Glade Park’s current fire risk:
* 550 mi² including the 183 mi² Dolores Triangle.
Glade Park occupies 11% of Mesa County.
The department is staffed 100% by volunteers who donate hundreds of hours of time every year, training and responding to calls 24/7.
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NOT Allowed during Stage 2 Fire Restrictions
Stage 2 restrictions prohibit the use of anything that produces an open flame that is not liquid-fueled or gas-fueled.
- Building, maintaining or using
- Fire
- Campfire
- Charcoal grill
- Coal
- Wood-burning stove
- Sheepherder’s stove
- This also includes
- Firepits, chimineas, or Tiki torches in developed picnic, camping areas, and private residences.
- Parking or driving a motor vehicle off established
- Roads
- Motorized trails
- Parking areas
- Unless the area has no vegetation within 10 feet of the vehicle.
- Shooting tracer rounds or explosive-type targets
- Use of explosives including:
- Fuses
- Blasting caps
- Rockets
- The use of ANY fireworks
- Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building.
- Any unpermitted use of fire to burn debris or vegetation.
- Welding or operating Acetylene or other torches with an open flame
- EXCEPT in cleared areas of at least 10 feet in diameter, you MUST have a chemical pressurized fire extinguisher.
- Activity Prohibited on Federal Land.
Allowed during Stage 2 Fire Restrictions
- Only devices that are liquid-fueled or gas-fueled are permitted.
- Gas grills, stoves, and lanterns with shut-off valves may be used at least three feet away from flammable materials such as dry vegetation.
- Gas fire pits – as the fire can be “turned off” rather than “put out.”
- Agricultural burns
- With a Sheriff’s Office Issued Permit ONLY!
- Mesa County Fire Marshal will do a safety inspection prior to issuing a permit.
Glade Park Fire transitioned into a Fire Protection District on January 1, 2026, and will be funded by a mill levy (property taxes). Funding is delayed 1 year, so the department still relies on donations, grants, and fundraising to provide funds for operations.
36,000 Gallon Cistern Completed
Increasing capacity to 56,000 gallons!
The Insurance Services Office (ISO) provides ratings on a scale of 1-10 to fire departments and insurance companies, reflecting a community’s preparedness level for fires. The best rating is an ISO score of 1. Factors influencing an ISO rating include: equipment capability, member training, apparatus maintenance and water supply, among others. Glade Park Fire meets many of the criteria: a fire engine that pumps 1,250 gallons per minute, member training hours logged, and two water tender trucks that are parked out of the elements.
Another important factor is water storage capacity. The cistern at the fire station holds 20,000 gallons, but in order to improve the ISO rating, the storage needed to be doubled.
All successful projects depend on talented craftsmen and reliable businesses. Glade Park Fire was fortunate enough to have two such businesses manage the recent cistern installation. JB Kroft Excavation (JB & Neil Kroft) and Grand Valley Quality Concrete (Mike Campbell & Crew). These owners are Glade Park residents going the extra mile to support the fire department and in turn the whole community.
Projects always require funding, and an opportunity to advance the timeline came thanks to the generous donation from a philanthropic ranching couple living on Glade Park. The fire department was a recipient of their gift that paved the way to this water storage goal.
JB & Neil Kroft and Mike Campbell excavated and formed the new 36,000 gallon concrete cistern. The cistern is a 27’x27’ box with 10 inch thick walls and a 25’x25’ concrete lid that is 8 inches thick. Many accolades go to these contractors for the excavation, forming, pouring and regrading. The project could not have been accomplished this year without their generosity, and on a timeline that allows Movies Under The Stars to begin June 9th. The water supply capacity is now 56,000 gallons and the ISO rating for residences within a five-mile radius of the fire station will be reassessed and lowered from 8.4 if all goes as expected. Those within a 10 mile radius should also see a reduction from their current number after reassessment by the ISO. The final ISO rating and how it translates to a homeowners’ individual insurance company premium is between the person and their company.
Many thanks to JB, Neil and Mike and the generous benefactors. Your generosity will benefit many in this beautiful community.