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LETTER FROM THE CHIEF

On behalf of the 43 dedicated men and women of The Aspen Fire Protection District that comprise the Aspen Volunteer Fire Department and career staff that serve not only the City of Aspen and Woody Creek but the entire 87 square miles that make up the District, I welcome you to visit Aspen Fire's web page.

Here you will find both statistical as well as anecdotal information regarding the long and proud history of the department.

The Aspen Fire Department is a full service fire department providing services ranging from fire suppression and prevention, swift water rescue, wild fire, hazardous materials mitigation, motor vehicle and aircraft accidents, technical rope rescue, as well as emergency medical and other emergencies that may require a quick and professional response of equipment and personnel to help mitigate any number of potential threats to life and property within the Aspen Fire District and beyond.

The Aspen Fire Department Operates from 4 strategically located stations which houses a total of 10 apparatus which include 4 structure engines, 2 wildfire engines, 2 rescue trucks, 1 water tender and our 104' ladder truck.

Since its formation in 1881, just about everything relating to firefighting tactics, equipment, protective gear and fire codes has changed. They have all made huge advancements that have helped to make today's modern Aspen Firefighter safer and more ready than ever to accomplish the motto adopted by the Aspen Fire Department so many decades ago: " We Strive to Save"

One thing that has not changed much in the past 135 years is that our community is still fortunate to be able to maintain a mostly all volunteer roster of, "boots on the ground", firefighting force. These dedicated men and women are selected from, the best of the best, community-minded individuals who mostly live and work within the district, in addition we also have, an elected 5 member board of directors, whom also volunteer their time to provide oversight of district policy and taxpayer dollars that, when all put together, insure the future success and continued high standards that the department is today while also honoring all those that came before us.
This model has proven to be extremely successful not only for the fire department but also very cost effective for our taxpayers, as Aspen has the lowest fire protection property tax mill levy in Colorado while also protecting the most property per volunteer firefighter, over $21.5 billion in property or an astounding average of about $500 million per individual.

Please feel free to call, email or visit me at the headquarters station, 420 E. Hopkins with any suggestions you may have that would make this website or your fire department better in the future.

Respectfully Yours in Service,
Chief Rick Balentine

CONTACT US

420 E Hopkins Ave.
Aspen, CO 81611
Fire Department: (970) 925-5532
Fire Marshal: (970) 925-2690
Office: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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