Happy 75th Birthday Elk Creek Fire Protection District!

On this date in 1948, Elk Creek Fire was born out of need and a desire to serve the community. For the past 75 years, the volunteers and staff of ECFPD have proudly served our mountain community and are honored to continue that deep tradition. Our mountain home looks quite different from those early days of fire service; however, like our community, we've adapted to meet the needs of our residents and visitors, and look ahead to face challenges and opportunities with determination, fortitude, resilience, and an unwavering reliance on one another.

Historically Jeffco:
"In 1948, a volunteer bucket brigade lost the Will o' the Wisp restaurant down Highway 285 to fire. That spurred a group of determined men of the area to found the Elk Creek Fire [Department]. The same year, two of them, Rudy and Harlan Long, sons of pioneer Charles Long and partners in Long Brothers Garage at today's Kings Valley exit, provided the land for $10. Volunteers built the white fire house with its two wide doors on the hill across the street, a landmark for everyone leaving town for an outing in the mountains."
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Source - Historically Jeffco