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departments, enlisted nationally recognized instructors for a weekend-long school bus extrication class and hosted a disabilities awareness course.

Wesseldine said he became a re instructor because he spent years learning from others how to do things the right way, and he wants to pass that along to new re ghters.

“I teach ( re ghters) that there’s one way of doing things: the right way,” Wesseldine said. “I won’t teach anything I haven’t done. I teach from the heart.”

Wesseldine said he retired from Plate Canyon Fire in 2018 but still provides training.

“‘Good enough’ is not in my vocabulary,” he said. “We do things the way the best re departments do it.”

Cashman wrote that Wesseldine was very deserving of the award.

“Forty years into his career, Chief

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Wesseldine still demonstrates the humility to evolve with the changing re service, progress his knowledge and calmly pass that knowledge on to the re ghters around him,” Cashman wrote. “ is dude embodies the heart of a teacher and walks the walk as a re ghter and re instructor. If there was a ‘Fire Instructor of the Decade’ award, I’d be nominating him for that one, too.” e re started at about 4 a.m., and the minus-11 degree temperatures made battling the blaze di cult, according to EFR spokeswoman Stacee Martin. Close to 25 re ghters were

Two house fires in Evergreen on Jan. 31 Evergreen Fire/Rescue with the help of Elk Creek Fire responded to two house res on Jan. 31.

A townhome re in the 4800 block of Silver Spruce Lane early on Jan. 31 was determined to be accidental, according to EFR. A woman in her 50s was found dead, and the Jeffco Sheri ’s O ce is investigating the circumstances surrounding her death.

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Wednesday, Feb. 15th at 5:00 pm on MOUNTAIN CLASSIC ROCK on the scene, and they worked hard to ensure the re did not move to other townhomes, she added. e homeowner along with two dogs made it out safely, Martin said, and re ghters rescued a cat. e second oor of the home sustained extensive damage.

Xcel Energy and Je co Road and Bridge were on scene.

Martin said a neighbor’s smoke alarms went o , and that person called 911. e Je co Sheri ’s O ce arrived quickly to the scene, which is near the corner of Highway 73 and Little Cub Creek Road, to get neighbors out of their homes.

EFR investigators are checking the area near a wood-burning replace as the suspected location where the re started. Martin reminds people to dispose of hot ashes carefully, to have their replaces and wood stoves professionally inspected and cleaned, and to have working smoke alarms.

EFR also responded to a house re at about 8:30 p.m. Jan. 31 in the 400 block of Aspen Way.

Ice on the road and cold conditions made it challenging, Martin said, and the re’s cause is under investigation.

Elk Creek Fire and Clear Creek Road & Bridge assisted at the re that was located o Brook Forest Road.

Home burns in Pine Junction

Platte Canyon and Elk Creek re departments extinguished a house re in Pine Junction on Jan. 30. No one was injured.

Fire ghters responded to the call at 1 a.m. and found the roof on re. e rst level of the home sustained signi cant damage, Elk Creek Fire Chief Jacob Ware said. Investigators said the re started in the chimney and moved to the rest of the house. e couple and their three older children made it out safely, waking up to smoke alarms sounding in the house. By then, Ware said, the house was extensively involved in the ames.