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burning near the Crystal Lakes area, see our Local
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2008
Incidents will be added as they
occur, usually within a few days and at the latest within the month.
Please be aware that this page is updated by a firefighter. Therefore,
no incident can be added until after department members have completed
all on-scene tasks and returned home.
THIS MONTH:
August 9, evening -- medical call in Filing 8 -- Fire department members provided lead in and backup
assistance to Red Feather EMS.
August 15, morning
-- fire call in Filing 11 -- Fire department members turned out in
response to a lightning strike to a house. Despite a smell of
smoke inside, no fire was found.
August 24, morning -- medical call in Filing 2 -- Fire department members provided lead in and backup
assistance to Red Feather EMS and established a landing zone for the
AirLife helicopter.
August 24, afternoon -- medical call at Basecamp -- Fire department members provided lead in and backup
assistance to Red Feather EMS and established a landing zone for the
AirLife helicopter.
August 25, morning
-- smoke report northeast of Crystal Lakes -- Crystal Lakes
firefighters turned out to assist the Red Feather, Livermore, and
Forest Service Fire Departments in tracking down the source of smoke
sighted northeast of our area. After several hours of searching,
no fire was found and all departments stood down.
PREVIOUS MONTHS:
JANUARY
Congratulations! January was a quiet month, and CLVFD
responded to no incidents.
FEBRUARY
February 17, afternoon -- medical call at
Beaver Meadows -- Fire department members provided lead in and backup
assistance to Red Feather EMS.
February 26, evening -- medical call in Filing
7 -- Fire department members turned out in response to an automated
medical alert that proved to be a false alarm.
MARCH
March 8, afternoon -- smoke report in Elk Ridge
-- Fire department members turned out in response to a smoke sighting
and tracked it to a controlled burn in Elk Ridge.
March 11, evening -- medical call in Filing 5
-- Fire department members provided lead in and backup assistance to
Red Feather EMS.
March 18, afternoon -- medical call in Beaver
Meadows -- Fire department members provided lead in and backup
assistance to Red Feather EMS and established a landing zone for the
AirLife helicopter.
March 30 - April 3 -- slash pile burn --
Weather conditions finally being acceptable, though not ideal, the
Crystal Lakes Volunteer Fire Department was at last able to light off
the community slash pile on Tiny Bob Road. CLVFD does this as a service
to the community, department members keeping a 24-hour watch on the
burn for 3 days to ensure that it had no chance to spread.
APRIL
Congratulations! April was a quiet month, and CLVFD
responded to no incidents.
MAY
May 24, afternoon -- medical call in Filing 9
-- Fire department members provided lead in and backup assistance to
Red Feather EMS.
May 26, morning -- medical call in Filing 1 --
Fire department members provided lead in and backup assistance to Red
Feather EMS.
JUNE
June 10, midnight -- smoke alarm in Filing 4 --
Fire
department members turned out in reponse to an automated alarm from a
house in Filing 4, which turned out to be a malfunction.
June 14, evening
-- motor vehicle accident on Creedmore Lakes Road -- Fire department
members provided lead in and backup assistance to Red Feather EMS and
ensured that the wrecked car posed no health or fire hazard.
June 17, afternoon -- medical call in Filing 9
-- Fire department members provided lead in and backup assistance to
Red Feather EMS.
June 17, night -- medical call in Filing 15 --
Fire department members provided lead in and backup assistance to Red
Feather EMS.
June 22, evening
-- smoke report in Filing 1 -- Firefighters turned out in response to a
report of heavy smoke sighted south of Beartrap Road. A fire, clearly
caused by recent lightning, was discovered burning in heavy duff under
trees. Due to quick reporting on the part of area residents, the fire
was discovered while still small and was extinguished within a few
hours. We thank our watchful community members for their assistance!
Never hesitate to call 911 with a smoke report -- department members
would much rather turn out for someone's smoky campfire than not get to
a wildfire before it gets out of control.
JULY
July 2, evening --
smoke report south of Crystal Lake -- Fire
department members turned out in response to a report of smoke in the
area south of Crystal Lake, which was eventually traced to a campfire.
July 5, afternoon
-- MVA in Filing 13 -- Fire department members
provided lead in and backup assistance to Red Feather EMS, and ensured
that no dangerous chemicals were leaking from a rolled ATV.
July 10, afternoon -- medical call in Filing 7 -- Fire department members provided lead in and backup assistance to Red Feather EMS.
July 11, morning
-- fire call in Filing 13 -- Fire department members turned out to
fight a grass fire that was threatning a structure. The fire was caught
early and knocked down within a couple of hours.
July 14, afternoon
-- medical call in Filing -- Fire department members provided lead in
and backup assistance to Red Feather EMS and established a landing zone
for the
AirLife helicopter.
July 21, afternoon -- smoke alarm in Filing 13 --
Fire
department members turned out in reponse to an automated alarm from a
house in Filing 13, which turned out to be a malfunction.
July 22, evening
-- medical call in Filing 14 -- Fire department members provided lead
in and backup assistance to Red Feather EMS and assisted Red Feather
units in establishing a landing zone in Red Feather for the AirLife
helicopter.
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