Members of the El Dorado Fire and Rescue Service assisted Hondo Volunter Fire Department in putting down a wildland fire just off of Old Las Vegas Highway on June 7, 2010. The fire was confined to a few acres but quick action by the two departments prevented it from  becoming a major fire.  
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El Dorado Fire and Rescue Service provided 3 people , an Engine, and a water tender in helping the Glorieta VFD knock down a fire in a trailer home in the afternoon of April 1, 2010.  The home was in a non-hydranted area so water had to be shuttled in from 3 miles away.The home was a total loss. When […]

EFRS and M80 personnel provided traffic control and medical support for a single van rollover accident on US285 south of Lamy on Friday February 28. No one was seriously injured. Traffic was reduced to one lane while the investigation occured and until the vehicle could be towed away.
   
  

El Dorado Fire and Rescue responded to a one-car MVA on Moya Road. A truck veered off of Ave Vista Grande, crossed over to the back yard of a house on Moya Road, penetrated a stucco wall and stopped when it hit the back wall  of the house. The driver suffered minor injuries and was […]

Periodically, EFRS members respond to a motor vehicle accident in El Dorado or on US285. Members are called upon to do many tasks including extricating and treating patients who may have been in the vehicle, extinguishing vehicle fires that may result, directing traffic, and cleaning up after the accident.  This MVA was a one car accident on Gavilan […]

The alarm for this call came in at 7:45 AM. Around two dozen volunteers and about 10 pieces of apparatus from El Dorado and surrounding areas responded. The garage and kitchen were fully involved in flames. The flames were knocked down within an hour and crews spent until 4:30 PM assuring the fire was totally out […]