Monument Live Fire During the week of August 28th to October 1st, 2023 the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control and Monument Fire Protection District held live fire trainings throughout the week at Monument Station 1 at 18650 Hwy. 105. There firefighters and fire departments from across El Paso and Douglas counties had the opportunity to practice a variety …
Sugarloaf Community Picnic The Sugarloaf Fire Protection District held their annual community picnic on August 27th, 2023 at Station 1, 1677 Lost Angel Rd. The community was invited out to meet their local first responders, check out their equipment and enjoy lunch. The U.S. Forest Service, including Smokey Bear, Boulder County Parks & Open Space Rangers and several local politicians also …
Denver Plane Pull Special Olympics Colorado held the 2023 Law Enforcement Torch Run Plane Pull “Pulling for a Purpose” at Denver International Airport on August 26th, 2023. The event, which was held at Signature Flight Support was presented by United Airlines. Teams competed to see who could pull a United Airlines jet twelve feet across the tarmac the fastest. Officials …
Rosenbauer Electric Engine Demo The Rosenbauer RTX all-electric fire engine started a two-week demonstration tour in Colorado on August 21st, 2023 and scheduled to make several stops at fire departments throughout the state. Representatives from Rosenbauer and IKON Fire were on hand answer questions about the apparatus and the Loveland area was on the first stop. Firefighters from Loveland Fire …
Golden Fire Academy Scenario Night Golden Fire Department held their “Fire Academy Scenario Night” on August 24th, 2023. The recruits were dispatched to several scenarios as instructors evaluated their performance which included a vehicle vs bicycle accident, a patient entrapment with a party trapped under a piece of equipment, traumatic injury with a saw, a impalement medical and a full …
Rosenbauer Electric Engine Demo On August 24th, 2023 representatives from Rosenbauer and IKON Fire came to the South Metro Fire Rescue Joint Services Facility to demonstrate the new Rosenbauer RXT electric fire truck. Firefighters, fleet services technicians and training staff came out to see what the $1.8 million engine could do. During the Colorado tour, During the Colorado tour, IKON …
Tech Rescue Training Tech Rescue firefighters from multiple agencies around the metro area held training during the week of August 21st, 2023 at the Boulder Fire Training Center with the help of the Michigan Urban Search and Rescue (MUSAR) Training Foundation. A variety of training scenarios were held, but the big thing these firefighters are getting to do is train …
West Metro Residential Fire On August 22nd, 2023 at 22:07 West Metro Fire Rescue and South Metro Fire Rescue responded on a reported structure fire on Sand Cherry near White Oak Drive in Ken Caryl Valley. JeffCom received 911 call reporting smoke and flames showing from the home. Engine 13 arrived to a working fire from a two-story single-family residential …
South Metro Grass Fire On August 22nd, 2023 South Metro Fire Rescue was dispatched to a small grass fire in the 17200 block of E. Orchard Rd. Battalion Chief 5 arrived on scene first and found a small, slow moving grass fire on the south side of the road. Brush 22 spent about twenty five minutes extinguishing the fire and …
Rosenbauer Electric Engine Demo Boulder Firefighters got to demo the Rosenbauer RTX on August 22nd, 2023 from representatives from Rosenbauer and IKON Fire. Boulder Fire-Rescue District is the first in Colorado to purchase the all-electric fire engine which is a first of it’s kind in Colorado. Boulder anticipates delivery in late 2024 to early 2025. The electric fire engine will …
West Metro Defensive Building Fire On August 22nd, 2023 at 09:35 Jeffcom 911 dispatched West Metro Fire Rescue to a reported building on fire at the southeast corner of W. 13th Ave. and Depew St. in Lakewood. Engine 1 arrived to a abandoned building with active fire and pulled 1 3/4 for defensive strategy. District 1 arrived to a one-story …
Strasburg Barn Fire At 06:19 August 21st, 2023 Strasburg Fire Protection District and Byers Fire Protection District were dispatched to an outside fire investigation in the area of E. 96th Ave. and Defoe St. in Strasburg. Additional information was then received that a barn was on fire so the incident was upgraded to an I-70 corridor structure fire response. First …
South Metro Boat Fire On August 21st, 2023 15:45 South Metro Fire Rescue and West Metro Fire Rescue responded to reports of a boat on fire and the occupants in the water off the Chat Massey Draw at Chatfield Reservoir. Crews arrived to find the boat fully involved and being pushed towards the bank of the reservoir from the high winds. …
South Metro Residential Fire On August 22nd, 2023 at 08:00 South Metro Fire Rescue worked a residential structure fire involving a garage and tree in 21 E. Euclid Ave in Centennial. Crews arrived to fire showing from the garage of the first home with extension to the fence and into the attic space of the next door home. The fire …
West Metro Structure Fire On August 21st, 2023 at 01:11 West Metro Fire Rescue and Arvada Fire Protection District responded to a reported structure fire in the 3200 block of Benton St. in Wheat Ridge. Jeffcom 911 advised that 911 caller reporting flames from the 2nd floor balcony. Engine 16 arrived on scene to a two-story structure with evacuations and …
Aurora 2nd Alarm Structure Fire On August 20th, 2023 at approximately 17:00 Aurora Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported residential structure fire at the Greensview Apartments, 16936 E. Alameda Place. Crews arrived on scene and found heavy smoke and fire coming from one second floor and one third floor unit in a multi0family residential structure. A second alarm was …
3rd Annual Community Clean Up The Golden Gate Fire Protection District held their annual community clean-up and touch a truck event at Station 3, 25231 Golden Gate Canyon Rd. on August 20th, 2023. The community was invited out to help spruce up the station, meet with firefighters and check out their apparatus. Golden Gate has a new to them command …
South Metro Scenario Training South Metro Fire Rescue conducted scenario training at the Joint Services Facility in Parker on August 20th, 2023. Crews responded to scenarios modeled after recent fires that the department has worked. Firefighters worked on deploying hose lines, conducting searches and ground ladder operations. Units on Scene: Battalion Chief 3, Safety 18, Safety 35, Engine 15, Engine …
Arvada 2nd Alarm Fire At 14:56 on August 19th, 2023 Arvada Fire Protection District responded to a reported apartment fire in the 6900 block of Independence St. Battalion 51 enroute with black smoke showing from W. 72nd Ave, & Kipling St. Jeffcom received multiple callers reporting heavy fire from the back of the structure. Battalion 51 arrived to a working …
Waterton Canyon Wildland Fire At 14:01 on August 19th, 2023 West Metro Fire Rescue and South Metro Fire Rescue resounded to a reported vegetation fire in Waterton Canyon when a smoke column was spotted on a steep ridge near the Strontia Dam about four miles up the canyon. The fire burned about an acre and a half in grass and …