Community Outreach & Education

Public events include:

Firewise - A Community Fire Preparedness Event

All-day event held at the Glacier View Fire Station (10 am – 2 pm)

Features a variety of vendors who handle pre-fire issues, such as homeowners’ insurance companies, Colorado State Forest Service, environmental and fire restoration groups, tree services, first responders, and local agencies

Children’s activities (volunteer leaders wanted)

AirMed helicopter landing

YOU can be Smokey Bear!

Food and drink by donation provided by GVFPD and the Glacier Gals

Community Evacuation Drill

Held in concert with Larimer County Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

Residents can sign up to “practice” an evacuation

Receive notice, grab go bag, and meet at evacuation meeting point, which is Drala Center

Larimer County Office of Emergency Management will be coming up to practice mark houses for triage / fire protection

Vendors who handle post-fire issues such as disaster recovery

Glacier View Ecology Committee “Mountain Living Lecture” Talk

Part of GVM summer Living Lecture series

Held in Mary Keller Community Room below HOA office, open to anyone

Topic will be “Five Years After Cameron Peak Fire”

If you or your group have an interest in hearing about any of the work that the Community Wildfire Protection Plan Implementation Team (CWPP IT) does, please reach out and we would be happy to coordinate a guest speaker. Email cwppcoord@glacierviewfire.gov or call 970-493-3353.

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