North-West Fire Protection District

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Chimney Fire in Warm Springs

Emily Jury on roof; Kristy Olme on ladder - photo by Dave Sander from South Park
Ambulance

Fairplay CO: Shortly after 10 a.m. on November 27 North-West Fire
responded to a reported chimney fire on Lamb Mountain Road in the
Warm Springs subdivision south of Fairplay. Three engines and a
water tender responded with eleven firefighters to battle the fire,
along with South Park Ambulance and 2 Park County Sheriff
officers.
Once on scene firefighters found the fire had spread to the roof and
attic. Fire crews were quickly able to extinguish the chimney fire and
then set to work on the attic and roof. Due to the quality of
construction of the home firefighters had to work hard to pull drywall
and insulation from inside the home to access the fire that was
running through a large part of the attic near the chimney. The fire
was extinguished after firefighters cleared the attic area and
searched for any possible fire extension into the ceiling and walls.
The homeowners, who had recently purchased the home, had a
chimney cleaning scheduled for the next day. “These homeowners
were trying to do the right thing”, said Chief Mike Roll. “They had
scheduled to have the chimney cleaned and were just very
unfortunate in the timing of everything. This should be a very vivid
reminder to all homeowners they need to make sure their chimney is
kept clean and the spark arrestor kept free of any debris.”
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North-West Fire Gets New Engine

Chief Roll with new engine at chimney fire - photo by Dave Sander from South Park
Ambulance

North-West Fire is proud to announce its new engine has arrived
and is in service for the community. The new engine is a shorter
wheelbase and four-wheel drive rig that can get to a much larger
portion of the district than previous engines owned by the district.
The engine, which is less than 2 weeks old, has already proven
worthy. “It was baptized by fire at the November 27 Warm Springs
chimney fire,” according to Chief Mike Roll. “The location of this
home would have proven nearly impossible for us to access with
our old engines, but this new one got right up there and pumped like
a champ.”