Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Time: 3:00pm Address: GJ Fire Department Station 1: 620 Pitkin Ave., Grand Junction, 81501 U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program provided an award of $433,000 in federal funding to purchase a mobile live-fire training unit for the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC). These federal funds will help the [...]
Harmful Gas Closes Road
At 4:25 PM the Grand Junction fire Department responded to the area of 27 ½ Court and G Road for high levels of hydrogen sulfide gas. Xcel Energy was drilling holes in the pavement when they discovered the presence of the poisonous combustible gas. The hydrogen sulfide was not a result of the work being [...]
Home Fire Caused by Lightning Strike
UPDATE: At 12:52 PM Saturday GJFD again responded to the home to extinguish a small rekindle of the fire. Everyone is safe. Crews combed through the home to ensure anything showing heat was taken care of. At 6:47 PM Friday the Grand Junction Fire Department responded to reports of a home on fire in the [...]
Fire at Main Street Business
At 9:45 AM the Grand Junction Fire Department responded to multiple calls from surrounding businesses and apartments reporting smoke in their building and an alarm alert for a fire in the 300 block of Main Street. When crews arrived on scene they found that everyone had safely evacuated the businesses and residences; the heavy smoke [...]
GJFD Responds to Home Fire
At 10:00 PM last night, the Grand Junciton Fire Department responded to reports of a fire at a home in the 400 block of 23rd Street. When crews arrived on scene the front porch and exterior of the home was on fire. Neighbors had helped to alert the single resident of the home and were [...]
GJFD Responds to Brush Fire along I70
At 3:10 PM the Grand Junction Fire Department responded to a brush fire along the westbound lanes on I70. Multiple callers reported a fire growing on the side of the road causing heavy smoke just west of the Horizon Drive exit. Engine 2 approached the fire from the Horizon Drive exit and began putting out [...]
GJFD Responds to Brush Fire at Connected Lakes
AT 10:01 AM the Grand Junction Fire Department was dispatched to a brush fire at Connected Lakes west of the boat ramp. The first crews on scene found a working fire in an area less than one acre. GJFD used a float pump to draw water directly from the lakes and requested a water tender [...]
