Palisade Fire Department
Palisade Fire Department, founded in 1907 and located in Mesa County (Colorado) including the areas of Cameo, Coal Gulch, Colorado River, Go Boy Mine, Midwest Mine, Mount Garfield, Mount Lincoln, Palisade & Palisade Mine. (FDID #07750) (Department Wildland Identifier: CO-PSDX)
Palisade Fire Department is part of the Palisade Fire Protection District and Palisade Rural Fire Protection District.
The Clifton Fire Protection District command staff previously oversaw the Palisade Fire Department. The Town of Palisade, Palisade Fire Department, and Clifton Fire District entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on January 12th, 2021 to pursue consolidation of fire services. The MOU brings the Palisade Fire Department under the command structure and administrative support of the Clifton Fire Protection District. This MOU was terminated in May of 2022 and both agencies returned to their previous operations without the consolidation of services.
Palisade Fire Protection District is dispatched by Grand Junction Regional Communication Center.