November 17th, 2011 ~ Open House for Station One
This is a reminder of the open house for Fire Station 1
on November 17th at 1900
hours. There will be a pot luck held at the community center starting
at 1900 and every one is welcome. LPCA is providing Turkey dinner.
Please bring salad or a side dish. Please contact Donna Marie Feigle at
feigles@juno.com if you plan on attending so they can have the proper amount of food on hand.
And congrats on the completion of Station One...it looks great!
Images provided by Delta Construction
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Dear fellow fire fighters,
I wish to
convey my sincere appreciation and thanks to all the dedicated
volunteers that stepped up last night to assist the USFS on the initial
action for the Pingree Incident. In all my years as a professional fire
fighter I rarely witnessed the dedication that you all demonstrated
last night. Each and every one of you are involved in proving to the
emergency response community that we are a well organized and dedicated
group of professionals. Rarely are wild fires fought under the
conditions we experienced last night. Winds in excess of 40 MPH, cold
temperatures, and steep terrain. As of 0700 this morning the fire was
listed at 3.5 acres with high winds. The fire did not make any forward
progress today but there is still active
burning occurring. The fire will have 20 firefighters on the line at
0700 tomorrow to continue suppression efforts. When I spoke to dispatch
they were very impressed by the radio communications and organization
that occurred. They stated that it made their job much easier.
The
initial attack comprised of 15 firefighters, 8 of which were PCFPD red
card fire fighters. Thank you to the following individuals that
responded and spent all night on the fire in suppression efforts.
Bob Stahl, Laura Stahl, Steve Walton, Glen Simmons, Kelly Falbo, Jon Schneider, Bret Ridges.
In addition, Dean Miller and Marv Keller responded on the initial assignment and were released early this morning.
And
I wish to also thank Bette Blinde, Leann Davis, Jan Simmons and Lisa Westrope for
preparing and delivering egg burritos, hot coffee and home made coffee
cake. All the crews were thankful to have the food and coffee after
coming off the line.
Your community and I am forever grateful for your volunteer work.
Sincerely,
Carl Solley
Fire Chief
March 18, 2011~
Take a look at the progress of our new fire station...the community has really stepped forward to show their support...we have neighbors cleaning, staining, painting, sewing and offering a helping hand to get the job done! Well done everyone!
GREY ROCK FIRE (March 2010)~Id like to send out a big Thank you to Tony Falbo and Jon Schneider for their hard work on the Grey Rock fire...they spent several days working the fire, and had a pivotal role in eliminating it! Way to go guys!!!New Ambulance for the Upper Canyon!!!
The
upper canyon now has a new ambulance funded through an EMS grant from
the Colorado Department of Health and Environment that was written by
Rachel Schneider. (Well done Rachel!) Rescue 2 is a 2001 Ford F350 4X4
ambulance. Of the $55,000. cost of the ambulance, Poudre Canyon paid
$5,500. the rest was covered by the grant. Also, thanks to Connie and
Lea Archer for allowing Rescue 2 to reside in their parking lot with
electrical hook-up until the new station is ready to house it. Congratulations!!!
Kellie Falbo and Rachel Schneider graduated from the Fire Academy, earning them
Fire Fighter 1 and Hazardous Materials Operations certificates. Well done ladies!!!
