Windsor Polar Plunge The 2024 Windsor Polar Plunge and the 5K Run/Walk “Freezin’ for a Reason” was held at the Windsor Lake on April 13th, 2024. Proceeds from the event benefit Special Olympics Colorado. Windsor Severance Fire Rescue, Windsor Police Department, UCHealth and others were also on hand at the event.
Tender Ops Training South Metro Fire Rescue conducted tender operations training at the Joint Services Facility on April 12th, 2024. Crews spent part of their day working with portable tanks, drafting and flowing water. Tenders are used in areas lacking hydrants and calls requiring extra water. At the same time, the You Tube channel “Now Try This” was at the …
Dive Team Training Exercise South Metro Fire Rescue and Colorado Parks and Wildlife conducted dive rescue training at Cherry Creek State Park on April 12th, 2024. Now that Spring has sprung and more people are headed out onto the water, crews spent part of their morning honing their skills by searching for a simulated victim in the water. Units on …
Mountain View Garage Fire On April 11th, 2024 around 02:45 Boulder County Communications (1800) dispatched Mountain View Fire Rescue and Lafayette Fire Department on Holbrook St. in Erie for a possible garage fire. Erie Officers arrived on scene to a two-garage fully involved with a vehicle inside. The call was upgraded to a “fill the box”. Ladder 2216 arrived to …
Fort Carson Emergency Exercise Fort Carson held their annual full scale emergency exercise on April 10th, 2024 near Evans Army Community Hospital. The exercise was designed to test emergency response capabilities. The Mountain Post simulated a large, fast moving wildland fire headed towards the South Navajo housing area. After Military Police began evacuation of the housing area, a fatal motor …
Arvada Grass Fire At 11:39 on April 9th, 2024 Arvada Fire Protection District responded to a grass fire in Spring Mesa Park off W. 77th Dr. and Yankee Ct. Neighbors and nearby workers put water on the fire and contained the blaze until Brush 58 and Engine 58 arrived on scene to pull a hose line, conduct overhaul, and ensure …
Residential Structure Fire On April 9th, 2024 at approximately 11:00 Aurora Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported residential structure fire at 15739 E. Mercer Place in the Mission Viejo neighborhood. Chief 4 arrived on scene and observed heavy fire at the front of the residence. Crews quickly extinguished the fire and were on scene about an hour checking for …
Weld County Groundcover Fire On April 7th, 2024 at 16:32 Weld County Regional Communications Center dispatched New Raymer/ Stoneham Fire Protection District to a reported groundcover fire on Weld County Rd. 149 south of Stoneham. Brush 3333 arrived to a wind driven groundcover fire spreading to the east to Weld County Rd. 151. Command requested a 2nd alarm and mutual-aid response. …
Engine 12 Push-In-Ceremony Adams County Fire Rescue dedicated their new Engine 12 with a official “Push-In Ceremony” at Station 12 on April 6th, 2024. In keeping with tradition, some of Station 12’s engineers sprayed the engine and dried it with the help of fellow crew members and then ACFR crew members, Chief Staff, and Board of Directors pushed the new …
BCFFA Family Day On April 6th, 2024 before the wind storm came in Boulder County, fire recruits of the (Boulder County Fire Fighter Association) BCFFA FF1 (with some from FF2) academy showed their new skills to their loved ones during family day. They usually get to use live fire during these demonstrations, but do to the windy conditions, they still …
Edgewater House Fire On April 6th, 2024 at 07:59 Jeffcom dispatched West Metro Fire Rescue and Arvada Fire Protection District to a possible structure fire in the 2500 block of Fenton St. in Edgewater. Engine 1 arrived to a working fire with smoke showing from a single-story single-family structure and pulled a 1 3/4 for fire attack with Medic 1. …
Aurora Apartment Fire On April 5th, 2024 at approximately 15:05 Aurora Fire Rescue and South Metro Fire Rescue were dispatched to a reported residential structure fire at Acadia at Cornerstar, 16086 E. Easter Circle. Firefighters arrived on scene and found a working kitchen fire in a third floor apartment. Crews were on scene about an hour extinguishing the fire, ventilating …
West Metro Multiple Fires On April 4th, 2024 at 14:52 Jeffcom dispatched West Metro Fire Rescue to a grass fire in the area of the Fox Hollow Golf Course. Engine 9 arrived to several fires burning in the golf course and crews started fire attack. When Crews arrived the flames were slowly spreading, but quick work kept them from directly …
Residential Structure Fire On April 2nd, 2024 at approximately 08:05 Rocky Ford Fire Department was dispatched to a reported residential structure fire in the 600 block of S. 9th St. Rocky Ford firefighters arrived on scene and observed heavy smoke and fire coming from a single family residence. Mutual aid was requested from the La Junta Fire Department and Manzanola …
Mountain View Structure Fire At 20:58 on April 2nd, 2024 Mountain View Fire Rescue was dispatched by Weld County Regional Communications Center to structure fire in the 1600 block of Della Court in Erie. 2216 on scene two-story residential structure smoke showing from the Charlie side, easbalished their on water supply and pulled a line. Battalion 2260 arrived and assumed …
Commercial Structure Fire On April 2nd, 2024 at approximately 16:00 Aurora Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported commercial structure fire at Domino’s Pizza, 4260 S. Chambers Rd. Dispatch advised responding units that the initial caller reported smoke in the building and that the business had been evacuated. Engine 6 arrive on scene and found haze in the store. Firefighters …
Vehicle Into Building On March 31st, 2024 West Metro Fire Rescue Our technical rescue team tonight on a vehicle that crashed into a building in the 1400 block of South Sheridan. The driver of the car was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. Firefighters are now working to shore up the structure, which sustained significant damage. Additional information provided …
West Metro RV Fire On March 31st, 2024 West Metro Fire Rescue was alerted to a possible structure fire in the W 17th Ave. in Lakewood. Crews arrived to a RV on fire and started fire attack. The fire was put under control quickly and the rest of the response was cancelled. The fire was reported to be deliberately set. …
West Metro Duplex Fire On March 31st, 2024 at 07:00 West Metro Fire Rescue responded to a possible structure fire in the 11700 block of W. Independence Ave. in Lakewood. Jeffcom advised 911 callers reporting heavy smoke from the back of the structure. Engine 2 arrived to a small two-story duplex with a working fire from the Charlie side and …
Palmer Lake Pancake Breakfast The Palmer Lake Fire Department held their annual pancake breakfast at Town Hall on March 30th, 2024. The community was invited out to enjoy breakfast, meet with firefighters and check out some of the apparatus. The town’s annual Easter egg hunt was held immediately after the breakfast in front of town hall. For more information on …