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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A Shift recently completed a dynamic company training led by Chief Mirza, focused on the critical actions that set the tone for a successful fireground operation.
Crews worked through the “First 10 Minutes” of an incident, emphasizing early incident command, clear communications, rapid line deployment to the fire floor, ladder placement to windows, and emergency second-story bailouts. These skills require sound decision-making, teamwork, and repetition.
Chief Mirza brought more than 30 years of fire service experience from Providence, Rhode Island, to the training ground.
Chief Mirza is also the father of CBFPD Engineer Joe Mirza, making this a meaningful opportunity to train alongside family and the next generation of firefighters.
Thank you, Chief Mirza, for investing your time in our crew and helping us continue to build a safer, stronger fire department.
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Update on Captain Felix’s deployment-
Captain Felix is working outside of Cortez on the Finley Canyon Fire, a Type 4 incident in extremely inaccessible terrain.
To support operations, crews short-hauled two helitack firefighters into the area to cut and prepare a helicopter landing zone. This video shows a helicopter making a drop as crews work to improve access and support suppression efforts.
Thank you to Captain Felix, the helitack crew, aviation personnel, and all responders working in challenging conditions to help protect the community and surrounding landscape.
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Meet our team- Sean Slattery, Firefighter AEMT
Hailing from the midwest, Sean was born and raised in northern Indiana. Sean spent most of his time running around outside and playing baseball. Ever since he was a kid Sean wanted to be a firefighter. After graduating from Indiana University Bloomington, Sean made his way to Western Colorado and Utah and never looked back.
Sean moved to Crested Butte in the fall of 2015 in between seasons river guiding. After meeting his wife Jess on the Red Lady lift that first winter, Crested Butte quickly became home. Sean has worn many hats to make ends meet in the valley, including guiding rivers, working for the Adaptive Sports Center, and moonlighting at The Last Steep. He took the EMT class in 2018 and knew that emergency services was for him.
Sean started volunteering for CBFPD in 2021 and became a full time member in 2024. Working as a firefighter in the mountains is a dream job. When not working Sean can be found hanging out with Jess and their dog Trout. Taking full advantage of the mountains Sean loves to be on the river, ride bikes and ski.
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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