“Please be smart when burning,” the chief concluded. “If it’s a burn day and winds come up, put out the fire. Just because it’s a burn day, doesn’t mean those conditions are going to last all day. Monitor conditions and be responsible for your fire. It’s common sense.”
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“Not to sound theatrical, but that keeps me up (at night), patients waiting 30, 40 minutes,” Propp said. “It’s not just us. It’s county wide.”
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Propp said during a pre-ISO evaluation earlier this year, it became clear the county was in jeopardy of losing funding for some of its stations.
“This is what we were told by ISO and the state fire marshal. Each district had a station in jeopardy of losing funding,” Propp said.
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“The fire department has a statutory requirement for fire protection,” said Valencia County Fire Chief Matt Propp. “We do EMS because it’s the right thing to do for the community, but it’s our legal obligation to have units for fire protection.
“When we’re transporting to a hospital in Albuquerque, those are our firefighters and that puts fire protection at risk.”
Personnel from the Los Lunas and Valencia County fire departments recently took part in a training with BNSF Railway on railroad emergency response and hazardous material awareness.
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Two public agencies in Valencia County have been able to take advantage of state grant funding to...
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Valencia County Fire Chief Matt Propp said there were two or three active volunteers with the Highland Meadows Fire Department, but last year that dropped to only one regular volunteer, who has a full-time job.
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“Right now, there’s no definitive answer. We are following up, looking for anything unusual but it’s dumbfounding because we can’t give answers.”
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“Our crews are working out of one station, taking 30 to 35 calls in a 48-hour shift,” he said. “If you look at call times and if they have to transport, we have crews not sleeping for two days. It’s taking a toll on their mental health.”
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Members of the Valencia County Fire Department are expanding their role in high-risk law...
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When he was 8 years old, Matt Propp remembers watching the fire truck turn off Coors Boulevard after he’d called 911 because his friend accidentally set a bush on fire and ran away.
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The origin and cause report on the Cemetery Fire concluded the fire was human caused, but due to the lack of evidence at the scene and conflicting hypothesis, the precise cause is undetermined.
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