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Jun 15, 2023 · After a 15-year career with the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD) and five years serving on the Black Forest Fire Department Board of Directors, PJ Langmaid has been the Fire Chief in Black ...
Aug 1, 2024 · The Black Forest Fire Rescue Protection District has placed its chief on administrative leave following accusations made by staff. Citing "organizational leadership and cultural challenges ...
Jun 16, 2018 · On June 11, 2013, a maelstrom of flames exploded on Shoup Road and Colorado 83 in Black Forest. During the next nine days, the fire burned 14,280 acres, consumed 489 homes and killed two people ...
The Black Forest Fire occurred in mid-June 2013 in a heavily populated woodland area northeast of Colorado Springs. Even though it was fully contained in just nine days, the fire’s proximity to neighborhoods made it the most destructive wildfire in state history: two people died and 486 houses were destroyed, amounting to about $300 million in damage.
- On Homes Having Been Rebuilt and People Moving Back Into The Area
- On Challenges The Community Still Faces as A Result of The Fire
- On Whether The Fire Changed His Thinking on Growth in The Area
- On His Involvement in The Recovery Efforts
- On What The Future Holds For Black Forest
Terry Stokka: It's interesting that in our development there were 26 homes that burned and out of that [only] one person has not rebuilt. It's still a vacant lot. But the others have and they built very nice homes. After the fire, we had a lot of black sticks all over the place because the trees were burned. We got neighbors together and organized ...
Stokka: About a third of the forest burned, so there's still two-thirds left. That two-thirds is very much needing mitigation. It's way too thick, there's way too many trees on the ground…so the need is very much still for cleanup.
Stokka: We found that houses that were on two-and-a-half acre lots or smaller burned at a higher frequency because the embers from one house jumped over to another house. And so we have long had a rule in our preservation plan, that the lots should be five acres and no smaller. That's partly for preservation of trees and wildlife. Several sections ...
Stokka: After the fire, Black Forest Together was an organization that formed and was dedicated to recovery. In the beginning, the whole idea was to help people immediately and we had an office that was open every day in the fire station with representatives from recovery organizations and charitable organizations. Then the Red Cross donated a chip...
Stokka: I think the future holds a constant struggle to do responsible development. We want to have homes on five-acre lots where people care about it, take care of it, and love it like we do.
Jun 18, 2018 · Sunday, Jun 24, 2018 6:22 PM. Carolyn Brown stands outside of her house and looks out toward her property near the fifth anniversary of the Black Forest wildfire in Colorado Springs. Brown has lived in Black Forest for 40 years and now owns 10 acres of property. She clears and mitigates the land herself. Kelsey Brunner/The Gazette via AP.
Department Staff. Our team is dedicated to protecting the life and property of our community, our region, and our nation. Members of BFFR not only serve the Black Forest and El Paso County communities but we have members that are affiliated with FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue Colorado Task Force 1 (FEMA CO-TF1) deploying nationally and ...
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