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Berthoud Fire Calls: September 2013

Berthoud Fire Calls: September 2013

  Berthoud Fire Protection District Incident activity for September, 2013 Sunday, September 1 BFPD assisted TVEMS with a medical call on South Iowa Ave. The patient was transported. BFPD assisted TVEMS with a medical call on Weld County Road 1. The patient was found on a dock of Newell Lake complaining of leg pain due to a water skiing accident. The patient was transported. Monday, September 2 BFPD responded to a motor vehicle accident with unknown injuries on Interstate 25. A truck was ... Full Story

On This Day: December 17, 1903

On This Day: December 17, 1903

First airplane flies, The Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural flight. Orville and Wilbur Wright grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and developed an interest in aviation after learning of the glider flights of the German ... Full Story