Tag: Denver Fire Department
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Denver’s 2022 city budget proposal dominated by public safety
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council continued its hearings Tuesday on Mayor Michael Hancock’s $1.49 billion budget proposal for 2022, meeting with the city’s various public safety agencies to discuss spending plans. Safety is taking up the largest chunk of the proposed budget, accounting for approximately 39%…
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19-year Denver firefighter veteran dies while on duty
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A 19-year veteran of the Denver Fire Department, who was recognized for saving three people from a fire in 2004, died Monday while working, the agency announced. Jeffery Billingsley, 42, had a heart attack, the department said. He was taken to a hospital and pronounced…
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Sept. 11 memorial dedicated to victims, first responders at Denver fire station
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, dozens gathered at the Denver Fire Department’s Station 35 on Friday morning as officials dedicated a memorial to first responders and the nearly 3,000 victims who died that fateful day. The memorial is constructed of steel from the World Trade Center in New…
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Denver Fire to donate $100,000 of equipment to volunteer fire department in Mexico
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Fire Department is set to donate $100,000 of emergency equipment to the San Pedro Volunteer Fire Department in Coahuila, Mexico, the departments announced Wednesday. The decommissioned equipment would have otherwise been put in…
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Body recovered from Duck Pond at Denver’s City Park
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A body was recovered Tuesday evening from a pond at City Park, authorities said. Fire Department personnel pulled the body from the Duck Pond at City Park shortly before 7 p.m. Crews were sent to investigate after a couple reported a man “carrying his bike…
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House explosion rocks Barnum West neighborhood
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A gas leak is suspected in a Saturday morning explosion that leveled a home in Denver’s Barnum West neighborhood. The home is currently unoccupied and nobody was hurt as a result of the explosion. However,…
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House explosion rocks Denver neighborhood
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A gas leak is suspected in a Saturday morning explosion that leveled a home in Denver’s West Barnum neighborhood. The home is currently unoccupied and nobody was hurt as a result of the explosion. However,…
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Peña Boulevard reopens after tanker crash closed road
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Peña Boulevard reopened after being closed for several hours because of a tanker truck crashing on the road Thursday morning, delaying traffic headed to Denver International Airport. The crash happened before 9 a.m. near Tower Road. The airport announced the road had reopened at noon after it…
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Denver firefighter charged with sexual exploitation of child dies
A 10-year veteran of the Denver Fire Department charged with sexual exploitation of a child is dead, Douglas County Coroner Jill Romann said Tuesday. The cause and manner in the death of Eric Trujillo, 39, will be released in three to four weeks after the results of an autopsy, said Romann. The coroner’s office received…
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Denver firefighter arrested for alleged possession, distribution of child pornography
A Denver firefighter was arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of sexually exploiting a child in relation to the possession and distribution of child pornography, the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies said investigators believe Eric Trujillo, 39, uploaded videos to the internet showing children being sexually assaulted. Investigators believe Trujillo might have uploaded the videos…