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The La Veta Fire Protection District proudly
protects an area of 210 square miles. This department has served the
Cuchara Valley in Huerfano County
since 1949. Station #1 is in downtown La Veta.

Station #2 in Cuchara was built
in the mid-'80s. Each station houses an ambulance, brush truck, engine, squad
and tender.
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Like most other departments, many of the calls within our
district are medical-related. But we also respond to a significant number of
structure and wildland fire calls as well as mutual aid for neighboring fire
departments in Walsenburg, Gardner and adjacent counties.
We provide basic life support emergency medical services in conjunction with
our advanced life support transport provider, Walsenburg Ambulance.
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Board of Directors
Mark D. Brunner, President
Larry W. Klinke, Secretary
Michael R. Burns, Treasurer
Paul A. Branson, Director
Lowell Eddy, Director
Officers
Chief -
David DeTray (Contact)
Captain -
Mark Brunner
Lieutenants -
Richard Pezze
Paul Branson
Travis McConnell
EMS Director - Malea Schmidt
(Contact)
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EMTs and support

Back row: Malea Schmidt, Rick Johnson, Mark
Brunner and Ken Fulfs
Front row: Norma Mower, Laura Kellogg, Audrey Knowles, Heather Craft
Kim Brunner
Mark Brunner - EMT
John Hudson - EMT
Audrey Knowles - RN EMT
David DeTray - EMT
Rich Snyder - EMT
Kim DeTray - EMT
Tyler Schmidt - EMT-I
Paul Branson - EMT
G. Austin Wagner - EMT
Travis McConnell - EMT
Carol Houk - EMT
Troy Musgrave - EMT
Eddie Ray - Student EMT
Harley Bradley - Student EMT
Firefighters
Mike Burns
Maurice Heikes
John Hudson
Rick Johnson
James Littlefield
Tom Melland
Sue Pezze
Eddie Ray
Carol Houk
Chris Hudson
Troy Musgrave
Nancy Carroll
Mark Loveall
Lee Adams
Harley Bradley
Julie Hudson
Alice Burns
Mike Christian
Jon Dolak
Support Kim DeTray -Fire
Rich Snyder - Fire
Chris Riggs - Fire
Zach Littlefield - Fire
Malea Schmidt - Fire
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| Operations

The department responded to this dump truck that ended up in the
ditch along Hwy 12 in Cuchara.

This truck was involved in a ahead-on collision with a semi on Hwy
160.

Assisting helitack on the Sheep Mountain Fire - June '06

Using a pumpkin and Hale float pump at S-211 Pump Ops class in
Stonewall

Pleasant View Apartments fire - Oct. 21, 2006
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| Station #1 Apparatus
Ambulance
Engine-11 1000GPM pump, capacity 500 gallons

Squad-11 Pierce Hawk 500GPM pump, capacity 500
gallons, foam
Tender-11 125 GPM pump, capacity 1500 gallons

Brush 11 1997 Ford - 300 Gallon Tank
Station #2 Apparatus

Ambulance Chevy

Engine-21 1000 GPM pump, capacity 500 gallons
Squad-21 Chevy 500 GPM pump, capacity 250 gallons
Tender-21 150GPM pump, capacity 1000 gallons

Brush-21 125 GPM pump, capacity 200 gallons
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