Metro State University Fire Dynamics Metro State University Denver, held their final “Fire Dynamics” class on March 31, 2018 at the Iris Fire Investigations in Englewood Metropolitan State University of Denver. This Fire Dynamics class was the final class for the semester and was taught by Mark Campbell, Denver Fire Department, and Kevin Hammonds, Metro State University Denver. The class …
Station 3 Open House Longmont Fire Department held an open house at Station 3 (1000 Pace Street) on March 31st, 2018. The community took advantage of the nice spring day to spend part of their afternoon visiting with firefighters, checking out the apparatus, and learning a little about fire safety. Station 3 serves as the department’s wildland station.
1st Responders Charity Hockey Game The Emergency Services vs. Ski Patrol Hockey Game for Charity was held on March 30th, 2018 at the John A. Dobson Arena in Vail, a benefit for the Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation and Vail Resorts Epic Promise Foundation. Vail Fire and Emergency Services, Vail Police Department, Eagle River Fire Protection District, Eagle County Sheriff, Eagle …
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Arvada West 81st Lane Fire At 16:25 on March 25th, 2018 Arvada Fire Protection District responded to a residential structure fire at 8932 W. 81st Lane, 911 caller reports no flames only smoke showing from the attic. Engine 57 arrived on scene to a single family residential structure with a working attic fire, pull a 1 ¾ line in for …
South Metro Vegetation Fire At approximately 13:45 on March 25th, 2018 South Metro Fire Rescue was dispatched to vegetation fire at 2470 S. Quebec Street behind the Woodhaven Apartments. Firefighters arrived on scene and found a brush fire in the woods along a bike patch just past the eastern edge of the property. Firefighters went to work extinguishing the blaze …
Lakewood Trailer Fire At 00:35 on March 25th, 2018 West Metro Fire Rescue was alerted to a possible commercial structure fire at 1450 S. Wadsworth Blvd at the Goodwill Store in Lakewood. Engine 7 arrived to a fully involved trailer in the back of the building by the loading docks with exposers. Engine 7 started exterior fire attack with Medic 7, and …
Denver House Fire At 22:01 on March 24th, 2018 Denver Fire Department responded to a reported single family structure fire at 4392 N. Ireland St. in Green Valley Ranch. Engine 29 arrived to a two-story fully involved fire from the back of the house, pulled a 1 ¾ line for fast attack. Chief 5 arrived and assumed command on the …
Wheat Ridge Apartment Fire At 21:00 on March 24th, 2018 West Metro Fire Rescue was alerted to a possible structure fire at 3771 Oak St. in Wheat Ridge. Crews got the fire under control quickly. Units on Scene: District 1, District 2, SAM 1, Engine 17, Engine 16, Medic 16, Engine 2, Engine 5, Medic 3, Tower 2, Tower 8, Medic …
Denver 2nd Alarm Structure Fire At approximately 17:10 on March 24th, 2018 Denver Fire Department was dispatched to a multi-family residential structure fire at 1811 S. Quebec Way. in the Indian Creek area. The first arriving Engine 19 found heavy smoke and fire coming from the rear of a 2-story townhome with extremely strong winds that were blowing out of …
Pueblo Chemical Depot Warehouse Fire Just after 12:00 on March 24th, 2018 Crews were dispatched to the Pueblo Chemical Depot with various districts from Pueblo County to assist with a warehouse fire and a wildland fire.
Pueblo Wildland Fire Shortly after 19:00 on March 23rd, 2018 Pueblo Fire Department was dispatched to a wildland fire shortly near Troy Ave. and U.S. Hwy. 50 Bypass. Chief 3 saw a need for additional crews to aid in battling the fire. The fire was said to be 2-3 acres and was contained quickly by the on scene units. No …
Cunningham Farewell The Board of Directors for the Cunningham Fire Protection District held a goodbye celebration at the Wings over the Rockies Air and Space Museum on March 17th, 2018. Past and present members along with family members and special guests came to bid a fond farewell to the department which was established in 1950. On January 1st, 2018, Cunningham …
Deer Trail Structure Fire At 15:13 March 17th, 2018 Deer Trail Fire Protection District responded to a working structure fire at 1060 1st Street, with mutual-aid request from the I-70 Corridor Fire Departments including Bennett-Watkins Fire Rescue, Byers Fire Protection District, Buckley Fire & Emergency Services, Sable Altura Fire Rescue and Strasburg Fire Protection District. The fire also involved an …
South Metro Apartment Fire On March 17th, 2018 South Metro Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported structure fire at the Country Club Villa Apartments, 8823 E. Florida Avenue. Firefighters from Station 61 arrived on scene within minutes and dealt with the situation quickly. One man was examined at the scene, however, no serious injuries were reported. South Metro Battalion …
Fort Carson Midway Ranch Fire The Fort Carson Midway Ranch Fire, which started in the southeastern portion of Fort Carson’s training area on March 16th, 2018 and consumed approximately 2,100 acres in Pueblo and El Paso counties. Approximately 100 Pueblo County residents living in the Midway Ranch area remain on evacuation orders as crews continue fire suppression efforts. An evacuation …
Craig Moilanen Memorial Hockey Cup The 3rd Annual Craig Moilanen Hockey Cup was held March 9th to March 11th, 2018 at the Edge Ice Arena in Littleton with the Aurora Fire Department winning the Fire Championship and South Metro Fire Rescue with the Rescue Championship. Thank you to Paul Berens who organized the event.. Thank you to Paul Berens who …
Kannah Creek Brush Fire At 11:27 March 8th, 2018 Land’s End Fire Protection District was dispatched to a controlled burn that was out of control near Hwy. 50 and Kannah Creek Road and heading towards the gas plant. The Mesa County Sheriff Wildland Team was placed on stand-by and the Fire Marshal responded. Brush 111 arrived on scene to a …
Adams County Self-Storage Fire At approximately 5:03 on March 8th, 2018 Adams County Fire Rescue was dispatched to the 7300 block of York St. when an Adams County Deputy Sheriff driving by the area called 9-1-1 to report a structure fire. The first unit arrived at 5:11 a.m. and saw a multi-unit, self-storage structure with heavy smoke and flames coming …
Denver 4th Alarm Fire Just after noon on March 7th, 2018 Denver Fire Department was alerted to a working commercial structure fire at 1833 N. Emerson St. with multiple 911 calls, and reports of possible parties jumping from floors. Engine 3 reporting smoke in the air and Truck 4 arrived to heavy fire showing, with possible parties trapped and started …