Northeast Colorado Emergency Managers

02/28/2026

DHSEM is pleased to announce that Kevin Kuretich has been selected to lead the Field Operations Team as the new Field Operations Manager.

Kevin has been with the State for 25 years, and has served in the Field Operations Team as a Field Manager, Area Supervisor and for the past year, in the acting role as the Field Operations Manager.

Kevin has been involved in many of the state's largest disasters and has a reputation for building long-lasting collaborative relationships.

12/26/2025

On Christmas Eve, the Adams County Sheriff’s Office tragically lost one of our own, Emergency Management Coordinator Dean Berenbaum. Dean passed away at a local hospital surrounded by his loved ones. He is survived by his two daughters, his sister, and his former wife.

Dean was a devoted and loving father, a trusted and loyal colleague, and a dedicated and respected public servant. He first joined the Adams County Sheriff’s Office in 2009 as an Emergency Preparedness Intern and returned in 2019 as an Emergency Management Coordinator. Dean also served in emergency management roles with the City of Evans and the American Humane Society, and he generously volunteered his time with the Rampart Search and Rescue Team.

Throughout his career, Dean made a meaningful and lasting impact through his work in emergency management. We are deeply grateful for his service to the Adams County community and to the State of Colorado.

Services for Dean will be private.

Please keep Dean’s family, as well as his colleagues in the Office of Emergency Management and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, in your thoughts during this difficult time.

Rest easy, sir.

11/25/2025

09/01/2025

Today, at approximately 10:44 a.m., the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a plane crash at the Fort Morgan Municipal Airport. Deputies from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, Officers from the Fort Morgan Police Department, the Colorado State Patrol, as well as the Fort Morgan Fire Department and Morgan County Ambulance responded to the scene.

It was determined that two planes were involved in the incident. A small Cessna was on final approach to the airport when it was struck mid-air by a second small plane. Both aircraft crashed and caught fire. There were two people in each plane. The two occupants of the Cessna sustained minor injuries and were released at the scene. One occupant of the other plane was transported to a local hospital, while the fourth individual was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Morgan County Coroner’s Office. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have been contacted and will assist with the investigation. We extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the victim in this tragic event.

We would like to express our gratitude to all the agencies that helped with this situation. Additionally, we want to thank the citizens who assisted in trying to extinguish the fire until the fire department and first responders arrived on the scene.

This is an active investigation, and the names of the parties involved are not being released at this time. Further information will not be released at this time, due to the ongoing nature of the investigation.

11/11/2024

10/09/2024

Help keep yourself, your family and your community safe by being aware of rumors and scams and sharing official information from trusted sources.
Do your part to stop the spread of rumors by doing three easy things:
Find trusted sources of information.
Share information from trusted sources.
Discourage others from sharing information from unverified sources.
https://www.fema.gov/disaster/current/hurricane-helene/rumor-response?fbclid=IwY2xjawFzRrRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXEQL6IDl8uSpuWiK5xnaVieVMIlqOP8iCwAOvj6Cmkxn4LWqt-xPwWHUg_aem_v_kQHl7gxdPgPUEXpmC9yw

Help keep yourself, your family and your community safe after Hurricane Helene by being aware of rumors and scams and sharing official information from trusted sources.

07/01/2023

06/28/2023

NCHD may provide free bacteriological water tests for wells that have been affected by flooding and give guidance on how to clean your drinking water source. For details and to see if you qualify for free testing, please call our headquarters at 970-522-3741.

03/29/2023

Spring time, brings weather spotter training across the region!

National US National Weather Service Denver/Boulder Colorado instructing our Logan County Office of Emergency Management Weather Spotter Training this is class 2 of 2 for the day. Special thanks to Russell Danielson for instructing both classes today.

03/08/2023

Join us in April for Fire On The Plains Training with Colorado Wildland Fire & Incident Management Academy

Register today at www.cwfima.org/