Fire Safe Colorado

02/24/2026

We've had many questions on how to best protect your family in matters of a home fire. The first priorities are home escape planning and working smoke alarms.

Here is a free augmented reality app where you can learn more and practice a drill with your family.

Kidde - Prepare. Plan. Practice.

Experience the first-of-its-kind digital fire drill simulator you can use at home. With Kidde, fire safety starts now.

07/24/2025

Fire isn’t just dangerous because it’s hot — it’s dark.

Thick, black smoke can fill your home quickly, blocking your vision and making it hard to find your way out.

Don’t rely on sight alone—be prepared. Start your fire escape plan today: https://bit.ly/41MpBBC

07/24/2025

A safe escape starts with working smoke alarms and a home fire escape plan. Know two ways out of every room, including windows and doors.

Fire is fast and dangerously hot, reaching over 1,000°F at eye level. Every second counts.

Start your plan today: https://bit.ly/41MpBBC

07/23/2025

Did you know a fire can spread through your home in less than two minutes?
That’s why working smoke alarms aren’t just helpful—they’re lifesaving.

Make sure you have smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside and outside sleeping areas, and test them monthly to ensure they’re working properly.

Want to learn more about how smoke alarms protect you and your loved ones? Visit nfpa.org/smokealarms

07/02/2025

Way to go, La Junta Fire Department!

07/01/2025

Great job Pueblo Fire!

If you choose to use permissible fireworks OR your neighbors use them - put out a bucket to help your community remember to soak the spent or dud fireworks overnight.

More info:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xt1Tlz_nrWPsHCOaYFSDQOPMYiwNBvLE/view?usp=drivesdk

05/16/2025

🚨 Safety Alert for Parents & Guardians 🚨

Fire departments across Colorado are warning about a dangerous social media trend known as the “Chromebook Challenge.” This trend encourages students to intentionally short-circuit their electronics. Doing so can damage the lithium-ion battery, posing a serious fire risk and releasing toxic, flammable vapors.

🔥 In just the past few weeks, over 200 of these incidents have been reported in Colorado schools.

An even greater concern arises when students try this at home, where there may be younger siblings, flammable materials, and limited adult supervision — increasing the risk of injury or house fires.

This is more than just a prank — it’s a real threat to safety.

📢 Please talk to your children about:

The dangers of misusing electronics and fire

The importance of personal responsibility

How online trends can have serious, real-life consequences

Let’s work together to stop this trend and protect our homes, schools, and communities.

05/02/2025

Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control is proud to be a participant in the 2025 Building Safety Month, an international campaign to raise awareness about building safety. The theme for 2025 is “Game On!” Please watch this short video to learn more.

The first week of the international campaign, Building Safety
Month, is “The Warm Up,” intended to introduce us to the different elements of building safety. There are several interesting articles and links concerning building safety on the International Code Council, “The Warm Up” webpage: https://www.iccsafe.org/advocacy/building-safety-month/bsm-week-1/




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2uQIkLnapU

Building Safety Month is an international campaign that takes place in May to raise awareness about building safety. This campaign reinforces the need for th...

02/27/2025

The Fire Family is close-knit. The CRR family, advocates, and champions are even closer. We share our struggles, successes, and hugs along the way. Kristen Hayes was not only the epitome of a CRR mentor but our family and our friend. We love you and will miss you. Please surround her family in love and support.

01/15/2025

We are celebrating CRR Week January 20th – 26th ! The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) is hard at work preventing and mitigating emergencies throughout Colorado.

The DFPC employs the "5 E's" of risk reduction—Education, Engineering, Enforcement, Economic Incentives, and Emergency Response—to safeguard Coloradans.

These efforts are not the work of a single individual or branch; they rely on a whole-community and whole-department approach, fostering collaboration among residents, local agencies, and DFPC to build a safer Colorado.

CRR Week Jared Polis

01/08/2025

We are excited to announce that Governor Jared Polis has officially proclaimed 2025. The week kicks off on Monday, January 20, 2025, Martin Luther King Day, a National Day of Service, and runs through Sunday, January 26. CRR Week is a grass-roots effort by an informal group of fire safety professionals nationwide. The idea is to help promote awareness of Community Risk Reduction within the fire service by having a week where everyone can do CRR programs and demonstrate its importance to the fire service.



CRR Week Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control