East Quincy Road Vegetation Fire On December 14th, 2024 at approximately 14:30 Bennett-Watkins Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported vegetation fire on E. Quincy Rd. near the intersection with S. Manilla Rd. Smoke from the fire could be seen from Bennett and east Aurora. Additional departments from the I-70 East corridor was requested. Crews were on scene over two …
Boulder County Grass Fire On December 14th, 2024 in the afternoon Boulder County Communications received several reports about a possible grass fire near Phillips Rd. and N. 95th St. east of Boulder. In response, multiple agencies, including Mountain View Fire Rescue, Boulder Rural Fire Rescue, Lafayette Fire Department, and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the scene. The first …
Foothills Santa Visit The Foothills Fire Protection District held their annual Santa visit at Station 2 on December 14th, 2024. The community was invited out to see Santa and Mrs. Claus, enjoy Christmas cookies and enjoy a little holiday cheer.
Federal Heights Santa Run The Federal Heights Fire Department and Federal Heights Police Department conducted their annual Santa run through the city on December 14th, 2024. Both departments escorted Santa through the city, assisted with the delivery of candy and wished all a Merry Christmas!
Tower 21 Dedication On December 13th, 2024 Golden Fire Department held a ceremony for the dedication of their new Tower 21 at Station 21. An invocation was given by Fire Department Chaplain Kevin Shive. Fire Chief Kasey Beal started off the ceremony by thanking everyone for attending and was followed by 2 other speakers, Mayor Pro Tem Rob Reed and City …
Arvada Structure Fire On December 12th, 2024 at approximately 22:14 Arvada Fire Protection District responded to a structure fire in the 8300 block of Dover Way. Engine 55 arrived on scene to a small two-story single-family home with light smoke showing, pulled 1 3/4 for fire attack in the offensive strategy with Medic 55. Crews confirmed a working fire with …
Fire Science Live Burn On December 12th, 2024 Adams 12 school district FutureForward at Washington Square Fire Science conducted a live burn to provided hands on experience for a few of their disciplines. Their Construction students built two sturdy small houses/sheds, the Fire Science program was able to observe fire behavior, participate in hose line management and fire extinguishment. Their …
Fire Science Training The Adams 12 Five Star Schools FutureForward at Washington Square Fire Science held training in December of 2024 with firefighting skills such as hose operations, extinguisher liquid and gas/vapor fueled fires, auto extrication, hazmat response awareness, advanced search and rescue skills and team leadership.
Adams County Accident On December 9th, 2024 just after 16:00 Adams County Fire Rescue responded to a reported unknown injury accident on I-76 eastbound at Pecos St. Engine 11 arrived with one fully involved vehicle and one patient on the ground and started the investigation. Crews found a lithium-ion battery fire from the electric vehicle and got the fire controlled …
South Metro Garage Fire At 23:50 on December 8th, 2024 South Metro Emergency Communications dispatched South Metro Fire Rescue to a possible residential structure fire in the area of W. Bowles Ave. and S. Julian St. in Littleton. Littleton Police Officers arrived on scene with a fully involved garage fire and confirmed that all occupants of the home had safely …
Aurora Residential Structure Fire On December 8th, 2024 at approximately 14:20 Aurora Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported residential structure fire at the Village Crossing II Condominium Complex, 17644 E. Loyola Drive. Engine 10 arrived on scene and observed smoke coming from an end unit in the two-story multi-family residential structure. Firefighters were able to extinguish a fire on …
West Metro Two-Vehicle Accident At 14:16 on December 8th, 2024 West Metro Fire Rescue was dispatched to a two-vehicle collision located on W. Bowles Ave. just east of S. Simms St. in Littleton. Upon arriving at the scene, a Jeffco Sheriff’s vehicle had been struck from behind by another vehicle. Both vehicles were blocking the right lane. The impact was …
Arvada Holiday Toy Drive On December 8th, 2024 Cruisin’ For Causes hosted the Arvada Police Department and Arvada Fire Protection District Toy Drive and Car Show at the Arvada High School, 7951 W. 65th Ave. with a friendly toy drive competition. The community braved the cold to bring out toys and enjoy the event with hot chocolate, holiday music, treats, …
Colorado Toy Run 2024 Aurora Fire Rescue, South Metro Fire Rescue and West Metro Fire Rescue participated in the 39th Annual Children’s Hospital Toy Run on December 8th, 2024. The three departments escorted hundreds of motorcycles as they delivered toys to Children’s Hospital. Several waves of motorcycles with thousands of toys left Aurora Sports Park under police escort and made …
West Metro Vehicle Fire Investigation At 15:51 on December 7th, 2024, Jeffcom dispatched West Metro Fire Rescue Engine 13 to a possible vehicle on fire at the W. Bowles Ave. offramp of east bound C-470. Crews arrived to find a single-vehicle stalled with transmission fluid leaking on the roadway and no working fire visible. Two Jeffco Sheriff officers secured the …
Sable Altura Santa Visit Santa Claus made his annual visit to Sable Altura Fire Rescue on December 7th, 2024. After touring through Foxfield Farm atop Engine 41, Santa and Mrs. Claus made a pre-holiday stop at Sable’s headquarters. Neighborhood kids got to meet with Santa, receive a gift, enjoy refreshments and work on crafts projects.
Adams County Toy Drive Adams County Fire Rescue and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office held their annual Holiday Toy Drive at the Thornton Walmart, 9901 Grant St. on December 7th, 2024. Both departments collected new, unwrapped toys to share with needy kids in the community this holiday season.
Denver Commercial Structure Fire At around 02:00 on December 7th, 2024 Denver Fire Department was alerted to an abandoned commercial structure in the 2000 block of N. Grant St. First arriving units came on-scene to heavy fire conditions coming from the Charlie side. Crews went to work quickly locating the fire source and getting water on the fire. Fire was …
Aurora Structure Fire On December 6th, 2024 Aurora Fire Rescue Ladder 6 observed smoke coming from a neighborhood just east of their station. Soon after multiple calls came in to the Aurora 911 Dispatch Center and a Fire 1 response was dispatched at 13:32 to the 35oo block of S. Joplin St. Engine 6 and Ladder 6 arrived on scene …
Single Vehicle Accident On December 6th, 2024 at 12:30 West Metro Fire Rescue responded to a single-vehicle accident east bound C-470 just east of Bowles Ave. Upon arrival, first responders located a pickup truck with a large trailer in tow, that had left the right-side of the roadway, hit the side guard rail and finally resting at the bottom of …