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Welcome to our Website
Our Mission Statement
To provide the highest level of life and property
protection through; fire suppression, an integrated pre-hospital
care system, technical rescue, fire prevention, and public education
to all residents and visitors living in and traveling through
our District. We are dedicated to always answer every
emergency no matter time of day or location with the utmost
professionalism and compassion. We stand ready to support
and assist neighboring emergency services in accomplishing their
missions through coordination and mutual aid response.
In accomplishing our mission we recognize our employees and
volunteers are our most important asset.
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Severe Weather Planning
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Weld County Burn Permit Program
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Chief Poszywak's Phrases of the Month
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New Emergency
Notification System Operational in Weld
County
Weld County and the
Carbon Valley emergency response agencies
have teamed up to provide emergency
notification for weather related and
other emergency events that may affect
you and your family.
In the past, the public
relied heavily on outdoor sirens for
early severe weather warning. These
devices gave very little warning of
approaching severe weather, and could
only be heard within a very small outdoor
area. Sirens have very limited effectiveness
in providing warning for several reasons.
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Sirens are not
capable of providing specific information
on weather conditions and necessary
preparations.
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Sirens are not
designed to be heard indoors or
in your vehicle.
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The audible range
of sirens is drastically reduced
by distance, wind, atmospheric conditions,
and land obstructions.
Today there are several safer and more
effective
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2010 Special Operations
Training
The District’s Special Operations
Unit technic-ians along with all of
the firefighters and officers have
been training hard this year to
enhance their skills and knowledge
in rope rescue, hazardous materials,
trench rescue, and water/ice rescue
operations
It may have been cold, but everyone
took their turn in January jumping
into the ice cold waters to complete
their annual ice rescue refresher.
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