The annual Turkey Trot, hosted by the Grand Junction Firefighters Foundation, will take place Thursday, November 28th starting at Stoker Stadium. The Little Gobbler 1/4 mile race will begin at 9:00 AM and is free for children under 8. The main event, the Turkey Trot 5k, will begin at 9:30 AM. Registration for the event [...]
GJFD Training Burn Tomorrow
Beginning at 8:00 AM on Wednesday, November 6th Grand Junction Fire Department Recruit Academy will conduct a training burn in the empty home at Horizon Park, the future site of Fire Station 6. Residents may see light smoke in the sky due to training activities throughout the day. Extra precautions have been taken to not [...]
GJFD Community Feedback Meeting Thursday
Grand Junction Fire Department is planning for the future as part of its accreditation process and we need your continuing participation and input! This Thursday, November 7th we’ll be holding two meetings to gather input from community stakeholders. These meetings will be held at our Administrative Offices at 625 Ute Avenue at 4:00 PM and [...]
GJFD Wildland Team Deploys to Kincade Fire, California
Around 1:00 PM yesterday, Grand Junction Fire Department deployed a team of wildland firefighters to the Kincade Fire in Sonoma County, California. Engine Boss Josh Evans, Engineer Billy Reyez, and Firefighters Josh Sparks and Nate Baker could be gone for up to two weeks helping fight the blaze alongside 4,150 other firefighters. The Department is honored [...]
GJFD Responds to Chimney Fire
At 6:28 PM the Grand Junction Fire Department responded to a report of a residential fire on the 2400 block of I Road. The first unit arrived at 6:42 PM and found a working fire in the chimney and adjoining attic space. The fire was out by 7:11 PM and crews worked to eliminate hot [...]
Fire in Shop Spreads to Field
At 12:23 PM the Grand Junction Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire on the 2900 block of Gunnison Avenue. The fire spread from a shop on the property to vegetation in a nearby field. Individuals from the address called 9-1-1 and indicated that there was containers of propane and oxygen in the burning shop. [...]
GJFD Responds to Structure Fire on Pinyon Ave.
At 2:42 PM the Grand Junction Fire department was dispatched to a structure fire on the 1400 block of Pinyon Avenue. The first unit arrived at 2:46 PM and reported that the rear of the house and an external shed was engulfed in flames. The 360-degree assessment of the fire could not be completed due [...]
