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Open Burning Restrictions Enacted South of U.S. Highway 160 in La Plata County - Thursday, July 01, 2010

Due to the extremely dry conditions in La Plata County and the serious threat of fire danger that these conditions impose, the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners today enacted restrictions on open burning in areas of La Plata County that are south of U.S. Highway 160. The fire restrictions, which are effective immediately, prohibit open burning, burn barrels and agricultural burning on private property in the unincorporated areas of La Plata County located south of Highway 160 and on property owned by La Plata County.  The use of a campfire, coal or wood-burning stove, any type of charcoal grill or open fire in any undeveloped area is prohibited. 

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 Background about the FLMFPD Proposed Mill Levy Increase Minimize

The Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District (FLMFPD) Board of Directors has authorized the question of a 1.5 mill levy increase to be placed on the May ballot for the voters of the district. The election will be conducted through a mail-in ballot process. Eligible voters will receive their ballots by mail for voting. The election will conclude on May 4, 2010.

The FLMFPD encompasses approximately 250 square miles, from the Colorado/New Mexico state line on Highway 140, to the top of Hesperus Hill, to the county line at the top of Mancos Hill, to the bottom of Blue Hill in Wildcat Canyon and also includes La Plata Canyon. The district serves approximately 1450 households with a population of approximately 4,500 people. The Fire District, a special tax district, is governed by an elected five-member board of directors.

The FLMFPD provides structure fire and wild land fire defense, hazardous material incident response, rescue operations as well as emergency medical services.

The department consists of 35 volunteer members and a full-time salaried chief officer. The majority of members are cross-trained in different disciplines. Several members are trained in special operations, including energy pipeline fires, ice rescue and rope (low and high angle) rescue.

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Happy Holidays, from the Chief “701”

Dec3

Written by:Steve Ebner
12/3/2009 9:22 AM 

Here we are close to the end of 2009 and we are looking ahead to 2010. Where has the time gone? it seems to go by so quickly. I am sure we will all look back at 2009 as a tough year, considering the economic climate, and I hope everyone has weathered the economic storm pretty well.
In the past year we have been called upon to mitigate some very significant incidents involving medical, fire, wild land and hazmat. I would like to express my appreciation to each and every one of you who have participated in re-sponding to these calls. All of you, when called upon under some of the most adverse conditions and circumstances, have performed and executed your skills and talents in the most professional manner. This has been a direct result of the training, dedication and commitment by the members of the department. This has not been an easy accomplish-ment, we all know about the time spent away from home for the department, attending training in house as well as outside classes, working on vehicle checks, vehicle mainte-nance, fund raising, GIS, IT and all of the other special pro-jects that have culminated in the organization that we have today. As your Fire Chief, I want to thank everyone for mak-ing 2009 a very successful year and I am very proud of each and every one for the accomplishments we as a de-partment have achieved.
As we end the year we are also seeing our hazmat opera-tions class come to completion with eleven members at-tending, as well as one of our members finishing his EMT-B class. We are also in the planning stages to offer, In Janu-ary 2010, an EMT-B refresher class as well as a Firefighter II class. We need to have participation for both of these classes so please contact me with the class that you would like to attend.
In early 2010, we are working toward breaking ground for the construction of station 5 on County Road 117. We have ordered a new engine, designed for structural and wild land firefighting, and we expect to receive it in July or Au-gust. Over the winter we will be working on the conversion of Engine 74 to a tanker. All of these projects when com-plete and on line will enhance our capabilities to serve the district more effectively. As we proceed with these projects help will be needed especially with the conversion of en-gine 74.
The Department Business Meeting is scheduled for De-cember 15 (see your calendar). Several topics of impor-tance will be brought to the floor for discussion. The new bylaws will be introduced for membership approval and vote, line officers for next year will be voted in and we need to vote for the Firefighter of the Year for the banquet in January. If there is someone you would like to nominate for the Firefighter of the Year, please check your email for the criteria and submit your nomination in writing to me in a sealed envelope to be opened, read and voted on at the December business meeting. Results of the vote will be revealed during the January banquet.
Mary and I want to take this opportunity to wish you all a joyous Christmas season and all good blessings in the coming New Year.

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