Mesa County Sheriff Wildland Fire Team
Mesa County Sheriff Wildland Fire Team (MCSO WFT) covers 3,341 square miles in Mesa County (Colorado) including the areas of Clifton, DeBeque, Fruita, Fruitvale, Gateway, Glade Park, Grand Junction, Loma, Mack, Palisade, Walker State Wildlife Area & Whitewater. The wildland team responds in conjunction with local fire agencies for wildland fires across the county and serves their own district in rural parts of the county which are not covered under one of 11 fire districts. The wildland team is one of the sheriff’s 8 statutory functions.
Mesa County Sheriff Wildland Fire Team is dispatched by Grand Junction Regional Communication Center.