Light Rail Emergency Drill Exercise RTD Police, North Metro Fire Rescue District, Thornton Fire Department, Thornton Police Department and other agencies conducted an emergency preparedness exercise on July 20th, 2022 at the Light Rail N Line bridge over 120th Ave. in Thornton. Emergency crews responded to a mock accident between Commerce City to East Lake. Crews treated the injured, evacuated passengers …
Aurora Structure Fire On July 18th, 2022 at 12:39 Aurora Fire Rescue responded to a reported vehicle on fire inside a structure at 595 N. Nucla Way. Ladder 5 arrived and advised to upgrade the call to a working structure fire and Engine 5 arrived to a single-story auto body shop and started fire attack. Ladder 5 with command assigned …
West Metro Commercial Fire At 03:08 on July 19th, 2022 West Metro Fire Rescue responded to a reported structure fire with smoke coming out of the building at 6203 W. Colfax Ave. in Lakewood with Jeffcom advising 911 caller reporting flames through the roof. Engine 1 arrived on scene to a two-story abandoned building with flames from the 2nd story roof …
Sam’s Club Freon Leak On July 18th, 2022 at 09:27 South Metro Fire Rescue Tower 34 was dispatched to a commercial fire alarm at Sam’s Club, 7818 Park Meadows Drive. Firefighters arrived on scene and determined that the cause was from a Freon leak and a full response was requested. Hazmat crews were called to the sense and spent about …
Arvada Commercial Fire At 06:50 on July 18th, 2022 Arvada Fire Protection District with auto-aid from West Metro Fire Rescue responded to a reported commercial structure fire in the 6000 block of W. 55th Ave. Jeffcom advised that AMR Ambulance on scene reporting fire in the rear of the building. Battalion Chief 51 arrived to a confirmed working fire located …
Loveland Basement Fire At 05:54 on July 18th, 2022 Loveland Emergency Communications Center (LECC) dispatched Loveland Fire Rescue Authority to a residential structure fire in the 800 block Foote Court. Thompson Valley EMS and Loveland police officers arrived on scene and reported smoke coming from the house and that all of the occupants had made it out. Engine 41 arrived …
Paratech University Trench Training North Metro Fire Rescue District in cooperation with Paratech hosted Blue Collar Rescue School at the Crestone Peak Resources Wattenberg Yard, 1495 Weld County Rd. 11, on July 17th, 2022. Trench rescue, one of the most dangerous rescue operations to complete, involves shoring up the sides of a trench, and digging a trapped person out of …
Colorado Springs Structure Fire At approximately 19:20 on July 16th, 2022 the Colorado Springs Communications Center dispatched the Colorado Springs Fire Department to 80 Briarcrest Place for a possible structure fire. Once all units were en route, fire dispatch advised the RP reported lightning had struck the ground near the home and was now smelling smoke from a bedroom. Engine …
First Responders Celebration On July 16th, 2022 Aurora First Responders Celebration was held at the Great Lawn of the Aurora Municipal Center. The free event featured music, food trucks, ice cream, public safety equipment with honoring Aurora’s first responders from the Aurora Fire Rescue, Aurora Police Department, Aurora 911 and Falck Rocky Mountain. The event was presented by Aurora Public Safety …
Paratech University Stabilization Training North Metro Fire Rescue District in cooperation with Paratech hosted Blue Collar Rescue School at the North Metro Fire Rescue Training Center on July 16th, 2022. Students from numerous Colorado departments spent the day working on stabilization and immobilization techniques at three different scenarios. This class was designed to deal with the complexities of commercial vehicle …
Next Level Extrication Training On July 15th, 2022 firefighters from Garfield County attended a training put on by Next Level Extrication at the Colorado River Fire Rescue training grounds. The morning was spent going over electric vehicle fires and extrication and the risks involved with mitigation of those problems and how to do so safely. The afternoon was hands-on with …
Tech Rescue Team Training On July 15th, 2022 the North Area Tech Rescue Training was held with a high-risk structural collapse scenario at the North Metro Fire Rescue Training Center. Approximately 160 firefighters on North Area Technical Rescue Team (NATRT) went through the training, several members of the NATRT are also members of Colorado Task Force 1. Crews from the 10 …
Denver Multi-Vehicle Accident On July 12th, 2022 at 18:20 Denver Fire Department responded to a accident at E. 8th Ave. & Logan St. in Capital Hill. Engine 11 arrived to a multi-vehicle accident involving three vehicles and started the investigation. All parties got out safely and Rescue 1 use the wench tow line to move all the disabled vehicles out …
West Metro Brush Fire At 14:51 on July 12th, 2022 West Metro Fire Rescue was dispatched for a brush fire in the area of Hwy. 285 southbound and Hwy. 8 westbound near Mount Lindo. At 14:57 Engine 9 reported a significant smoke header going up Turkey Creek from Hwy. 285, requested the Douglas County OEM Type 2 helicopter and rebalanced …
West Metro Second Alarm At 02:03 on July 12th, 2022 West Metro Fire Rescue responded to a possible structure fire in the 11500 block of W. 16th Ave. in Lakewood. Jeffcom advised of multiple callers reporting a fully involved structure. Engine 2 arrived to a fully involved large residential under construction, established their own water supply at W. 16th Ave. and …
McChesney Retiring Ceremony Arvada Fire Department Lieutenant Tim McChesney (aka Boom Boom), retired on July 10th, 2022 after 37 years of dedicated service with the department and the community with a bell and flag ceremony that was held at Station 7. Tim is part of the Arvada Pipes & Drums and the Colorado Emerald Society where he got his nickname …
Trash Truck Into Garage On July 9th, 2022 South Metro Fire Rescue responded to a trash truck hit a residential garage in Castle Pines North. Firefighters were quick to size up the situation and utilized a little creativity, some double-T support construction, and were able to safely shore up the home. No reports of injuries. The investigation will be handled …
Denver Police Block Party The Denver Police Department hosted a block party at the Denver Police Training Facility, 2155 N. Akron Way on July 9th, 2022. The community was invited out to meet with first responders, check out their equipment, tour the training facility and enjoy free food. The DPD air unit, bomb squad, motor unit, mounted united and SWAT …
Working Attic Fire Around 09:00 on July 9th, 2022 crews from Loveland Fire Rescue Authority, Berthoud Fire Protection District and Front Range Fire Rescue were dispatched to a possible residential structure fire in the area of Hwy. 60 & Weld County Rd. 7. Battalion 41 arrived to a small single-story double wide with a working attic fire in the offensive strategy …
South Metro Commercial Fire On July 8th, 2022 at 21:57 South Metro Fire Rescue Engine 21 was dispatched to a smoke investigation at 7585 E. Iliff Ave. in Arapahoe County. Crews arrived to a working fire in a commercial building and started fire attack and the incident was upgraded to a working fire. Crews were able to get the fire …