Posts Tagged ‘carbon monoxide’
Berthoud Fire Calls: April 2013
Berthoud Fire Protection District Incident activity for April 2013 Monday, April 1 BFPD responded to a medical call for a fall victim on Longview Ave. The crew assisted TVEMS with patient care. BFPD responded to a medical call to I-25. The call was cancelled while the crew was en route. BFPD was called to Franklin Ave for a medical emergency; the crew assisted TVEMS with patient care. BFPD responded to Massachusetts Ave. at the request of law enforcement for a possible ... Full Story
Berthoud Fire Calls: March 2013
Berthoud Fire Protection District Incident activity for March 2013 Friday, March 1 BFPD responded to a report of carbon monoxide in a resident on Meining Road. The crew did not find any levels of carbon monoxide in the home. Larimer County Sheriff Officer also responded due to the frequency of calls. Saturday, March 2 BFPD responded to a medical call for a possible broken hip on Megan Circle. The crew assisted TVEMS with transporting the patient. Sunday, March 3 BFPD responded to a ... Full Story
Berthoud Fire Calls Jan-Feb 2013
Berthoud Fire Protection District Incident activity for 2013 January Tuesday, January 1 BFPD responded to a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm activation on Sixth Street. The fire crew found elevated levels of carbon monoxide in the residence and found the leak coming from the heater vent. The resident was advised to evacuate the apartment until the leak was repaired. BFPD assisted TVEMS with a medical call on Huppe Lane. BFPD responded to a grass fire near structures ... Full Story
Berthoud Fire Calls: December 2012/January 2013
Berthoud Fire Protection District Incident activity for December 2012 Saturday, December 1 BFPD responded to Fourth Street for a patient who had fallen and needed lift assistance. BFPD assisted TVEMS with a medical call on Fourth Street. The patient was transported. BFPD responded to a reported smoke odor in the 5300 block of Glen Drive. The crew searched the area and determined the odor was coming from the Fern Lake Fire in Rocky Mountain National Park. BFPD responded to Berthoud ... Full Story
Berthoud Fire Calls: November 2012
Berthoud Fire Protection District Incident activity for November 2012 Monday, November 5 BFPD responded to a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 25 at Mile marker 252. A single vehicle had hit the guardrail. There were no injuries reported. BFPD responded to a reported dumpster fire near a structure on Fifth Street. The fire crew found what appeared to be smoke coming from a vent in a church building. The building was investigated and the source was steam coming from a ... Full Story
Berthoud Fire Calls for December 2011
Berthoud Fire Protection District Incident activity for December Thursday, December 1 BFPD responded with TVEMS to a reported motor vehicle accident on 287 near County Road 2E. This was a multiple car accident and Mountain View Fire and Longmont Fire also responded. Berthoud crew assisted with transporting one patient. BFPD responded to Common Drive and assisted a patient needing help getting into their wheelchair. The fire crew assisted TVEMS with a medical call on Mountain Avenue ... Full Story
Change Your Clock Change Your Battery
Small steps can make positive changes. Is is time to change the batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. Tragically, home fires kill 500 children ages 14 and under each year. In the U.S., almost two-thirds of home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes without working smoke alarms. Forty percent of the fatal fire injuries occurred in homes with no smoke alarms at all, while 23% occurred in homes in which at least one smoke alarm was present but failed to ... Full Story
Driver safety in harsh winter conditions a topmost
By Stephen Charles Berthoud Fire Chief Cold winter weather is upon us, and with it come a variety of health and safety hazards both indoors and out. To help ensure everyone in our community stays safe and warm this season, the firefighters and staff of the Berthoud Fire Protection District offer the following tips and suggest you post them where they can be seen by your family members and co-workers. (more...)
