Larkspur Rural Fire District Volunteer
Charred grassland after a wildfire at dusk

Larkspur Rural Fire District — Larkspur, Colorado

After the fire, the district grows back with you.

Some flowers only grow after fire. So do some communities. We are the rural fire district for Larkspur, Colorado — preparing the ground before the season, answering when the call comes, and helping the town regrow afterward.

Volunteer Give equipment
  • Volunteer applications
  • Burn permits
  • Wildfire prep visits
  • Community CPR

01 — Prepare

Make your ground harder to burn.

Two ways to start before the season does: a burn permit for the days you plan to burn, and a wildfire prep visit for the property you live on. Both begin with a look at the ground.

  1. 01

    Check the day

    Read the forecast before you light. Wind, cured grass and low humidity turn a small pile into a fast one.

  2. 02

    File for your burn permit

    Send the district the property, the material you plan to burn, and the day you intend to light it.

  3. 03

    Burn it attended

    Keep the pile small, stay with it from first flame to cold ash, and keep water and hand tools within reach.

Start a burn permit

02 — Volunteer

Some of us carry hose. Some of us carry the district.

Three ways to stand with the district — on the truck, on the floor of the community hall, or behind the scenes.

01

Volunteer applications

Apply, meet the crew and start training. Rural fire is learned on the ground: equipment checks, drills, and calls that arrive at inconvenient hours.

Apply to volunteer
02

Community CPR

Hands-on sessions for neighbors. The first minutes after a collapse belong to whoever is closest, so we teach the people who are already there.

Ask about CPR classes
03

Auxiliary membership

Fundraising, food for crews, help at community events, and the steady work of keeping a small district running. There is a place here that does not require running into smoke.

Join the auxiliary
Firefighter checking a coiled hose on the tailgate of a rural fire tender
Equipment checks before the season turns
Community members practising CPR on a training manikin
Community CPR — the first minutes belong to neighbors

03 — Give

Roots run straight to equipment.

Gifts to the district go toward the gear our members rely on — the protective layers a volunteer wears into a structure call, and the tools that keep them working. Choose where you want your gift to land.

Turnout gear

Protective layers for structure calls: coats, trousers, helmets and gloves.

Give toward gear

Hose, nozzles & fittings

The lines that carry water from the tender to the fire, and the parts that join them.

Give toward hose

Wildland hand tools

Pulaskis, shovels, bladder bags and packs for grass and brush fires.

Give toward tools

Auxiliary support

Feeding crews, running community events, and the small costs that arrive every season.

Give to the auxiliary

Prefer to give tools, gear or time instead of money? Ask the auxiliary what the district needs this season.

Give equipment

04 — Start here

Some flowers only grow after fire.

So do some communities. The district is here before the season, during the call, and after the smoke clears — and it is made of the people who live here. Whichever one you came for, here is what to send.

  1. 01

    Burn permit

    The property address, what you plan to burn, and the day you intend to light it.

  2. 02

    Wildfire prep visit

    The property address and the days that suit you for a walk-through with a district member.

  3. 03

    Volunteer or auxiliary

    Whether you want to ride, teach CPR or help behind the scenes, and the best way to reach you.

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Gold larkspur growing out of blackened burn-scar ground
Larkspur, back in a burn scar — prepared ground grows back first