Posted 8:14 AM 4/29/2013 by Elaine Sheridan & Stephen Bowers
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for Tuesday for most of Southern Colorado.
A Red Flag Warning means that the fire danger is high due to a combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures.
To add to the danger we also have a lot of (More)
Posted 5:40 PM 3/29/2013 by Elaine Sheridan
Fire Crews are on the scene of a small fire at Monroe Elementary in Colorado Springs.
The call came in around 2pm on Friday afternoon to the school located at 12 S. Chelton Rd.
The fire is out, but there appears to be minor damage. The fire reportedly started in the bushes outside (More)
Posted 9:09 AM 3/21/2013 by Elaine Sheridan
Senators Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) announced today that they plan to offer a bipartisan amendment to the 2014 U.S. Senate budget to increase the funding availability for fighting wildfires and modernizing the air tanker fleet by $100 million.
Udall and Barrasso say (More)
Posted 2:30 PM 3/15/2013 by Elaine Sheridan
FORT COLLINS - Poudre Fire Authority is responding to a reported fire in Lory State Park.
Smoke is visible from downtown Fort Collins.
According to emergency radio traffic, there are structures threatened, including the Lory State Park headquarters