Adams County Accident On December 9th, 2024 just after 16:00 Adams County Fire Rescue responded to a reported unknown injury accident on I-76 eastbound at Pecos St. Engine 11 arrived with one fully involved vehicle and one patient on the ground and started the investigation. Crews found a lithium-ion battery fire from the electric vehicle and got the fire controlled …
South Metro Garage Fire At 23:50 on December 8th, 2024 South Metro Emergency Communications dispatched South Metro Fire Rescue to a possible residential structure fire in the area of W. Bowles Ave. and S. Julian St. in Littleton. Littleton Police Officers arrived on scene with a fully involved garage fire and confirmed that all occupants of the home had safely …
Aurora Residential Structure Fire On December 8th, 2024 at approximately 14:20 Aurora Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported residential structure fire at the Village Crossing II Condominium Complex, 17644 E. Loyola Drive. Engine 10 arrived on scene and observed smoke coming from an end unit in the two-story multi-family residential structure. Firefighters were able to extinguish a fire on …
West Metro Two-Vehicle Accident At 14:16 on December 8th, 2024 West Metro Fire Rescue was dispatched to a two-vehicle collision located on W. Bowles Ave. just east of S. Simms St. in Littleton. Upon arriving at the scene, a Jeffco Sheriff’s vehicle had been struck from behind by another vehicle. Both vehicles were blocking the right lane. The impact was …
Arvada Holiday Toy Drive On December 8th, 2024 Cruisin’ For Causes hosted the Arvada Police Department and Arvada Fire Protection District Toy Drive and Car Show at the Arvada High School, 7951 W. 65th Ave. with a friendly toy drive competition. The community braved the cold to bring out toys and enjoy the event with hot chocolate, holiday music, treats, …
Colorado Toy Run 2024 Aurora Fire Rescue, South Metro Fire Rescue and West Metro Fire Rescue participated in the 39th Annual Children’s Hospital Toy Run on December 8th, 2024. The three departments escorted hundreds of motorcycles as they delivered toys to Children’s Hospital. Several waves of motorcycles with thousands of toys left Aurora Sports Park under police escort and made …
West Metro Vehicle Fire Investigation At 15:51 on December 7th, 2024, Jeffcom dispatched West Metro Fire Rescue Engine 13 to a possible vehicle on fire at the W. Bowles Ave. offramp of east bound C-470. Crews arrived to find a single-vehicle stalled with transmission fluid leaking on the roadway and no working fire visible. Two Jeffco Sheriff officers secured the …
Sable Altura Santa Visit Santa Claus made his annual visit to Sable Altura Fire Rescue on December 7th, 2024. After touring through Foxfield Farm atop Engine 41, Santa and Mrs. Claus made a pre-holiday stop at Sable’s headquarters. Neighborhood kids got to meet with Santa, receive a gift, enjoy refreshments and work on crafts projects.
Adams County Toy Drive Adams County Fire Rescue and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office held their annual Holiday Toy Drive at the Thornton Walmart, 9901 Grant St. on December 7th, 2024. Both departments collected new, unwrapped toys to share with needy kids in the community this holiday season.
Denver Commercial Structure Fire At around 02:00 on December 7th, 2024 Denver Fire Department was alerted to an abandoned commercial structure in the 2000 block of N. Grant St. First arriving units came on-scene to heavy fire conditions coming from the Charlie side. Crews went to work quickly locating the fire source and getting water on the fire. Fire was …
Aurora Structure Fire On December 6th, 2024 Aurora Fire Rescue Ladder 6 observed smoke coming from a neighborhood just east of their station. Soon after multiple calls came in to the Aurora 911 Dispatch Center and a Fire 1 response was dispatched at 13:32 to the 35oo block of S. Joplin St. Engine 6 and Ladder 6 arrived on scene …
Single Vehicle Accident On December 6th, 2024 at 12:30 West Metro Fire Rescue responded to a single-vehicle accident east bound C-470 just east of Bowles Ave. Upon arrival, first responders located a pickup truck with a large trailer in tow, that had left the right-side of the roadway, hit the side guard rail and finally resting at the bottom of …
Denver Fire Academy 24-2 Week Seven The Denver Fire Department Training Academy Class 24-02 completed week seven of their training on December 6th, 2024.The recruits worked on throwing ladders, ventilating rooftops and maneuvering hose lines through high-rise buildings. The group has about two more months to go before hitting stations as probationary firefighters and are expected to graduate in February …
Denver Commercial Structure Fire On December 6th, 2024 around 10:30 Denver Fire Department responded to a single-family structure fire in the 2900 block of W. Cedar Ave. in the Valverde neighborhood. Crews found heavy fire and smoke on arrival. No injuries were reported. Information provided by Denver Fire Department Units on Scene: Chief 6, Chief 2, Ops 2, Med 1, …
Engine 11 Anti-Fentanyl Wrap Debut Adams County Fire Rescue debuted their new anti-fentanyl wrap on Engine 11 at Station 11 on December 6th, 2024. The new wrap, in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) lets the community know that “one pill can kill”. The Department hopes the wrap will help increase awareness to the problems and dangers associated with …
West Metro Structure Fire On December 6th, 2024 at 01:25 West Metro Fire Rescue responded to a possible structure fire in the 1400 block of Chase St. in Lakewood. Jeffcom dispatch received an emergency call from an on-duty security guard at the nearby Sierra Post Acute rehab center reporting that he smelled smoke coming from a nearby home and had …
FRFC Graduating Class 2024-2 After fifteen weeks and six hundred hours of intense training with the Front Range Fire Consortium (FRFC), 18 recruits have become the newest members of the firefighter family along Colorado’s Front Range. The group of determined and courageous individuals achieved a major milestone in their careers and graduated on December 5th, 2024. Additional information and photos …
Structure Fire Training On December 3rd, 2024 West Metro Fire Rescue, Arvada Fire Protection District and Fairmount Fire Protection District cadets held drills at the West Metro Fire Rescue Training Center, 3535 S. Kipling St. 25 firefighters trained with a confirmed 2nd alarm structure fire. Crews were on the last portion of their experience training on that day. Doug Hutchinson, …
Rocky Ford Residential Structure Fire On December 2nd, 20924 at approximately 16:35 the Rocky Ford Fire Department was dispatched to a reported residential structure fire at 410 S. 3rd St. Firefighters arrived on scene and observed heavy smoke coming from a single family home. Crews were on scene about two hours extinguishing the fire, checking for extension and mopping up. …
North Metro Garage Fire At approximately 10:00 on December 2nd, 2024 North Metro Fire Rescue District and Thornton Fire Department crews responded to a detached garage fire in the 11500 block of Irma Drive in Northglenn. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, keeping it from spreading to the nearby home or damaging neighboring structures. No one was injured on the scene, and …