Our Mission
The Crested Butte Fire Protection District is committed to excellence in the protection of life and property and serves the community with professionalism, compassion, and respect.
Vision
Strive for Excellence
Commit to Growth
Values
Teamwork
Integrity
Professionalism
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Welcome!
On behalf of the entire CBFPD team welcome to our website! It is an honor and a privilege to provide emergency medical, fire protection and life safety services to our beautiful mountain valley. We hope you find the site informative as you learn more about our services and our team members. We also rely on this website as our primary method to be accountable and transparent to the citizens and taxpayers we serve. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, don’t hesitate to reach out to us by email, phone or social media and enjoy your visit!
– CBFPD Leadership Team
Crested Butte Fire by the numbers…
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🔥 Realistic training builds real readiness.
At Crested Butte Fire, training is critical to the success of our organization and the safety of the community we serve. Recently, our instructors completed in-service training at our new training building, which is equipped with both Class A burn capability and Class B burn props.
Class A burns involve ordinary combustibles, where untreated pallets and hay are used during controlled training evolutions. Our Class B burn prop utilizes propane along with a water-based smoke machine to safely simulate realistic fire conditions.
We are extremely grateful to have our own training facility. It provides our crews unlimited access to train for high-acuity, low-frequency events—ensuring we are prepared when our community needs us most.
Thank you to our instructors and team for their dedication to training and readiness for our community.
I’m jealous!! Looks like an awesome facility, can’t wait to check it out🤘
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February Call Volume by Area
Town of Crested Butte: 13 calls
Mt. Crested Butte: 41 calls
CB South: 5 calls
County: 11 calls
Incident Types
EMS Calls: 44
Fire Calls: 26
Total Calls for Service: 70
The total number of calls for service reflects incidents where Fire and EMS responses sometimes overlap, meaning both teams may respond to the same emergency.
Our firefighters and EMS providers remain ready 24/7 to serve residents and visitors across the district. Thank you to our crews for their continued dedication to keeping our community safe.
A special thank you and shout out to Tara Sweitzer for hosting a Pit Crew CPR refresher for our crews. Training opportunities like this help ensure our firefighters and first responders stay prepared, confident, and ready to respond when our community needs us most.
Pit Crew CPR uses a team‑based approach to cardiac arrest response where each responder has a clearly defined role, similar to a racing pit crew. This system helps reduce interruptions in chest compressions, improves efficiency on scene, and increases the quality of care delivered to patients.
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Montrose Interagency Dispatch Center
Current Wildfire Danger
Mailing Address
PO Box 1009
Crested Butte, CO 81224
Headquarters
300 County Road 317
Crested Butte, CO 81224
Phone
970-349-5333
office@cbfpd.org