Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department

RCVFD CWPP

RCVFD Community Wildfire Protection Plan

The RCVFD CWPP is in process....

RCVFD Applies for Fire Truck Grant

June 2009 - RCVFD has applied for a grant as part of the 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program for a new Type 6x Engine. The truck, which would be built by Monroe Truck Equipment would be similiar (only minor changes) to RCVFD Engine 613 and RCVFD E631. This truck, if approved, would replace E641 on Whale Rock at station 4. That engine, a 1990 GMC, would be used to upgrade the 1964 truck currently in the Buckhorn station. Of course, with grants like this, there is certainly no gaurentee that it will be funded, however, if the truck does fit the guidance of the 2009 AFG program regarding engines. We will know in some months.

About the new RCVFD Web Site

Those of you who have visited RCVFD's web site in the past will note a difference here. We are updating the page - so the basic site is here, but some of the previous information (like maping your house relative to the fire stations) is not yet here. We will be adding new information as time goes on - so we hope you will find this site more useful than the past. I've turned off new user registration for now (lower right) - as there is no value in it for you - but we will proably start using it in the future. - Bob Gann

Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department – 2009 Profile

In 1975 a group of dedicated residents in Rist Canyon joined forces to create Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department.

Thirty Four Years Later ….we thank them for their vision and foresight – a vision that has lasted, evolved and grown with our community. What they started with hard work, donated equipment and their own personal signatures guaranteeing a loan to build RCVFD Station 1 has grown today into a well funded (still not a tax district), dynamic and effective fire department that provides EMS and Fire Protection in an enlarged area.

Today, Rist Canyon Volunteer Fire Department is a group of dedicated individuals and community supporters who work together to provide fire and emergency medical response in a 105 square mile area north west of Fort Collins.