Durango Fire Protection District

Residents question what will happen with trees at Buckley Park

of Durango says it won’t know fire district’s needs until development plans are submitted

Durango receives funding to do wildfire mitigation around neighborhoods that border overgrown wildlands

$146,000 grant will help reduce fire risk near residential structures

Durango firefighters test $1.2 million ladder truck

‘Tower 1’ can reach 100 feet, which will help protect hotels and downtown buildings

Durango ladder truck reaches new heights

What’s so bad about Durango Fire’s downtown station?

Firefighters deal with cramped living quarters, small garage bays and no sprinkler system

In high-risk Southwest Colorado, fire chiefs point to wildfire areas of concern

Interactive maps help residents see address-by-address where mitigation is needed

Local first responders honor fallen in stair climb on 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

For Big Picture students, Tuesday was the final ‘first day’ in downtown building

district expected to buy property, build a firehouse

Durango Fire Protection District dedicates new Fire Training Facility

Over a hundred people attended the Durango Fire Protection District dedication and open house of the Fire Training Facility at…

East Third Ave. residents: School property not a good location for new fire station

Boulevard group meets with fire chief, who promises to be a good neighbor

10-acre fire at Durango’s doorstep cost an estimated $180,000

Local, state, federal agencies responded to Barnroof Fire

Durango 9-R votes to sell historic administration campus to fire district

district finalizes sale of downtown parcel to Durango Fire

Crew deals with small fire near Perins Peak

of blaze under investigation

Fire restrictions lifted in unincorporated La Plata County

Campfires, open burning and other previously restricted activities are now allowed

Durango fire chief shares dream for school administration building

is to make it a community cornerstone, says Hal Doughty

Durango School District looks to sell historic building to fire department

high school would be remodeled; Big Picture High would be razed and replaced with bays for fire engines

Sheriff’s Office identifies man who died in mobile home fire; blaze was human-caused

Firefighters arrived to find structure engulfed in flames

Cause of mobile home fire that killed La Plata County man is unclear

39-year-old resident died from smoke inhalation

Wildfire east of Durango now 100% contained

Vosburg Pike Fire is 67 acres in size

Evacuations lifted for homes near 70-acre wildfire east of Durango

is 75% contained; cause remains under investigation

La Plata County man dies in mobile home fire

of blaze is under investigation

How three subdivisions came to embrace wildfire mitigation

Sometimes, it takes a close call, or worse, to spur action

Smoke but no fire in 900 block of Main Avenue

Firefighters unable to locate source of smoke, electrical smell at bicycle shop

Three controlled burns escape in La Plata County

Durango Fire Protection District says conditions are different than in previous years