La Veta Fire Department

The La Veta Fire Protection District proudly protects an area of 210 square miles.
This volunteer fire department has served the Cuchara Valley in Huerfano County since 1949. The new and improved Station #1 is just off of Birch Street in La Veta, while the original Station #2 is located in Cuchara. Each station houses an ambulance, brush truck, engine, squad and tender.

Fire Station #1 is just off of Birch Street in La Veta

Station 1 in La Veta, Colorado
100 Birch St.
La Veta, CO 81055

The original Fire Station #2 located in Cuchara

Station 2 in Cuchara, Colorado
400 Panadero Ave.
Cuchara, CO 81055

What We Do

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 including Advanced Life Support transport.

Who We Serve

From the beautiful Spanish Peaks on, the La Veta Fire Protection District covers a large area of the Cuchara Valley.

Please click on this Colored Map for our exact coverage:

The area in red is the LVFPD's Coverage Area

Bloomer Fire Reponse

La Veta Fire personel responded to a lightning strike tree fire in cooperation with the Colorado State Forest Service. This fire was in a remote area on Forest Service property with no road or ATV access. The responding personel hiked in to the fire with hand tools and a chainsaw, and commenced succesful suppression efforts, and were later joined by Forest Service firefighters from the Pueblo area module.

Two firefighters employ suppression efforts to keep the fire from spreading after the lightning-struck tree was dropped by chainsaw.

A radio for communication with dispatch and incoming crew, and a hand tool for digging fire line around the smoldering area to contain the spread of the fire.

A firefighter patrols for hot spots while other crew members continue to work on containment line.

Colorado Propane Fire Training

Colorado Propane Fire Training brought their mobile training simulator to La Veta for a multi-agency training on safely and quickly dealing with propane emergencies. Despite Propane being a relatively stable gas, under the right conditions, such as in contact with a house fire, propane tanks can vent and become a large hazard. Firefighters from Huerfano, Upper Huerfano, and La Veta Fire protection district took part in multiple drills under the watchful eyes of the team of trainers.

Two teams with live hose lines advance on an actively venting, burning propane tank

The teams open their nozzles to a fog as they advance to protect themselves from the heat

The teams use a narrow stream of water from far away to cool the propane tank.

San Isabel Electric Line Safety Training

San Isabel Electric Association Linemen brought out their mobile line safety demonstration unit to show members from LVFPD and surrounding departments the specific dangers of different types of materials coming into contact with live wires, and to give an idea of what to expect and avoid when encountering electrical wires on scenes of structure or wildland fires, as well as vehicle colisions with electrical poles.

A lineman demonstrates testing a ground to determine if a wire is live

A grapefruit atop the simulation dummy demonstrates the power of electrocution

A lineman demonstrates the arc created by a foil balloon contacting live electrical wires

Structure Engine Training

LVFPD members engage in periodic training with our structure fire engines from Stations 1 and 2 to stay familiar with the drafting and pumping capibilities of all three engines. This enables us to use any water source available to supply our engines when fighting a structure fire, whether it be a lake, a stream, a fire hydrant, or a water tender. As a rural department, being able to draft water from a lake or stream to supply our engines is a very important skill.