South Fork Fire Rescue

South Fork Fire Rescue South Fork Fire Rescue proudly serves South Fork with fire suppression & ambulance services for South Fork, and Search and Rescue for all of Rio Grande County.

Our dedicated team responds to emergencies and supports neighboring communities.

05/28/2026

You haul it. We chip it. Done. 🌲
Chipper Day is back and it is FREE for South Fork residents. Branches, limbs, and brush under 15" diameter, turned into mulch on the spot.
It is the easiest wildfire protection you will do all year. Clear the fuel around your home before fire season does it for you.
Yes: branches, limbs, brush.
No: painted wood, bagged leaves, pine needles.
📍 South Fork Community Building
📅 Saturday, June 13th | 9AM-5PM

Calling all local businesses 📣🐟The SFFR Annual Catfish Fry is back on July 3rd, and we’d love to have YOU on board as a ...
05/26/2026

Calling all local businesses 📣🐟

The SFFR Annual Catfish Fry is back on July 3rd, and we’d love to have YOU on board as a sponsor.

Your support helps fund the gear, training, and equipment that keep South Fork Fire Rescue ready when our community needs us most. In return, you get your name in front of hundreds of neighbors who show up to eat, shop, and celebrate local.

Here’s what sponsorship can include:
🚒 Your business banner displayed at the event
📱 Shoutouts across our social media
👕 Your name on the back of the event t-shirt

Support the SFFR members who answer the call.

Want in? Sponsorships are $500, send us a message for details! 🐟🔥

📅 July 3rd | 11am–2pm
Vendors Open at 10am
📍 South Fork Fire Rescue, 0028 Mall St

05/25/2026

Calling all local businesses 📣🐟

The SFFR Annual Catfish Fry is back on July 3rd, and we’d love to have YOU on board as a sponsor.

Your support helps fund the gear, training, and equipment that keep South Fork Fire Rescue ready when our community needs us most. In return, you get your name in front of hundreds of neighbors who show up to eat, shop, and celebrate local.

Here’s what sponsorship can include:
🚒 Your business banner displayed at the event
📱 Shoutouts across our social media
👕 Your name on the back of the event t-shirt

Every dollar stays right here at home, supporting the SFFR members who answer the call.

Want in? Sponsorships are $500, send us a message for details! 🐟🔥

📅 July 3rd | 11am–2pm
Vendors Open at 10am
📍 South Fork Fire Rescue, 0028 Mall St

05/24/2026

POV: you just found out the SFFR Catfish Fry is back 👀🐟

Catfish, hushpuppies, beans, cole slaw, and homemade goodness… yeah, you’re gonna want to clear your calendar.

📅 July 3rd | 11am–2pm
📍 South Fork Fire Rescue, 0028 Mall St
🛍️ Vendors open at 10am
🎟️ Adults $20 | Kids (4–12) $10 | Tickets at the door

Come hungry. Leave happy. Support your local firefighters. 🚒

Be a Sponsor! DM us for more info.

You bring it, we chip it. 🌲Community Chipper Day is back, and it’s FREE for South Fork residents. Haul in your branches,...
05/24/2026

You bring it, we chip it. 🌲

Community Chipper Day is back, and it’s FREE for South Fork residents. Haul in your branches, limbs, and brush (anything under 15” diameter) and we’ll turn it into mulch on the spot.

This isn’t just yard cleanup. Clearing the dead and overgrown stuff around your property is one of the simplest, most effective things you can do to protect your home from wildfire. Defensible space starts at the ground level, and this is us helping you get there.

A few ground rules: branches, limbs, and brush are good to go. No painted or finished wood, no bagged leaves, no pine needles.

📍 South Fork Community Center
📅 Saturday, June 13th | 9AM–5PM

05/23/2026

You bring it, we chip it. 🌲

Community Chipper Day is back, and it’s FREE for South Fork residents. Haul in your branches, limbs, and brush (anything under 15” diameter) and we’ll turn it into mulch on the spot.

This isn’t just yard cleanup. Clearing the dead and overgrown stuff around your property is one of the simplest, most effective things you can do to protect your home from wildfire. Defensible space starts at the ground level, and this is us helping you get there.

A few ground rules: branches, limbs, and brush are good to go. No painted or finished wood, no bagged leaves, no pine needles.

📍 South Fork Community Center
📅 Saturday, June 13th | 9AM–5PM

No sign-up needed. Just load it up and come see us.

South Fork Fire Rescue

It's that time of year. 🐟🔥 Join us for the SFFR Annual Catfish Fry Fundraiser July 3rd, 11am-2pm at the station. Fried c...
05/18/2026

It's that time of year. 🐟🔥
Join us for the SFFR Annual Catfish Fry Fundraiser
July 3rd, 11am-2pm at the station.
Fried catfish, hushpuppies, all the fixings, and a homemade chocolate chip cookie to finish it off.
Tickets at the door — Adults $20, Kids $10.
Vendors open at 10am. Come hungry, leave full, and know your support keeps your local fire and rescue team ready.

Want to be an event sponsor? It's not too late! Message us for info.

See you there. 🚒

🗓️ Tunnel maintenance begins Today, May 18 on US 160 Wolf Creek Pass. Traffic signals will be in place 24/7 with single ...
05/18/2026

🗓️ Tunnel maintenance begins Today, May 18 on US 160 Wolf Creek Pass.
Traffic signals will be in place 24/7 with single lane alternating traffic

⚠️Traffic Impacts
Beginning Monday, May 18 work hours will go from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Traffic impacts will include:

-Signage will guide traffic onto the tunnel bypass lanes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week through early October

-Motorists can expect brief intermittent delays

-Speeds will be reduced to 25 mph through the work zone and traffic fines will be doubled

-Motorists should slow down as they approach the work zone, drive with caution, allow extra space between vehicles and give themselves extra travel time.

The Colorado Department of Transportation and its construction partner, ABCO Contracting will perform preventative maintenance improvements to the US Highway 160 Wolf Creek Pass Tunnel starting Monday, May 18. Motorists will be guided by signage onto the nearby paved tunnel bypass lanes. This configuration will ensure crew safety and minimize disruptions to traffic flow during construction.

The tunnel, located between South Fork and the pass summit (Mile Point 174), will be closed throughout the duration of the project.

Work is expected to be complete early October 2026.

Update 11:42 am The controlled burn is complete. ————There will be a controlled burn in the area of county road 18, 1/2...
05/16/2026

Update 11:42 am
The controlled burn is complete.
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There will be a controlled burn in the area of county road 18, 1/2 North of Highway 160. It will be visible for a distance. The area surrounding has been well prepared, down to bare soils and will be supervised by South Fork Fire Rescue.
Please do not call 911 to report.

📸 Photo from previous training day

05/12/2026

Enjoying the Colorado outdoors? Check for ticks after every outing! Tick season is here.

Find information about tick-related
infections, as well as instructions for removing embedded ticks, at cdc.gov/ticks/index.html or cdphe.colorado.gov/animal-related-diseases/tick-borne-diseases

Image courtesy of CDC.

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0028 Mall Street
South Fork, CO
81154

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+17198731030

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