Boulder Rural Fire Rescue is a full-service emergency services provider in portions of north, west, and eastern unincorporated Boulder County. We are responsible for approximately 26 square mile and in 2024 responded to over 1,300 incidents.
This department has small fish in a big pond syndrome. This one station, one engine department is surrounded by two large departments which we refuse to join but can’t function without. The districts station is literally in another districts response area. We wear a 23 on our shrouds and have 23 on everything so we can pretend like we aren’t just engine 1 of 1.. Some of our members think we are FDNY and run around like they are fire experts but have run 5 structure fires in 15 years. The culture is one of drop everything including district coverage for a chance to go to a big call. Every officer will jump other agencies calls without being dispatched if it sounds good and leave our district uncovered. I honestly don’t know how this place is still a fire department.
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This department has small fish in a big pond syndrome. This one station, one engine department is surrounded by two large departments which we refuse to join but can’t function without. The districts station is literally in another districts response area. We wear a 23 on our shrouds and have 23 on everything so we can pretend like we aren’t just engine 1 of 1.. Some of our members think we are FDNY and run around like they are fire experts but have run 5 structure fires in 15 years. The culture is one of drop everything including district coverage for a chance to go to a big call. Every officer will jump other agencies calls without being dispatched if it sounds good and leave our district uncovered. I honestly don’t know how this place is still a fire department.