Author: dirkclingman

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 [...]

  The Grand Junction Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®)—the official sponsor of Fire Prevention Week for more than 90 years—to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape!” The campaign works to educate everyone about the small but [...]

The Grand Junction Fire Department is promoting the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) Close Before You Doze fire safety campaign that encourages everyone to close all doors in their homes each night before bed to save lives in the event of a home fire. Grand Junction Fire Department developed two creative videos with this [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]