Aurora RTD Train Accident On August 4th, 2025 around 09:30 Aurora Fire Rescue responded to an RTD A Line commuter train that collided with a tractor trailer at Smith Rd. and Sable Blvd. Initial reports indicated a train derailed after striking a vehicle and prompting a large fire response. Upon arrival, crews confirmed the train was still on the tracks …
South Metro Grass Fire On August 3rd, 2025 at approximately 14:00 South Metro Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported grass fire at Look Out Park, 5455 S. Riviera Way. Units were on scene about forty five minutes extinguishing the fire and mopping up. Neighbors reported that kids had been in the park setting off fireworks but the incident is …
Ault-Pierce Pancake Breakfast The Ault-Pierce Fire Protection District held their annual pancake breakfast at Station 1 in Ault on August 3rd, 2025. The community was invited out to meet with firefighters, check out their apparatus, ride on an old engine an enjoy breakfast.
Aurora Trash Fire On August 3rd, 2025 at approximately 07:3 Aurora Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported residential structure fire in the 21800 block of E. Nassau Place. Engine 6 arrived on scene and quickly extinguished a fire in a trash can. Crews were on scene about thirty minutes assisting with ventilation. No injuries were reported. Units on Scene: …
Academy Hazmat Practical Sable Altura Fire Rescue hosted the East Metro Fire Academy’s Hazmat Practice at their Station in Foxridge Farms on August 2nd, 2025. Recruits were tested on identification, operations, mitigation and decontamination. The Academy graduation is scheduled for August 10th at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds.
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 …
Elk RBX Fire The Elk RBX Fire was reported on August 2nd, 2025 at 12:41 in Rio Blanco County when the Rio Blanco County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received reports of smoke in the area east of Meeker. The fire was actively burning in pinyon, juniper and oak brush fuels across private land, Colorado Division of Wildland State Land and …
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 …
Denver Parks World Ranger Day Denver Parks and Recreation hosted World Ranger Day at the Montbello Recreation Center in Parkfield Lake Park on August 2nd, 2025. The public was invited out to meet with area rangers, check out their equipment and learn more about what they do in our local parks, trails and open spaces. The event featured interactive games …
Castle Rock Elementary School Fire At 02:10 on August 2nd, 2025 Castle Rock Fire & Rescue Department Quint 151 and Engine 154 were dispatched to a commercial fire alarm at Castle Rock Elementary School, 1103 Canyon Drive. Upon arrival, Quint 151 found a detached mobile classroom with smoke showing and upgraded the response to a working commercial structure fire. Quint …
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 …
Parker National Night Out The Parker Police Department hosted their annual National Night Out at Dorsey Park on July 31st, 2025. The Department invited the community out to meet with first responders, check out their equipment and learn valuable safety information. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, Parker – Lone Tree Combined Communications and South Metro Fire Rescue participated in the …
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 …
2025 World Ranger Day World Ranger Day is celebrated worldwide every year on July 31st to commemorate Rangers killed and injured in the line of duty and to celebrate the work Rangers do to protect the planet’s natural treasures and cultural heritage. 5280Fire is proud to share some of the first responders in Colorado who provide law enforcement, fire protection …
NATRT Quarterly Training The North Area Technical Rescue Team (NATRT) held quarterly training at the North Metro Fire Rescue Training Facility on July 31st, 2025. The crews spent part of their day cutting and drilling through various materials they might find at the scene of a collapse. Firefighters from Adams County Fire Rescue, Arvada Fire Protection District, Boulder Fire-Rescue Department, …
Aurora Residential Fire Around 13:30 on July 30th, 2025 Aurora Fire Rescue responded to a reported structure fire in the 2300 block of S. Salem St. Aurora 911 advised that a fire was inside the home and a child missing, possibly trapped inside. Ladder 8 arrived to a working structure fire in a two-story with smoke showing from the front …
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 …
West Metro MVA Rollover On July 29th, 2025 at 11:03 West Metro Fire Rescue was dispatched to an MVA on northbound Hwy. 285 just south of the C470 interchange. Engine 11 arrived on scene to a single pickup truck with a trailer that rolled over down the embankment and started the investigation and checked for any injures and Engine 9 …
West Douglas Wildland Fire On July 27th, 2025 at 19:53 West Douglas County Fire Protection District and South Metro Fire Rescue were dispatched to a small vegetation fire near 2903 Bears Den Drive in Douglas County. Following the dispatch a nearby resident and WDFPD volunteer provided a scene size up and the incident was upgraded to a large brush fire …