Tag: Firefighting
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19-year Denver firefighter veteran dies while on duty
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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Denver Fire to donate $100,000 of equipment to volunteer fire department in Mexico
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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Douglas County’s rural fire departments awarded $100,000
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Brighton Fire officials investigating hazmat incident at adult living facility
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Brighton Fire Rescue responded to a hazmat situation Tuesday afternoon after a report of an unknown chemical at an adult living facility. Natalie Ridderbos, the public information officer for the fire department, said that officials…
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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
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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Deep Creek Fire reaches 80 acres, causes evacuations
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Deep Creek Fire in Grand County, originally named the Spring Creek Fire, reached 80 acres Thursday after breaking out Wednesday afternoon. Approximately 75 firefighters worked on the fire Thursday northwest of the Green Mountain…
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Cameron Peak firefighting COVID-19 cluster swells to 21 positives, 37 exposed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save There have been 21 positive COVID-19 cases connected to fighting the Cameron Peak Fire as of Tuesday morning, according to Regional Press Officer Donna Nemeth. An additional 37 individuals are quarantining as a result of…
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COVID-19 cluster connected to Cameron Peak firefighting; 4 positives, 23 exposed
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The first COVID-19 cluster linked to the Colorado wildfires was reported Wednesday by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Four firefighters have tested positive and 23 others have been exposed, according to Kris Eriksen, public information officer with the Portland National Incident Management…