Southwest Incident Management Team

11/16/2025

Thank you to the County of Montrose for welcoming the Southwest Incident Management Team this week and for hosting the Montrose Earthquake Exercise. The partnership, support, and local expertise provided by county leadership, emergency management, and participating agencies made this a valuable and realistic training environment for our team.
Throughout the exercise, SWIMT members worked through complex scenarios that included widespread earthquake damage, utility failures, mass evacuation needs, hazardous materials, and medical surge challenges. These sessions allowed us to strengthen our coordination, refine our plans, and practice decision-making under pressure.
Training together in the communities we serve helps us build strong relationships and ensures we are better prepared to support real-world incidents across the region. We are grateful for the opportunity to learn, collaborate, and improve our readiness.
Thank you again, Montrose County. It has been an honor to train with you.

11/03/2024

Another fantastic team exercise complete! Thank you to everyone who participated in the "Jackson Gulch Dam Failure" hosted by the Montezuma County Emergency Operations Center and the Mancos Volunteer Fire Department. As always, it was an opportunity for training, experience, networking, task book completion, and a good time with our IMT family. A special shout out to Lori and the planning team for all their hard work!

09/19/2024

We had a smaller group at the Colorado Incident Management Team Conference this year, but it was so good to see everyone from all the teams!

02/08/2024

SWIMT members are back at Colorado Wildland Fire & Incident Management Academy in Colorado Springs increasing their skills and knowledge, and teaching up and coming incident managers.

01/23/2024

SWIMT workshop taking place in La Plata county to improve team dynamics, identify training needs, review team activities in 2023, and plan for the year ahead. Thanks to La Plata County Government for hosting us!

12/22/2023

Merry Christmas from the SWIMT family! We wish you and yours all the best this year!

11/15/2023

Team members Jim, Lori, and Jim are teaching ICS 300 in Ignacio this week. Thanks for sharing your expertise with a group of potential future Command and General staff!

09/20/2023

Representing the Southwest Incident Management Team at the 2023 Colorado Incident Management Conference in Grand Junction. Learning, strategizing, networking, and catching up with friends!

09/02/2023

Thanks Jim and Steve for getting the "south" trailer cleaned, inventoried, and ready to go!

04/03/2023