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Significant Event

On August 19 BFRD responded to a large weed fire

at 163rd & Yosemite. The fire was called in just

after 12:30 p.m. Winds and dry conditions didn't

help firefighters as they battled flames. However,

firefighters were able to protect a home and

outbuildings in the area, and the fire was contained.

The cause is under investigation. An estimated 17

acres burned in the fire.

BFRD Updates

The groundbreaking for new Fire Station 52 was

held on August 3. The new station will be located at

124 S. 40th Avenue. It is scheduled to open in

spring 2017, and will aid in serving the more than

50,000 residents in the Fire District. BFRD would

like to extend a special thanks to the community,

City of Brighton, School District 27J, and the

Brighton Fire staff, Fire Board & volunteers for all

of the support as the new station is built.

Brighton Fire Rescue District is pleased to announce

the addition of five new firefighter recruits to its

team! All five recruits have previous firefighting

experience and are now training to fulfill the

position of firefighter with BFRD. The trainees are

taking part in the 2016 North Area Fire Academy, a

13-week recruit training academy put on by eight

departments on the north side of the Denver Metro

Area. The graduation date is scheduled for

November 18.

In the Community Brighton Fire took part in the 2016 Adams County

Fair August 3-7. Firefighters were onsite throughout

the fair to provide emergency services. BFRD also

had a booth on both Kids Day and Senior Day, and

provided fair goers with fire safety messages.

Brighton Fire is also a sponsor of the Adams County

Fair.

August 2016 Monthly Report

Brighton Fire Rescue District

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Emergency Incidents

Incident Types

Building Fire 3

Fire, Other (Car, Grass, Dumpster, etc) 22

Medical Emergencies 299

Motor Vehicles & Accidents 41

Technical Rescues (Water, Confined, Trench) 1

Hazardous Conditions (Hazmat, CO Alarm, Spills) 13

False Alarms 19

Good Intent/Service/Other Calls 88

Total Calls for the Month 486

2016 & 2015 Call Comparison for month of August

Calls of Significant Importance:

On August 5th, Truck 53, Platte Valley Ambulance and Battalion 51 were dispatched to

the area of 112th Ave and Tower Rd on a reported head on motor vehicle accident. On

arrival, crews found a two vehicle head on accident on Tower Rd involving a semi-tractor

trailer and a small sedan with one party trapped. Fire crews quickly extricated one

patient who was transferred to the hospital for additional medical care.

On August 12th, Attack 54 and Tender 54 were dispatched to 15300 Monaghan Rd on a

reported weed fire. Attack 54 and Tender 54 arrived on scene and found a weed fire

approximately 10-12 acres in size with several structures threated. Due to the size of the

fire additional units were dispatched. Attack 52, Tender 52, Engine 52 and Battalion 51

responded. Crews were able to quickly contain the fire to the field of origin with no

extension to the threatened structures or surrounding areas. The fire was reported to be a

controlled burn that quickly spread out of control due to windy and extremely dry

conditions.

Most Calls per day in August:

22 Calls on August 3rd and August 24th

Average Calls per day: 15.68

Calls Year-to-date 2016: 3764

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100

200

300

022

292

51

1 1735

78

322

299

411 13 19

88

2015

2016

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On August 13th at 02:09, Brighton Fire Rescue units were dispatched on a mutual aid call

with South Adams County Fire for a reported structure/weed fire in the area of 112th and

Tower Rd. Truck 53, Tender 53, Attack 54, Tender 54 and Battalion 51 responded.

Units arrived on scene at 21060 E 118th Ave and found a fully involved barn fire with fire

extending to the field and several vehicles. Crews from South Adams County and

Brighton Fire Rescue quickly contained the fire with little extension to the field around

the structure. Fire investigators determined that the fire was caused by an overloaded

extension cord which was supplying power to the barn. Eight horsed were killed as a

result of the fire.

On August 18th at 23:58, Engine 55 and Battalion 51 were requested on a second alarm

mutual aid response with Mountain View Fire Rescue on a working structure fire. Crews

responded and on arrival were assigned to perform fire attack in an exposure building

where fire had spread to the attic space. The fire was quickly contained to a small area of

the attic and the exposure was saved.

On August 25th at 21:58, Engine 55, Tender 55, Tender 54, Tender 52 and Battalion 51

were requested for mutual aid by North Metro Fire on a working structure fire in the 2600

block of E 168th Ave. Crews responded and on arrival were assigned to perform water

supply operations (Tender Water Shuttle) throughout the fire attack.

Incidents by Fire Station Response Area

Station 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Grand

Total

51 136 145 131 134 121 152 159 132 1110 29.49%

52 232 194 221 248 223 214 230 241 1803 47.90%

53 49 39 79 41 63 49 60 68 448 11.90%

54 21 27 22 21 22 20 19 15 167 4.44%

55 30 18 35 34 21 33 35 30 236 6.27%

Grand Total 468 423 488 478 450 468 503 486 3764

Mutual Aid/Auto Aid – Given/Received

Agency

Automatic

aid given

Automatic

aid

received

Mutual

aid

given

Mutual

aid

received

Grand

Total

Bennett Fire Protection District 1 1

Hudson Fire Protection District 18 1 5 1 25

Mountain View Fire Protection District 1 1

North Metro Fire 1 1

South Adams County Fire Protection

District 3 1 4

Southeast Weld Fire Protection District 1 1

Thornton Fire 5 2 7

Grand Total 24 1 13 2 40

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Fire Opperations, 256.5

EMS, 115.5

Fire Officer, 143.25

Driver/Operator, 35.25

Pre-Incident

Planning, 67.5

Special Operations, 50.5

Fire Instructor, 3

Fire Prevention, 5.75Building Construction,

4.5

Administration, 109.5Other, 122.75

Training & Special Operations

Training Focus

Multi-Company Operations Rural Water Supply and Engine Ops

Company Level Hose Management

Vestas Nacelle Pre-plan walk through

EMS CEs Firefighter Rehabilitation

Aggregate Training Hours: 791.25

Safety and

Health

Annual Medical Evaluations start in September

Special Operations

Members participated in Operation Golden Ladder Active Shooter Training

Special Projects

Adams County Fair

Colorado FIREfighter Testing Consortium development

Assisted Hudson Fire with Officer Development Class

North Area Fire Academy started on August 22

Lieutenant Promotional Testing

Training for the Next Month

Firefighter Rescue and Maybe

EMS CEs- Case Studies

Vehicle & Facility Maintenance

Facility Activities:

Station 55: Concrete work has been completed. Contractor did run into soft and

saturated ground once the old product was removed. One foot of dirt was removed and

replaced with road base and compacted.

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SCBA Maze Trailer has been moved from Station 52 to Vestas Training area.

Station 52: Crews have cleaned up the area behind the station and loaded all trash and

debris for disposal or recycling.

Fleet Activities – Major projects

Engine 54: Oil leak coming from the rocker box gasket. Gasket was replace and PM

along with pump testing was completed.

Attack 55: Siren was found inoperable, found shorted wire in console that damage the

siren control head. New control head was installed.

Truck 53: Leaking excessive water from behind the pump panel and out of intake relieve

valve. The drain line to the pump was repaired and on duty crews flushed the relief valve

and found debris stuck in it.

Battalion 51: BC was unable to avoid debris/object in the road resulting in damage to the

tire and wheel. Both have been replaced.

Staff assisted with delivering, setting up and picking up of the MCCU during the Adams

County Fair.

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F I R E D R I L L S

P U B L I C E D U C A T I O N

P U B L I C AP P E AR A N C E E V E N T S

C AR S E AT C H E C K S

Fire Prevention Division Monthly Report

Permit and License Reviews

Type of Review Number

Completed

Construction Drawings 6

Event Permits 4

Fire Alarm 3

Fire Sprinkler 4

Licenses 11

Other (tenant finish, etc.) 2

Total 30

Development Review Committee Projects

Type of Review Number

Completed

City of Brighton 5

Weld County 0

Adams County 0

Total 5

Type of Inspection Number

Completed

Initial Inspections 1

Re-inspections 0

Fire Alarm Finals 1

Sprinkler Rough/Hydro 3

Sprinkler Final 1

Final Building Inspection for C/O

1

Other Permit Inspections (tanks, hood systems, etc.)

2

License Inspections 3

Site Visits/Courtesy Inspections 0

Total 12

Public Education Summary

Type Number

Completed

Fire Drills 2

Public Education 5

Public Appearance Events 18

Car Seat Checks 8

Total 33

Projects of Interest Development plans under review for an ULTA

Beauty to be located next to Ross.

FDP under review for a new Dairy Queen to be located on SW corner of Bridge and 27th.

Development plans under review for The Village at Southgate, a single family home subdivision, to be located on the south side of 120th across from Prairie View Middle.

The AMC is undergoing renovation in two phases. The north half of the theater is complete and open to the public.

Inspection Summary Fire Alarm

Finals

Sprinkler Rough/Hydro

Sprinkler Final

Final Building

Inspection for C/O

Other Permit

Inspections (tanks, hood

systems, etc.)

License Inspections

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Other News We are happy to introduce our two new inspectors. Jessika Epley and Carla Gutierrez are now a part of the Brighton Fire Family and are already doing great! Jessika moved to Colorado from Florida where she was working in Code Enforcement. Carla Gutierrez worked in the City’s Building Department as a Permit Technician.

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Office of Emergency Management Report

Regional Risk Assessment Workshop- Held 7/31. Identified risk areas within the NCR with

first response agencies, private and nonprofit partners. Final AAR pending, but public health,

and cyber security risk ranked high (no significant adjustments from 2015)

THIRA Planning Workshop- conducted Sept 27. Regional partners evaluated a variety of local

all hazard scenarios and identified required resources and gaps for future planning and grant

requests

Training and Exercise Planning Workshop- scheduled for October 11th.

HMGP- (4145) (Siren Project) – Siren at 55 awaiting permit from Adams County. Permit

issued for Station 54 and pole and half stacks will be installed 10.6.16. Once PUD issued, all

three sirens (54, 55, and Prairie Center) will receive remaining stacks and will complete.

City Council items for 2016-

Operation CHAOS AAR/IP- October 25th

OEM Annual Report- October 25th

2016 CERT- September 8th and run through November 5th, ending in full scale exercise at

Vestas. Will be exercising jointly with Longmont and Thornton CERT.

2016- Multi-jurisdictional Communications/Hazmat Full Scale Exercise (Operation

CHAOS) –

Draft AAR/IP completed with City of Brighton and Brighton Fire improvement items. Will be

presented to City Council on October 25th. Copies of final report available upon request.

ESF 8 Statewide Resource Working Group- Brighton OEM participating as municipal

representatives. Currently outlining similarities and differences in resources identification

acquisitions, etc. for public health medical resources in both nonpublic health led and public

health led events. These updates will be reflected in Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and

municipal ESF 8 plans. These will be further adapted statewide and be tested in CDPHE

sponsored FSE in June of 2017.