GCEMS - News Release

Oh baby, baby: twins arrive on their own time table in Grand County
	Sky-Hi Daily News Thursday, January 26, 2012 In a county where babies are not routinely born, a set of premature twins were delivered at the new Middle Park Medical Center in Granby on Sunday. Doug Dawson of Granby and Becky Clark of Longmont are the new parents of identical twins William (Liam) and Connor, who were born at 4:27 p.m. and 4:32 p.m. respectively. The boys were born at 31 weeks, each weighing a little more than 3 pounds at about 16-plus inches long. Click Here To Read Full Article

Grand County Search & Rescue plucks injured climber from Indian Peaks glacier
	Sky-Hi Daily News Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Grand County Search and Rescue (GCSAR) was called out late Sunday afternoon, Aug. 14, to assist an injured climber in the Indian Peaks Wilderness above Crater Lake. Ben Hargen ,29, of Fort Collins had fallen and broken his arm and ankle on the Peck Glacier, one of several high alpine hanging glaciers in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. Hargen and friends had just completed a route on Lone Eagle Peak. One of his climbing partners had hiked out to the Monarch Lake trailhead to make the call for help and was able to provide a good map location for his friend. The third member of the party had stayed with Hargen on the mountain. Click Here To Read Full Article

Grand County rescuers save woman hit by falling tree
	Sky-Hi Daily News Friday, July 1, 2011 A hiker on the Knight Ridge Trail along the north side of Arapaho Bay on Lake Granby was injured when a falling tree hit her, just before Thursday's intense storm in the Granby area. Someone called into dispatch at 2:30 p.m. that Martha Hut, 64, of Granby, had an ankle injury from having been hit by a falling tree. A storm front came in and winds started blowing extremely hard when Hut saw a tree about to fall and tried to jump away but fell and the tree struck her, according to information the patient gave to Grand County Emergency Medical Services. Click Here To Read Full Article

Grand Lake firefighters endure long night as fire on Highway 34 rekindles
	Sky-Hi Daily News Tuesday, June 14, 2011 GRAND LAKE — The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is looking into the cause of a June 13 fire at JJ's Isolation Peaks Motel on U.S. Highway 34 near Grand Lake that destroyed nearly half the building. Grand Lake Fire responded to a call around 4:15 p.m. Monday for a report of a dryer on fire, according to Grand Lake Fire Chief Michael Long. When crews arrived, the fire had spread from the office where the dryer was located into the building's three northern residential units. Grand Lake called for mutual aid from Granby Fire Department. Click Here To Read Full Article

Rafters get in trouble on fast-flowing Colorado River
	Sky-Hi Daily News Tuesday, May 31, 2011 With the Colorado River flowing at about four times its normal level, several groups of private boaters ran into trouble near Radium last weekend. On Saturday, May 28, a private group of inflatable kayaks flipped, putting at least three occupants into the river around 1:30 p.m., according the Eagle County Sheriff's call log. Click Here To Read Full Article

Middle Park seniors demonstrate dangers of distracted driving
	Sky-Hi Daily News Tuesday, May 17, 2011 Grand County EMS, along with Granby Police and Fire Departments respond to a mock accident in front of Middle Park High School on Tuesday afternoon in Granby. The exercise was organized by Middle Park seniors Elsa Krieg and Michael Sobon for a Civics class project to demonstrate the dangers of distracted driving. Click Here To Read Full Article

Mother's Day hike leads to afternoon rescue mission on Berthoud
	Sky-Hi Daily News Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Drew Lancaster, 24, of Denver went for a blue sky afternoon hike, May 8, from the top of Berthoud Pass not knowing that he would require a toboggan rescue within a few hours. Lancaster, who was wearing tennis shoes and traveling alone, got turned around and somehow ended up hiking down Seven Mile Trail towards Winter Park. After hiking for several hours, he was tired and thirsty, his feet were soaking wet from post-holing through the rotten snow. He could see the highway above him, up a steep slope, so he tried to climb up the slope but twisted his ankle. Unable to finish the climb, he returned to the valley floor. Click Here To Read Full Article

Grand County Teams Rescue Accident Victims on Berthoud Pass
	Sky-Hi Daily News Monday, February 28, 2011 A vehicle is visible in the trees as Grand County response teams attended the scene of an accident on Berthoud Pass Sunday afternoon, Feb. 27. A vehicle eastbound on U.S. Highway 40 appeared to have over-corrected after passing another car past the second switchback and rolled off roughly 150 feet down a steep embankment near Zero Creek. Click Here To Read Full Article

Breaking News: Fire destroys Granby home
	Sky-Hi Daily News Thursday, December 30, 2010 A fire at 505 East Pine Drive in Granby started in the garage of a home on Thursday afternoon shortly before 3 p.m. The fire quickly spread from the garage to the house. The home, which according to neighbors has been a long-term rental home, was unoccupied at the time, neighbors said. Click Here To Read Full Article

Linda Underbrink named RETAC Coordinator of the year
	Sky-Hi Daily News Thursday, November 18, 2010 DENVER – Linda Underbrink, the coordinator of the Foothills Regional Emergency Medical and Trauma Advisory Council (RETAC), has received the RETAC Coordinator of the year award from the Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado. Linda was nominated for the award in recognition of her many years' hard work to improve the Emergency Medical and Trauma systems in the counties served by the Foothills RETAC. Click Here To Read Full Article

Major storm yields area's first avalanche rescue
	Sky-Hi Daily News Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Grand County Search and Rescue performed its first avalanche rescue of the season during mid-morning of the region's Nov. 16 blizzard that brought several inches of snow and gusty winds, causing the closure of major roads throughout the northern and central mountains. A 24-year-old male was caught in a self-triggered avalanche that carried him over a cliff band, according to Greg Foley of Grand County Search and Rescue. Another skier aided the injured snowboarder and called 911, Foley said. Click Here To Read Full Article

Heavy snow strands unprepared hunters
	Sky-Hi Daily News Thursday, October 28, 2010 The winter storm that whipped into Colorado early this week stranded many hunters in their camps. Grand County Search and Rescue was involved with several hunter-related search and rescue missions this week, while others stumbled out of the backcountry on their own. Hunter Larry Ridley, 55, of Jamestown, N.D., was camped in Wheatley Creek north of Parshall with several companions over the weekend when he developed a problem with his ear that left him unable to walk or even stand up. Click Here To Read Full Article

Police Chase Ends In Shootout With Woman
	7News - Denver Friday, October 22, 2010 KREMMLING, Colo. -- Deputies are trying to figure out why a reckless driver refused to stop for police Thursday night, then shot at officers. A Kremmling police officer said he tried to stop a driver for careless and reckless driving about 8:30 p.m. Thursday. When the driver refused to stop, a chase started. The chase went about 17 miles from the outskirts of Kremmling, east on Highway 40 to Hot Sulphur Springs. Click Here To Read Full Article

Church Park Fire bill exceeds $1.5 million
	Sky-Hi Daily News Tuesday, October 19, 2010 Fighting fires isn't free. The massive initial attack that helped firefighters bring the Church Park Fire under control earlier this month cost the U.S. Forest Service an estimated $1.43 million in the first week alone, according to public affairs specialist Tammy J. Williams. By the time the incident is completely wrapped up that figure is projected to reach $1.5 million. The bulk of that cost, Williams said, some 43 percent, was spent on aircraft, including heavy air tankers, helicopters, lead planes, air attack planes, and retardant for a total of $619,163, according to flight invoices. Click Here To Read Full Article

Grand County EMS gets critical
	Sky-Hi Daily News Thursday, October 19, 2010 When the local 911 system is activated and the patient turns out to need a high level of critical care, that patient often flies to Denver in a helicopter. This process works great during the short Grand County summers, but most of the year Grand County experiences tumultuous weather patterns making it impossible for Critical Care helicopters to fly. Grand County EMS recognized this situation years ago and began training their paramedics to the Critical Care Level. This allows for extremely ill patients to receive the highest level of care possible while being transported to Denver in snowstorms, whiteouts and turbulent weather. Click Here To Read Full Article

'Luck helps a lot'
	Sky-Hi Daily News Wednesday, October 6, 2010 Luck. That's what helped firefighters control one of the biggest fires to erupt in the Fraser Valley in recent history on Sunday, Oct. 3. Luck — like calm winds, cooler temperatures, a fleet of heavy air tankers and helicopters still on hand from the recent Four Mile Canyon Fire in Boulder and a 20-man hand crew from the Idaho Panhandle who happened to be working on fuel reduction in the area — along with a big dose of training, teamwork and local resources may have saved hundreds of houses from catastrophe. Click Here To Read Full Article

Wildfire Burning Hundreds Of Acres Near Fraser
	7News - Denver Sunday, October 3, 2010 FRASER, Colo. -- A wildfire burning south of Fraser, in Grand County, has burned an estimated 300 acres and remained uncontained. However, the fire appeared to be holding, and did not appear to be threatening any homes or structures, said Nowell Curran, with the Grand County Office of Emergency Management. "The fire is staying in one place and weather will determine if evacuations are necessary," Curran said. Click Here To Read Full Article

Moose Tramples Toddler In Grand County
	7News - Denver Friday, September 3, 2010 GRAND COUNTY, Colo. -- A 2 ½-year-old boy was hurt after he was run over by a moose while playing on a Grand County beach with his brother. The run-in occurred around 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the Pine Beach area of Shadow Mountain Reservoir, south of Grand Lake and off Highway 34, the Division of Wildlife said. "The child was playing on the beach with his brother when the moose randomly ran through the area where the child was playing, striking the child," said Capt. Nowell Curran with Grand County Emergency Medical Services. Click Here To Read Full Article

Grand County first responders did an excellent job
	Sky-Hi Daily News Saturday, August 28, 2010 To the Editor: We feel we must bring to the community's attention the outstanding service our family received from our police and medical personnel in Granby. Our father, whom was visiting from Texas, had a heart attack and went into cardiac arrest. Making a 9-1-1 call, our operator was calm and efficient. Officer Dan Zacek Smith was at our home very quickly, and along with my husband Jim Beck performed life-saving CPR. Click Here To Read Full Article

New son can't wait: Granby mom gives birth en route to hospital
	Sky-Hi Daily News Wednesday, August 25, 2010 A Granby mother gave birth to her third child in an ambulance at mile marker 128 on Highway 9. “It was a really fast labor,” said Adala Sanders, of Granby, mother of healthy 6-pound, 8-ounce, 20-inches long Ethan Aaron Michael Sanders, born the night of Aug. 21 on the way to St. Anthony Summit Medical Center. Adala Sanders was in labor for just under a total of three hours, she said. Click Here To Read Full Article

Paint fumes explode, burning two men in Kremmling house
	Sky-Hi Daily News Tuesday, August 24, 2010 KREMMLING — Firefighters responded Tuesday afternoon to an explosion at a home on Eighth Street in Kremmling, suspected to have been caused by flammable fumes from Kilz paint primer. Two young men suffered burns from the explosion and were transported by ambulance to Kremmling Memorial Hospital. They were expected to be flown to St. Anthony Hospital in Denver, according to Grand County EMS spokesperson Nowell Curran. Click Here to Read Full Article

Numerous Incidents at Rocky Mountain National Park
	Sky-Hi Daily News Friday, August 13, 2010 A single vehicle rollover accident occurred near the Colorado River Trailhead on Trail Ridge Road at about 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 11. The single occupant, a 45-year-old man from Denver, had numerous injuries and was flown by Flight for Life to St. Anthony Central. Click Here To Read Full Article

Car crashes into Fraser's Lake PP
	Sky-Hi Daily News Thursday, August 5, 2010 FRASER — At approximately 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, a vehicle containing one occupant left U.S. Highway 40 while traveling westbound through Fraser, traveled across an access road and grassy area, and missing a metering building, entered one of the augmentation lakes. A witness stopped, entered the water, removed the driver and helped her to shore. On arrival of fire, police and rescue, the driver and citizen rescuer were up on the highway. Click Here To Read Full Article

Code Red fills communication gap for exclusive cell phone users
	Sky-Hi Daily News Thursday, July 22, 2010 An emergency communication system catering to cell phones, similar to how Reverse 911 functions for land lines, has been proven to work in actual Grand County emergencies, according to Grand County Office of Emergency Management personnel. Called “Code Red,” the service can text and/or email emergency information via cell phone. It was first applied during the Kremmling boil-water order in September of 2009. Click Here To Read Full Article

Backcountry accidents keep Grand County Search and Rescue busy
	Sky-Hi Daily News Thursday, July 15, 2010 Grand County Search and Rescue had a busy few days recently. On Friday, July 9, they responded to a call in Rocky Mountain National Park for a plane crash. On Sunday, July 11, they were in the Grand Lake area rescuing a local man with a broken leg, and on Monday, July 12, they were up by Corona Pass helping a woman who had been injured while hiking, said Grand County Sheriff Rod Johnson. Click Here To Read Full Article

Grand County EMS Awarded Ambulance Service of the Year - 2010
	Grand County Government Friday, May 14, 2010 Grand County Emergency Medical Service (EMS) has been named the 2010 Colorado Ambulance Service of the Year by the EMS Association (EMSA) of Colorado and the Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment’s EMTS section. Glowing nomination letters from local doctors helped clinch the award for the 38-member EMS staff. Dr. Tim Bohlender, Medical Director of Granby Medical Center, was ecstatic to learn of Grand County’s award. “We should all be proud to work with such an outstanding group of medical professionals as the members of GCEMS.” Click Here To Read Full Article

Head-on collision blocks US 40 Monday, but no one killed
	Sky-Hi Daily News Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Two cars collided at high speeds on Highway 40 near Granby on Monday, causing injuries but no fatalities. The crash occurred with cars traveling at estimated speeds of around 60-65 miles-per-hour, according to personnel with Grand County Emergency Medical Services. The passengers in one of the vehicles were two adults and a 2-month old child. Click Here To Read Full Article

Allen Pulliam: Guiding force on Grand County EMS
	Sky-Hi Daily News Sunday, October 4, 2009 Emergency medical technicians in Grand County look up to Allen Pulliam of Kremmling as a guiding force on the team. Both a pastor and an EMT for 20 years this year, Pulliam serves as a father figure around the Grand County Emergency Services campus and is a trusted counselor to family members who experience loss, according to Grand County EMS Chief Ray Jennings. Pulliam's ranching background in Kremmling taught him hard work, resilience and grounded compassion — attributes admired in a medical services profession that calls for unyielding dedication. Click Here To Read Full Article