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Friday, April 6, 2012

Other Emergency Alert and Information Sources from La Plata County

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When an emergency or disaster strikes La Plata County, responders have many ways to get messages out to you besides our Target Notification ...

Helping Us Help You - An Intro to Emergency Alerts

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As Spring rolls in and we move into Fire Season across Southwest Colorado, now is the perfect time to do some Spring cleaning. I'm not t...
Thursday, March 29, 2012

Back Country Tips from La Plata County OEM

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This guide should help you prepare for back country excursions and with how to help rescuers help you.  In the back country, being prepared...
Friday, July 22, 2011

Morning La Plata County Fire Update

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Fire crews were working on 4 significant fires on Thursday. Three have continued operations today. Cracker Fire - Flat Canyon, west of CR ...
Thursday, July 21, 2011

"Repeat Fire" Update 2 - Fire Pictures

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Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District - Communications  Upper Colorado River Interagency Type 2 Wildland Crew Keeping an eye o...

"Repeat Fire" Update

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9:45 PM Crews were successfully able to defend the threatened homes from the advancing flames. No structures were damaged.The natural fuels ...

"Repeat Fire" Burning Near CR135

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Around 4:30 this afternoon, a fire broke out in an arroyo on the west side of the 1100 block of County Road 135. The fire burned across the ...

"Cracker Fire" Resources

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These combined resources have engaged in the firefighting efforts:   Fort Lewis Mesa Fire as Incident Command and several teams Fort Lewis ...

"Cracker Fire" Press Release

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2011 12:55 p.m. “CRACKER FIRE” IN CHERRY CREEK AREA SOUTHWEST OF DURANGO IS 75% CONTAINED Durango, CO – ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Cracker Fire in Cherry Creek

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Cracker Fire:  At approximately 2:30 Wednesday afternoon, Fort Lewis Mesa Fire was called to smoke in the area of the 8000 block of County R...
Sunday, July 10, 2011

Eolus Catwalk Rescue - La Plata County Search and Rescue

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On Saturday evening La Plata County Search and Rescue performed a dramatic rescue of of a man marooned just below the 14,000 ft peak of Mt....