Contact your local disaster relief service, such as the American Red Cross or the Salvation Army, to help with your immediate needs, such as: Contact your insurance agent/company. Cautions!!! Do not enter the damaged site. Fires can rekindle from hidden,… Read More »The First 24 Hours – Securing Yourself and The Site
Wild land fires are typically fought on a variety of fronts. These include 1) boots on the ground with hand tools and wildland engines, and 2) from the air. Air operations include winged aircraft dropping fire retardants or water, and… Read More »EFRS Participates in Dip Site Operations Training (Click this title to see more)
El Dorado Fire and Rescue was called to assist other county and city firefighters in battling a stubborn brush/junk yard fire in La Cienega in mid-march. They responded with 5 members and their Type 3 Wildland Engine 731. They encountered… Read More »El Dorado Firefighters Battle Junk Yard Fire (Click this title to see more)
El Dorado firefighters were recently paged to a vehicle fire on I-25 northbound at the 303 mile marker. On arrival, they found a semi-trailer in flames. They also found northbound traffic stopped and had to wind their way around cars… Read More »EFRS Fights Trailer Fire (Click this title to see more)
Eight EFRS members assisted the Hondo Volunteer Fire Department in extinguishing a house fire in the Hondo district on 6 September 2012. EFRS provided interior firefighters, an engine and a water tender. Members and equipment were on-scene for nearly 5… Read More »EFRS Assists Hondo with Structure Fire (click this title to see more)
In addition to responding to nearly 400 emergency calls per year, the members of El Dorado Fire and Rescue also enjoy participating in community events throughout the year. Here a a few (click each image to enlarge): July 4th… Read More »EFRS Participates in Community Events in the Summer of 2012
A new fire engine, referred to as a Wildland / Urban Interface Engine (because it can be used for both structure fires and wildland fires) has been received by the El Dorado Fire and Rescue Service. It is currently in… Read More »New Structure Engine Due Soon
The El Dorado, Hondo, Glorietta, and Galisteo fire districts were given a rare training opportunity on the weekend of April 19 – 21. They were granted permission by the Eldorado Community School and the contractor to use the old portions … Read More »El Dorado Fire Department Participates in Fire Training at the Eldorado Community School (click this title to see more)
EFRS sent 7 people and two wildland engines to Chimayo on Sunday 25 March 2012 to help extinguish the 20 acre wildland fire. Unfortunately, the fire consumed at least three structures. Click these Links to see some brief videos. Chimayo… Read More »EFRS Helps Out with the Chimayo Fire (Click this title to see more)
Members of the EFRS had the honor and priviledge of participating in the funeral service for their fallen brother Isaac Garcia on 22 March 2012. The service was held at Santa Fe Community College following a procession of Santa Fe County… Read More »EFRS Participates in the Funeral of Isaac Garcia (Click this title to see more)