Summit Fire & EMS on Saturday, May 14, honored dozens of employees for their achievements, including 39 people for saving lives. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony hasn’t been held for a couple of.
It’s winter, and in past years, we wouldn’t be thinking about fire season. But as former Summit Fire & EMS Chief Jeff Berino noted, the fire season is not over until there is a foot.
The Frisco Town Council honored Maggie Cox with the Frisco’s Finest Award during its meeting Tuesday, Sept. 14. The award is presented to residents who’ve made the communities of Frisco and Summit County as a.
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Local, state and federal officials are preparing for what could be another troubling wildfire season in Colorado.
The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control released the state’s 2021 Wildfire Preparedness Plan earlier this month, a document that outlines the state’s wildfire outlook, firefighting resources and recommendations for improving operations in the future, among other points.
The plan begins by reflecting on the 2020 wildfire season and trying to contextualize the growing dangers of wildfires in Colorado at large. Members of the public are well aware by now that the three largest wildfires in the state’s history all unfolded last year: the 208,913-acre Cameron Peak Fire, the 193,812-acre East Troublesome Fire and the 139,007-acre Pine Gulch Fire.
boot camp for suri? overnight reports that katie holmes didn t want her 6-year-old daughter in an intense religious training program. so was scientology to blame for her split with tom cruise? newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for being with us today. we begin this hour with the western wildfires, growing in size and claiming more lives. so far, 1.9 million acres have burned. that s equivalent to an incredible 3,000 square miles. to give you an idea of just how huge that is, it s roughly the size of delaware and rhode island combined. and then there s the human toll. two crew members are confirmed dead in the weekend crash of an air tanker in south dakota. cnn affiliates say two other firefighters aboard that c-130 were also killed. one family member spoke to wbtv just before the doomed flight. it s very exciting. i mean, you know, adrenalin is flowing. we re ready to go. hopefully when we get there, we ll be ready