Silverthorne is celebrating the start of 2025 with its First Friday winter party featuring ice fishing, ice skating and a polar plunge at North Pond…

Summit Fire & EMS cut open a flipped horse trailer on Interstate 70 and performed first aid on an injured mare trapped inside as part of the response…

Statewide, this past October was the second hottest on record and the hottest in 50 years, according to the Colorado Climate Center. In Summit County…

Summit Fire & EMS recently honored a number of emergency responders, administrators and staff, including four employees who have served the…

Construction is underway for a new fire station in Silverthorne, intended to address development and population growth that has overtaken the area and…

A wildfire that erupted close to Interstate 70 in Summit County, near Frisco, is reported to be a small yet potentially serious concern. As smoke…

Firefighters in Summit County say they believe a small Colorado wildfire that started on Wednesday afternoon was human caused. The fire was given the…

Human activity caused a wildfire that sparked near Frisco and Interstate 70 on Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The Meadow…

The Meadow Creek Fire that sparked Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 23, near Frisco and Interstate 70 had “minimal growth” overnight, growing to about 1.5…

A wildfire has sparked in Summit County amid 'very high' fire danger conditions. The blaze sparked above Meadow Creek Trailhead, just north of Frisco…

Multiple crews were responding to a wildfire that sparked near Interstate 70 in Summit Countyy on Wednesday, sending a plume of smoke into the air…

With construction remaining on schedule, Summit Fire & EMS officials are hopeful the Silverthorne fire station being built will be operational by late…

The Summit County Commissioners voted unanimously  to place the county under Stage 1 fire restrictions beginning on Friday, Oct. 11. Summit County…

The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for parts of Colorado, including the Summit County area, as low relative humidity and…

The wildfire danger in Summit County has climbed to "very high," and Summit County’s fire protection districts -- Summit Fire & EMS and Red, White…

 As the reality of the damage caused by Hurricane Helene settles in for residents on the east coast, 45 Coloradans are doing their part to aid in…

U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse on Tuesday released a set of bills aimed at improving how federal and state agencies respond to wildfires. It comes in response…

A small wildfire, sparked by an abandoned campfire, was quickly contained and extinguished this past weekend, just above Breckenridge’s Wellington…

Firefighters from multiple agencies kept flames from claiming a building after a fire started at a landfill Tuesday. Crews were called to the Summit…

Summit County firefighters managed to save a structure at the county landfill that caught fire Tuesday, Sept. 3. Firefighters responded around 2 p.m…

 A wildfire was burning Friday afternoon in Summit County, north of Silverthorne and west of Colorado Highway 9. The fire had burned less than an acre…

A Sept. 6 wildfire near Boulder Creek north of Silverthorne was caused by lightning, according to fire investigators with the Upper Colorado River…

Firefighters remain on the ground fighting a small wildfire west of the Gold Hill trailhead near Breckenridge. According to a social media post by the…

The cause of a small wildfire west of the Gold Hill trailhead between Breckenridge and Frisco over the Labor Day weekend remains unknown and will…

Wildfire crews from Summit Fire & EMS and the U.S. Forest Service extinguished a small “escaped campfire” in Keystone Gulch on Tuesday afternoon, Aug…

The new fire station being built by Summit Fire & EMS in Silverthorne to alleviate congestion due to rapid growth and increasing traffic concerns is…

Summit Fire & EMS responded to a fire at a condominium off Frisco Main Street around 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 8, after it received an alert of sprinkler…

A discarded cigarette is suspected of starting a small wildfire in grass along Interstate 70 in Ten-Mile Canyon last week, but it was kept in check by…

Summit Fire & EMS: At the moment, it’s cheaper to buy a new fire extinguisher than it is to service an existing extinguisher. The lack of local…

Officials have contained a small wildfire roughly the size of a quarter of an acre that was reported east of Breckenridge in unincorporated Summit…

The Interlaken Fire near Twin Lakes that began Tuesday, June 11, is reportedly at 94 percent containment, according to a press release from officials…

A year ago, Dillon resident Ed Perry’s heart stopped three times. Each time, first responders managed to revive it – saving his life against the odds…

Parts of Summit County are under a red flag warning on Sunday, June 16, effective from noon until 6 p.m. A red flag warning is an alert issued by the…

Evacuations are underway after a wildfire sparked near Twin Lakes south of Leadville on Tuesday afternoon, June 11, according to the Lake County…

A wildfire burning on the south side of Twin Lakes grew to 413 acres Wednesday, doubling in size since it was ignited a day earlier. Evacuation and…

A wildfire burning in the Interlaken Historic District near Twin Lakes — a popular hiking and camping destination about 22 miles southwest of…

The U.S. Forest Service expects to contain a small wildfire in the vicinity of Williams Peak after flying in 12 firefighters. When the fire was mapped…

The Interlaken Fire that has so far burned hundreds of acres near a historic landmark at Twin Lakes was caused by a campfire that was not properly…

A wildfire is burning near the historic resort of  Interlaken and town of Twin Lakes. Anyone in the Interlaken area has been asked to evacuate. The…

Crews in Lake County are working to battle the Interlaken Fire, a wildfire at the Interlaken Historic District near Twin Lakes. Wednesday evening…

The Interlaken fire burning near Twin Lakes Reservoir south of Leadville grew to 443 acres on Wednesday with no containment. The fire was started by…

SFE Board president, Summit County fire-service leader Lori Miller steps down

There are very few people in Summit County as well-versed in fire safety and the ins and outs of firefighting as local fire departments. Jessy Dorton…

A semitrailer went up in a blaze after its brakes caught fire and it went charging up a runaway truck ramp on Interstate 70 west of the Eisenhower-…

A truck driver managed to escape without injury after his truck caught fire near the Eisenhower Tunnel in Colorado. Read more ... 

A trucker was able to jump out of a burning semi after it caught fire coming out the Eisenhower Tunnel Tuesday evening. “The driver managed to roll up…

Summit Fire & EMS crews responded to a semitrailer fire on westbound Interstate 70 on the afternoon of Friday, April 12. The truck was coming down…

 Frisco Town Council seats new members as outgoing mayor recalls his years of service in town government

Firefighters lit the hillside above the Summit County Public Shooting Range ablaze  April 24, in a type of controlled burn operation not conducted in…

The driver of a semitractor-trailer carrying fuel as been extricated and transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries following a crash on U.…

Back-to-back slides in the same couloir on Buffalo Mountain have officials issuing warnings as Colorado sees a spike in people getting snarled by…

An avalanche on Buffalo Mountain caught a skier and dragged the skier 2,000 feet down the Silver Couloir.

Residents in Silverthorne in Summit County celebrated the groundbreaking of the town's first full-functioning fire station in years. Colorado town…

CBS News Colorado Mountain Newsroom Reporter Spencer Wilson spoke to residents in Silverthorne who are pleased after a new fire station broke ground…

Child Who Suffered Seizures in 2022 Reunited with Summit Fire & EMS Crew That Whisked Him Away to the Hospital

When a pickup truck driving through the Colorado Rocky Mountains along Interstate 70 lost control and careened 350 feet off a mountainside last week…

A bystander rescued a dog who fell through a thin sheet of ice that had formed on a Copper Mountain golf course pond on Thursday, Nov. 16, according…

Officials Remind Residents to be Prepared for Wildfire Threats at Home

Fisherman ventures too close for comfort to a moose in this photo by SF&EMS Battalion Chief Lou Laurina.

At Least 2 Summit County Teenagers Injured in Crash on Colorado Highway 9 in Frisco on Tuesday Afternoon, Jan. 31

Silverthorne north locals rejoyce! Your new fire station has a timeline for it's construction; ground breaking is expected in fall of 2023 (at the…

Debris left after two semi-tractor trailers crashed on Interstate 70, causing one to roll over.

Debris left after two semi-tractor trailers collided on Interstate 70 east of Silverthorne, resulting in one rollover.

Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire at a duplex in Frisco on Tuesday night, Jan. 3, limiting damage to the building’s interior, according to…

Residents in the Silverthorne area say the response to a house fire there over the weekend is underlying the importance of having a nearby fire house…

No one was injured in an early morning fire that destroyed a home under construction in Silverthorne’s Eagles Nest neighborhood Saturday, Dec. 10…

More than 25 firefighters put out a fire that could be seen from Blue River Parkway on Saturday morning. Summit Fire and EMS responded to the 1200…

After Months of Public Pressure, Summit Fire & EMS Board Selects a Design for a Silverthorne Fire Station