Tag: Fire Prevention
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State fire agency announces Community Risk Reduction Week
The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control announced it is taking part in the national Community Risk Reduction Week that runs until Sunday. The goal of CRR Week is for fire agencies across the United States to educate local community members in hopes to reduce the number of fire events. DFPC says it will share…
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Colorado fire division wants to see change in prevention, control | Fire Lines
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An occasional series of conversations with experts on the science and policies regarding fires. The 2020 wildfire season is now over — with the winter for prescribed burns — but trends in wildfires mean that…
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Why Colorado wildland fires are so intense and last so long
If you’ve grown up in Colorado or been in the state for more than 20 years, the story of the mountain pine bark beetle eating up Colorado forests is not a new one. The beetles, the size of a grain of rice, which live on ponderosa and lodgepole pines, are native to Colorado, as are…
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Fire can’t be abolished, but houses can be built to withstand conflagrations
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save That the scene has become familiar, makes it no less wrenching: a distraught couple searches through the ash, char and melted metal of what was once their home. Only the concrete pad and the occasional fireplace remain. What is also in that tableau — but hardly…
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Colorado fire agency holds live burn for Fire Prevention Week
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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 Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control held a live burn demonstration Tuesday morning as part of Fire Prevention Week. The demonstration, in collaboration with the Fairmount Fire Protection District, included a kitchen grease…
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Colorado wildfires blaze through $130 million while mitigation efforts lag
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s three largest wildfires this year have burned through about 300,000 acres and about $130 million. The Cameron Peak, Grizzly Creek and Pine Gulch fires also took a toll on tourism, transportation, and air quality — all carrying costs that are hard to quantify. Bill Mart…