Tag: Aurora Fire Rescue
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Aurora opens new fire station a year after old station demolished
Less than one year after Aurora’s Fire Station Nine was demolished last year, a new fire station opened this week in its place. In March, officials demolished the original firehouse, 17200 E. Mexico Ave., which was built in 1979 as a single-company house with one fire engine and a four-person crew, an Aurora Fire Rescue…
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Aurora police arrest suspect in arson case after several fires in cars, apartments
Aurora police arrested an arson suspect Tuesday morning in a case involving a series of fires last week. Aurora Police Department officers arrested Michael Anthony Lopez, 30, on multiple charges of arson, including second and fourth-degree arson, according to a news release. Lopez is in custody at the Aurora Municipal Detention Center on $50,000 bond…
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Aurora public safety master plan includes $1.5 billion in improvements over 25 years
Aurora councilmembers heard updates Monday night on a public safety master plan that spans the next 25 years and includes $1.5 billion of needed improvements over that time. The project to create a public safety master plan kicked off in March of 2024 and has since involved data collection, staff interview and assessments of more…
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Aurora consent decree to remain despite end of federal police consent decrees
A recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division that it will start dismissing lawsuits against police departments across the country and the consent decrees that go with them will not affect Aurora’s consent decree. The Aurora Police Department voluntarily entered into a consent decree with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser in…
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Aurora Fire Rescue demolishes station to make way for new one
Aurora Fire Rescue began the process of updating one of its fire stations this week, demolishing the almost 50-year-old structure to clear space for a new one. Fire Station Nine at 17200 E. Mexico Ave., which was built in 1979 and has served Ward III since, closed in February and is in the process of…
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Aurora firefighters stop diesel spill after hit-and-run collision involving 100-gallon fuel truck
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Aurora firefighters contained a diesel spill from a 100-gallon fuel truck late Friday night, averting a potential explosion. Aurora Fire Rescue responded to a crash near East 40th Avenue and Airport Boulevard — near the Regional Transportation District’s Gateway Park Station — just before midnight, according to a press release from the agency. A semi-truck was hit…
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Aurora Fire’s ‘Camp Spark’ ignites courage, grit in young girls interested in firefighting
Aurora Fire Rescue plans to fire up Camp Spark, a free summer camp igniting girl power in young women interested in fire service and seeking to help diversify the male-dominated field. “I think that a lot of men think that girls can’t do this, and with this camp, it shows that girls can do this.”…
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Aurora Fire Rescue assigns department veteran to newly created leadership role
Aurora Fire Rescue announced the appointment of a former firefighter and department leader with more than 30 years of fire service experience to assistant fire chief, a newly created position to assist the department as it grows. Hunter Hackbarth, who assumed his new duties as of March 11, will report directly to AFR Chief Alec…
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Aurora police’s crisis response teams saw success in 2023
Aurora Police Department’s co-response programs, which pair mental health clinicians with emergency responders, saw growth and success in 2023 — diverting hundreds of people from jail or emergency rooms. In a recent Aurora public safety committee meeting, staff presented the 2023 outcomes of the city’s co-responder programs, which include Aurora Mobile Response Team (AMRT) and Crisis…
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Aurora firefighters extinguish apartment fire, begin investigations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Aurora firefighters have officially put out all fires and hotspots in the under-construction apartment fire that left a plume of black smoke rising over the city on Saturday. Aurora Fire Rescue announced that the residential fire that began in the apartment building in the area…