coronavirus pandemic on April 18th, 2020 after the Air Force Academy graduation ceremonies in Colorado Springs. The flyover took them over more than 40 medical facilities along the Front Range, which was approximately 350 flight …
First Responders Parade On April 13th, 2020 first responders from across the front range of Northern Colorado joined together to thank the care givers at Loveland’s two hospitals. 38 vehicles from 10 agencies formed a parade and visited McKee Medical Center and Medical Center of the Rockies. The Firefighters, EMT’s, and Law Enforcement Officers dismounted the vehicles at both hospitals …
Chili Cook Off 2020 The community was invited out to the Fire Chief Ale Red Chili Cook Off at the Promenade Rock Bottom in Westminster on March 10th, 2020. The Red Chili Cook off is organized by the Westminster Firefighter’s Fire Victim’s Benefit Fund Fund and CFIRE through Rock Bottom. Firefighters cooked up chili and attendees voted for their favorite …
Ice Rescue Training During the evening of February 28th, 2020 and morning of February 29th, 2020 Grand Fire Protection District # 1 held an ice rescue training course offering first responders the opportunity to receive an Ice Rescue Specialist Certification. This training attracted members from East Grand Fire Protection District and Kremmling Fire Protection District, as well as several firefighters …