Our Service Area

The Fort Lupton Fire Protection District is comprised of an area covering approximately 88 square miles. The agency is a Special District and operates on a tax levied based upon property ownership within the District. The Fire Districts current mill levy is 9.295. Although we provide fire service for the City, we are not part of the City Government. A majority of the service area is outside of the city limits. The district ranges from WCR 22 to WCR 6 and from WCR 17 to WCR 37. We have auto aid agreements in place with Frederick Firestone Fire Protection District, Hudson Fire Protection District, and Brighton Fire Protection District. Auto aid means that based upon a certain type of call and location, these departments will automatically respond to assist without an additional request. We also have mutual aid agreements with all other fire departments in Weld County. Mutual aid is defined that if a call exceeds the capabilities of the local resources then other outside agencies can be called upon to assist.

Our Call Volume

The department responds to in excess of 2,000 service calls annually. About 85% of these calls are medically related. The remaining 15% consist of some type of fire related call or are classified as “other” service calls such as public assists. The fire department is dispatched by the Weld County Regional Dispatch Center located in Greeley. Emergency calls are handled using the 911 system.

The department is considered a combination department and is comprised of 45 career staff, 3 office personnel, 2 maintenance staff, and 2 district volunteer firefighters. The District staffs career firefighter/EMTs to provide 24-hour on duty staff coverage with immediate response out of three District Fire Stations. They work a 48/96 hours schedule. This means they are on duty for 48 hours and then off for 96 hours. Station 1, Station 2, and Station 3 are each staffed 24 hours per day with 4 career firefighters and each shift has a Battlion Chief. Volunteers also help staff the stations by completing 36 hours of shift time per month.

Platte Valley Ambulance Service, affiliated with Intermountain Health and Platte Valley Hospital in Brighton also provides two ambulances at Station 1 and Station 2 per an agreement with Intermountain Health. Each ambulance is staffed with a Paramedic and EMT. We work in a regional coverage plan with Southeast Weld Fire Protection District for EMS response. We also partner with surrounding Fire Districts for mutual aid regarding EMS services and transports.