Category: Emergency Responses

  • Now Hiring – Shift Captain – Application Period CLOSED

    Now Hiring – Shift Captain – Application Period CLOSED

     This is a company officer level position that is responsible for the specific activities and daily operations of an assigned shift; to assist the training officer with training, conduct evaluations, and overall management of the shift; and to provide highly responsible and complex administrative support to a Division Chief and…

  • Car Fire at Eagle Sinclair

    Eagle, Colorado The Greater Eagle Fire Protection District was toned out to a motor vehicle fire Thursday evening around 7:15 PM at the Eagle Sinclair gas station, 131 E. Chambers Ave in Eagle, Colo.  Engine 9, Tender 9, and Battalion 9 responded and arrived on scene minutes later…

  • Tanker Rollover Closes I-70

    Tanker Rollover Closes I-70

    A very large response this morning for crews in western Eagle County. Greater Eagle Fire responded as mutual aid with Gypsum Fire for a tanker rollover between Gypsum and Dotsero. This tanker was found to be actively leaking fuel which activated a response from Eagle County’s Haz-Mat team.  The…

  • Multiple Crashes

    Multiple Crashes

    Eagle Fire crews continue to respond to multiple car crashes on Interstate 70 in the Eagle and Gypsum. One of the crash is involved in Eagle County Sheriff’s patrol vehicle, luckily the deputy was out of his car and not injured.   The roads are snow packed with ice…

  • Structure fire in Gypsum

    Structure fire in Gypsum

    Gypsum, Colo. – On Saturday, October 15, 2016 , at approximately 2:30 a.m. the Vail Public Safety Communications Center received a report of visible flames in the area of Trail Gulch in Gypsum, Colo.  When emergency responders arrived on scene at 3730 Trail Gulch Road they found three structures fully…

  • Gypsum Structure Fire Causes Damage to Home

    Gypsum Structure Fire Causes Damage to Home

    Gypsum, Colo. – Early Sunday morning, September 18, 2016, smoke alarms awoke a Gypsum family allowing them to safely evacuate their home as fire spread quickly up the back of the house from the deck.   The Vail Public Safety Communications Center received the call at 5:25 am and immediately dispatched the Gypsum Fire…

  • Semi Crash in Wolcott

    Semi Crash in Wolcott

    At approximately 12:30 PM, Station 9 responded to a report of a two car motor vehicle accident on Ute Creek Rd. Crews arrived on scene found two semi’s that had collided, with one going through the guard rail and nearly off the edge. Minor injuries were only reported. Ute Creek…

  • Gas line break prompts road closures and evacuation

    Gas line break prompts road closures and evacuation

    Eagle, Colo At approximately 6:52 PM on Thursday (7/21/2016), Engine 9 was toned to a report of a gas leak near the new Castle Peak Senior Center located near the intersection of Capitol and Sylvan Lake Rd.  When crews arrived, they found that a 2 inch…