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 the call for a Large Brush Fire Response. Engine 9 arrived in the area, established Snow Creek Command, and began hiking into the fire with SAM 2 as the lookout. At 15:08, Snow Creek Command requested a 2nd alarm on the large brush fire response and designated staging at Station 11. District 1 self-assigned as Staging Manager at Station 11 with District 2 in command. At 15:24 command sized up a 1-acre fire with group tree torching, moderate spread potential, utilizing Helicopter 5TA for suppression efforts, and advised no further needs. A drone was spotted by command and was confirmed to not be flown by any operations personnel. A structure protection group was ordered to protect houses in the vicinity of the fire but was released when the fire had stabilized. There was a mandatory evacuation of one home near the top of the ridge and about 60 homes in the Willow Springs area that was put on pre-evac. The fire is estimated at 2 acres and the cause is under investigation.

1st Alarm:

West Metro: District 2, SAM 2, Engine 9, Engine 11, Brush 9, Brush Engine 11 & Brush 13

Douglas County OEM: Helicopter 5TA

Large Brush Fire Response Upgrade:

West Metro: Engine 13, Medic 10, Medic 7 & Bureau 7

2nd Alarm Large Brush Fire:

West Metro: District 1 (Staging Manager), District 3, Engine 6, Engine 12, Engine 17, Engine 4, Engine 8, Medic 2, Medic 4, Medic 5, Brush 4, Brush 6 & Brush 17

South Metro Fire Rescue: Battalion Chief 2, Safety 18, & Engine 13

Arvada Fire Fire Protection District: Engine 58 & Brush 58

Indian Hills Fire Protection District: Medic 383, Medic 386 & Tender 376

Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District: Tender 672

Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control: Wildland 28 (Multi-Mission Aircraft)

CO Fire Aviation: Tanker 862 & Tanker 864

Colorado Interagency Fire: Air Attack 0DS & Helicopter 1HQ

U.S. Forest Service: Battalion 11 & MOD 11

Jefferson County OEM: OEM 15

Jefferson County Fire Management: OEM 4

Jefferson County Open Space Park Ranger: 2715

Structure Protection Group: 

West Metro: Engine 2

South Metro: Engine 19, Engine 38, Brush 33 & Brush 17

Special Call:

West Metro: Chief 1, Chief 4 (UAV), Special Ops 1, EMS 1, Wildland 1, Support 1 & PIO 1

Colorado Task Force 1 (CO-TF1) Urban Search & Rescue: USAR 1

Lockheed Martin Emergency Response Team (ERT), Jefferson County Open Space, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Morrison Police Department, & Colorado Department of Transportation