Department News
2012 GVFD Training Academy: The GVFD is very excited to have 6 new members going through our New Member training academy. The academy is specifically for new members to become functioning firefighters through training that includes: classroom, drill ground exercises, and online course work. The academy is approximately 60 hours
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GVFD 2011 Christmas Party
It has become a tradition for our fire department to get together each year and enjoy each other’s company and all the fun that comes with having our annual Christmas party! We play games and exchange elephant gifts and enjoy a great meal together.
This is
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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that in 1998, clothes dryers were associated with 15,600 fires, which resulted in 20 deaths and 370 injuries. Fires can occur when lint builds up in the dryer or in the exhaust duct. Lint can block the flow of air, cause excessive heat
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Recruiting New Members for the Fire Department
The Glacier View Fire Department will be starting a New Members Academy in the month of March 2012. If you have an interest in joining a great group of people who's mission is making a difference in helping their community, learning new skills,
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Fire Fighters from Glacier View FPD responded to a Wildland Fire at the Ben Delatour Scout Ranch when ditch burning being done by camp staff blew out of control. Two Glacier View type 6 Engines and 2 Tenders with assistance from Livermore and Poudre Canyon fire departments were able to
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WASHINGTON D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has joined with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in issuing a warning to consumers confronted by the recent winter weather. When there's a power outage, exercise caution when using portable generators.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is
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The high cost of home heating fuels and utilities have caused many Americans to search for alternate sources of home heating. The use of woodburning stoves is growing and space heaters are selling rapidly, or coming out of storage. Fireplaces are burning wood and manmade logs.
All these methods of
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Glacier View Fire Protection District has purchased some new traffic control signs. New STOP/SLOW signs have been added to our inventory putting signage on our Engines 601 and 104. The department has also added 2 new “Emergency Scene Ahead” signs to warn traffic coming upon a scene. If you see
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Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that can cause serious health problems and/or death. The Glacier View Fire Protection District has purchased a new CO detector that determines the presence of this harmful gas. During these cold winter months some are using supplemental heating devices which can
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We are very excited to have aquired new extrication tools. These were purchased from the Livermore Fire Department for a fraction of the cost of new tools. They are in excellent shape, very capable and extremely powerful. We have already had two trainings on their use with follow up trainings
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