All Entries Tagged With: "Lamar Fire Department"
Fire Department Incident Reports April 15, 2013
Sunday, April 14 At 11:18 am on Sunday, April 14, the Lamar Fire Department was dispatched to 1106 Parkview Avenue in Lamar for an unintentional smoke detector activation. Upon arrival, fire personnel were unable to see any indication of a fire and after investigating found that burned food had caused the alarm activation. The alarm […]
Fire Department Incident Reports April 8, 2013
Sunday, April 7 At 5:31 am on Sunday, April 7, the Lamar Fire Department was dispatched to 300 S. 8th Street in Lamar on report of a carbon monoxide detector activation. On arrival at the scene, the occupants notified fire personnel that the alarm had been chirping since 2:00 am. When asked, the occupants denied […]
City to Perform Controlled Burn
The Lamar Public Works Department, Lamar Water Department, Lamar Fire Department and Prowers County Rural Fire Department will be burning the Willow Creek Drainage from the area near the Lamar Swimming Pool east towards East Parmenter and then out toward Clay Creek to the east of Lamar. Weather permitting, the burn will begin during the […]
Cleaning Up the City for Springtime
Saturday, April 20, is Spring Clean Up Day in Lamar this year. The annual event starts at 7am and the last pile of trash/debris is scheduled to be picked up by 4pm. All area residents are asked to place their junked items on their front curb no later than 7am. Items should not be placed […]
Fire Department Incident Reports April 5, 2013
Friday, March 29 At 6:10 pm on Friday, March 29, the Lamar Fire Department was dispatched to 1106 Parkview for an unintentional smoke detector activation. At the scene, personnel were unable to find a fire; it was determined that the smoke alarm was activated by food burning on the stove. Saturday, March 30 At 10:01 […]
Fire Department Incident Reports March 15, 2013
Thursday, March 14 At 11:18 am on Thursday, March 14, the Lamar Fire Department was dispatched to 322 S. Main Street for an electrical wiring problem. At the scene, personnel found an alarm sounding in the basement of a residential building but could not immediately see the source. Upon further investigation, it was found that […]
Fire Department Incident Reports March 12, 2013
Monday, March 11 At 7:01 am on Monday, March 11, the Fire Department was dispatched to a contained trash fire. Upon arrival, fire personnel found a plastic trash dumpster actively burning. The occupant stated that she had burned grass approximately three days before but had just recently cleaned up the burned grass and placed it […]
City Closer to Accepting Valco Pond Acreage
The Valco property is almost but not quite ready to be transferred to the City of Lamar. It had been hoped that the 100 acre-plus site could have been transferred before the end of 2012. With the mayor’s signature on the mineral permit, the property and some of the reclamation responsibilities will fall to the […]
Fire Department Incident Reports March 11, 2013
Friday, March 8 At 10:45 pm on Friday, March 8, the Fire Department was dispatched to the Community Building at 610 S. 6th Street for an alarm system sounding due to a malfunction. The key holder on the scene could not get the alarm to reset and there were no reports of an actual […]
Learning from the Fire
Click a Picture to Enlarge The Lamar Fire Department spent the day this past Saturday, February 16, conducting a controlled house fire as a training exercise. The abandoned house in the 500 block of South 4th Street in Lamar had been scheduled to burn the week before, but the exercise was postponed because of windy […]
Lamar Chamber Honkers and Directors Congratulate The Lamar Fire Department for 125 Years of Service
HAPPY 125th BIRTHDAY LAMAR FIRE DEPARTMENT! The Lamar Chamber of Commerce Directors and Honkers paid a visit to the Lamar Fire Department, 505 South Main Street, to congratulate them for 125 years of dedicated service. Marshall Cook, Fire Chief, and his committed staff, provide fire protection, emergency medical transport, rescue and hazardous materials response, and fire […]
Lamar Fire Dept. Responds to Two Incidents this Past Weekend
The following are two incidents that the Lamar Fire Department responded to this past Sunday. Lamar Fire Department Report : Stove Fire: At 1145 hours on Sunday, September 23, 2012 the Lamar Fire Department was dispatched to a cooking fire confined to the container. One unit was assigned to the incident. Three personnel responded. They […]
Sunny and Hot, with Very Concentrated Showers
Two of the newest engineers for the Lamar Fire Department spent part of their Monday afternoon, getting acquainted with the department’s equipment. Patrick Arrona and Marcus Widener were getting checked out by Ryan Cook at McKorkle Field on August 6. Cook said this is part of the training the engineers receive when they join the […]
Teen Center Friday Activities Planned for Lincoln School
How to fill free time this year for Lamar’s younger school students was discussed by various community representatives meeting at the Project HOPE Teen Center, Monday, July 16. The new Lamar District school year begins on August 16, and will mark the start of a four day school week for students. Citizens, parents, educators […]
Motel Lodger’s Tax Proposed to Lamar City Council for November Ballot
Lamar voters should decide this November to approve a proposed lodgers or pillow tax on motel room rentals. As outlined during the city council work session on Monday, July 9, by Shawna Hodge, Lamar Main Street Director, and Pat Palmer, President of the Prowers Lodging Tax Panel, the proposed tax will levy a simple $2 […]
Lightning Strike Blasts Pile of Tires South of Lamar
Zeus used to smite his enemies with a well-thrown lightning bolt. What are the odds that a lightning strike from a storm passing over miles of open plains in southeast Colorado would hit a pile of used tires in the middle of the prairie? Pretty good, actually! Staffon Warn, Prowers County Rural Fire Chief reported […]
Hickenlooper Bans Open Burning, Fireworks in Colorado
Open burning, private use of fireworks banned in Colorado DENVER — Thursday, June 14, 2012 — Gov. John Hickenlooper today signed an Executive Order that bans open burning and private use of fireworks throughout Colorado because of very dry conditions and high fire danger. The ban does not apply to campfires in constructed, permanent fire pits […]
“Take Out the Papers and the Trash”
Saturday, April 21, is Spring Clean Up Day in Lamar. The annual event starts at 7am and the last pile of trash/debris is scheduled to be picked up by 4pm. All area residents are asked to place their junked items on their front curb no later than 7am. Items should not be placed out […]
Haz-Mat Training Exercise at Fairgrounds
A simulated nerve gas outbreak exercise was conducted at the Prowers Fairgrounds Wednesday evening, March 21. Lamar Police set up temporary roadblocks to the entrances of the fairgrounds shortly before 7pm, while various emergency response teams conducted the training drill. Lamar Fire Chief Marshall Cook explained the outline of the drill, saying the simulation reproduced […]
Weed Burn and Spring Cleanup Underway
Members of the Lamar Fire Department and Public Works Department were starting fires Thursday morning, March 15, along a stretch of the Willow Creek Drainage area. “We’re probably looking at about four to five miles of weed growth and accumulated debris,” said Public Works Director, Pat Mason. Fire teams were using propane tanks to ignite […]