Posts Tagged ‘Fire Department’

Greeley Fire Dept. to offer CPR classes in January

GREELEY — The City of Greeley Heart Safe City Project and Greeley Fire Department will be offering free American Heart Association, Family & Friends CPR training to the citizens of Greeley and the Western Hills Fire Protection District. This is a short non-certified course to teach Greeley citizens CPR and understand the use of an [...]

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Greeley FD fights scrap metal fire

GREELEY — At 10:23pm, last night (12/12/2012) the Greeley Fire Department was called to 1490 East 8th St (Anderson Sales and Salvage), Greeley, on the report of a fire. While responding, fire crews could see large flames from approximately 1 mile away. Upon making entry to the facility fire crews found a large pile of [...]

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Greeley Fire Department to offer free CPR classes

GREELEY — The City of Greeley Heart Safe City Project and Greeley Fire Department will be offering free American Heart Association, Family & Friends CPR training to the citizens of Greeley and the Western Hills Fire Protection District. This is a short non-certified course to teach Greeley citizens CPR and understand the use of an [...]

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Greeley Police to get AED’s in patrol cars

GREELEY — In late September, 2012, Greeley Police will begin deploying AEDs, (Automated External Defibrillators) in many of their patrol cars.  The AEDs were purchased, in part, by a grant obtained by the Greeley Fire Department.   “We believe the AEDs simply provide one more tool for us to help our citizens.  That’s why we [...]

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Chicago authorities obscuring info in Planned Parenthood death

by Peter Grady –   Chicago officials appear to be helping Planned Parenthood obscure the truth about a black woman who died at their offices while obtaining an abortion.   Last month it was revealed that Tonya Reaves died after being left for several hours after staff at the eugenicist founded organization’s Chicago facility tore [...]

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Fireworks are for sale, not for setting off

GREELEY – The Greeley Fire Department would like to remind citizens that the Governor has issued a ban on all use of personal consumer fireworks in the State of Colorado. However, the City Attorney’s office has determined that the ban does not enable the City to stop the sale of personal consumer fireworks. Citizens will [...]

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Greeley Fire Receives Donation of Baby Caps

Staff Reports –   GREELEY — The Greeley Fire Department has received a donation of approximately 60 knitted handmade baby caps from Greeley Fire Senior Administrative Specialist Janice Perekrestenko in the honor and memory of her grandson Atticus (4/24/2011-11/15/2011). The baby caps, Atti’s Caps”, will be placed in the Fire Departments “OB Kits” which are [...]

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“Microburst” tears roof off of house

Staff Reports –   GREELEY – Just before 2:00 pm today (05/01/2012), firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 2405 49th Av Ct in Greeley on a report of on a possible explosion. Upon arrival they found a roof had been completely torn off of a home, apparently from a wind “microburst”. Upon [...]

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Firefighters perform high angle rescue at Scott Elementary

Staff Reports – GREELEY – At 10:42 am, today (04/06/2012), firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 3000 13th St (Scott Elementary School) in Greeley on a report of someone who had fallen from a roof. Upon arrival, the fire crew (GFD Engine #3) found that the victim had fallen from a higher [...]

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Auto dealership fire stopped by sprinkler system

Staff Reports – At 7:33 PM Sunday evening (3/25/12) firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 2699 47th Av (Weld County Garage) in Greeley on a fire alarm. Upon their arrival, responding fire crews found the fire alarm system activated and no signs of fire from the outside of the building. Upon gaining [...]

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Aging electrical system cause of fire, damages Greeley home

Staff Reports – At 10:00 this morning firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 1841 7th Av in Greeley on a possible structure fire. Upon arrival, fire crews found light smoke coming from the attic space of a single story house. Fire crews quickly established that all occupants had safety evacuated the home [...]

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Firefighter, resident burned in early morning fire

  by Jack Minor –   Two people, including a firefighter, were burned in an early morning fire caused by a burning propane cylinder.   The fire occurred at 1723 Montview Road in Greeley and firefighters were called at 1:35 a.m. on Wednesday.   One of the occupants had suffered first and second degree burns [...]

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Hope Centre gives backpacks, school supplies to children

    by Jack Minor  – A local church has taken its charge to help the community  by giving away free backpacks and school supplies to local residents. For the past four years Hope Centre, located at 4754 West 31st Street in Greeley has helped local children by passing out supplies prior to the start [...]

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National Night Out comes to Evans

Scheduled for August 2, 2011On Tuesday, August 2, 2011 citizens, community groups, local businesses, local officials, and Law Enforcement Agencies from all over the country will join forces to mark the “28th Annual National Night Out”.  This year, over 34 million people across the country are expected to participate.   National Night Out is a [...]

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Gazette Opinion

City council should start with fire department if they want to save citizens moneyThe recent move by the City Council to change ambulance services is being sold under the guise of saving Greeleyites money.  After all, the cost of an ambulance ride is expensive and our citizens deserve a better deal. Don’t they?  Saving money [...]

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City mulls private ambulance service

Critics say Greeley Fire Department just trying to justify their huge budget   By Jack Minor The Greeley City Council is mulling proposed changes to the emergency medical response in Greeley.  The drafted Request For Proposal (RFP) would open up the city’s emergency coverage for bids by private ambulance companies.  The emergency coverage within Greeley [...]

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Evans Fire Department to hold fund raiser to assist victims

Be part of the solution in your communityby Vanessa Dominguez The Evans Fire Department will have their annual pancake breakfast on May 7, 2011. The pancake breakfast will be held at 3918 Denver Street and proceeds go to the Evans Fire Safety and Assistance Fund. The Evans Fire Rescue Department partners with the Community Foundation [...]

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Evans police use reverse 911 to notify residents of danger

Staff Reports On March 5, 2011, Evans Officers,with the assistance of; the Evans Fire Department, Union Colony Fire Department and the Weld County Sheriff’s Office, evacuated the area in the 4000 block of Phlox Lane in the Ridge subdivision for several hours. At approximately 1010 hours, a deceased 36-year old male was found in his [...]

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Woman suffers from serious injuries in house fire

by Vanessa Dominguez At 7:45 AM 12/23/2010, fire crews from the Greeley Fire Department, (formerly Union Colony Fire Rescue), were called to a fire at 2280 1st AV (Woodlands East Mobile Home Park)  in Greeley.  Upon arriving at the scene, fire crews found a single-family home on fire. Firefighting operations were set up immediately. When firefighters entered the home, an unconscious female [...]

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Greeley Couple Loses Home, Memories to Pre-Christmas Fire

By Mike Bauman Harold and Nicole Potter of 5803 W. 16 Street Lane are physically okay after a morning fire caused extensive damage to their home. The Potters, who are in their 70′s and have lived in the home for approximately 10 years, were set to host their family on Christmas morning this year.  According [...]

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Charles Kip Early

July 3, 1948 ~ November 2, 2010 Charles Kip Early, jack of all trades, amazing father and loving husband, Christmas light fanatic, chokecherry jelly maker, and junk food junkie with a unique sense of humor, was born in Greeley, CO to H. Keith and Doris (Cantrell) Early.  He was raised on a farm outside of [...]

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Walter Leon “Poppy/Daisy” Coffman

Walter Leon “Poppy/Daisy” Coffman, 92 11/12th’s, of Apache Junction, AZ joined The Lord on Oct. 4, 2010. He was born in Eaton, CO, Nov. 1, 1917 to Walter S. Coffman & Nancy “Nannie” Susan (Gibson). Walter was #2 of 5 children. He proudly served in the Army Air Corps and was in the W. W.  [...]

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Ashcroft Heights Celebrates Opening of New Walking Trail

Story and Photo By Jack Minor The residents of the Ashcroft Heights subdivision in Evans celebrated the opening of a new walking trail and irrigation system on Saturday, August 14. The asphalt trail is ½ mile long and wanders through the lot at the northernmost point on Maverick Lane.  During the celebration, representatives from the [...]

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Police did not respond to this 911 call

By Vanessa Dominguez On June 16th several agencies joined forces to conduct an Emergency Response Exercise‏. The public was not informed about this exercise and as a result, there was a call to 911 about what you see above. This was not a real body and instead part of the exercise. The exercise was designed [...]

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Union Colony Fire Rescue Authority is no more

Staff Reports Since March of 2009, City of Greeley and Western Hills Fire Protection District representatives have been negotiating the possibility of the dissolution of the Union Colony Fire Rescue Authority (UCFRA).  An amicable termination of the intergovernmental agreement that created the Authority has been agreed upon and Western Hills will now contract with the [...]

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Evans Fireman Suits Up to Teach Kids

By  Mike Bauman Children have long idolized firefighters.  They are awestruck by the shiny trucks and the uniforms and the equipment.  Unfortunately, when it comes to teaching fire safety, sometimes the flash outshines the message and children remember the sirens and the lights, but not the things they were taught. In 2008, Evans Firefighter Shawn [...]

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Steven L. Dill

Steven L. Dill, 63, of Nunn died June 5, 2010 at Hospice of Palliative Care in Greeley, CO Steven was born January 17, 1947 in Greeley to Ray and Arvella (Greschke) Dill. He was raised in the Pierce, CO area and attended Pierce and Highland schools. He worked for Nunn Telephone Co. for 32 years, [...]

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Young Marines train in Evans

By Jack Minor, For the Greeley Gazette While many local area youth were celebrating graduations, the Poudre River Young Marines spent the weekend  rappelling off a tower at the Evans training center. The event was organized by Shawn Kendrot, a Marine who is also a member of the Evans fire Department.  Volunteers from the Evans [...]

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