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Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Summit Companies Continues National Expansion with Six Strategic Add-on Acquisitions February 5, 2021 GMT (PRNewsfoto/CI Capital Partners) MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn., Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SFP Holding, Inc. (Summit Companies), a premier fire and life safety company, announced the recent completion of six strategic acquisitions by the company’s subsidiaries, Summit Fire & Security and Summit Fire Pro...

Deputy Chief Bruce Farrell, who is retiring this week after 37 years in the fire service in Summit County, on the scene of the 2015 Brush Creek Fire in the Lower Blue River Valley. Farrell became a Type III plans chief with the Upper Colorado River Interagency Incident Management Team, regularly deploying out of district for weeks at a time. Photo from Summit Fire & EMS.   Summit Fire & EMS bid farewell to Deputy Chief Bruce Farrell last week, who retired after 37 years of service with fire an...

Michael Elizabeth Sakas/CPR News Schelly Olson, the assistant chief for Grand Fire, stands among all that remains of her Grand Lake home on Nov. 13, 2020 after it burned down in the East Troublesome fire last year. Nov. 13, 2020. As Schelly Olson walked around the charred rubble of what was her Grand Lake home, she pointed to a pile of things that survived the second-largest wildfire in state history.  “You can see my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law piled all of my silver from my grandmot...

Photo from Summit County Rescue Group Summit County emergency services launched a full-scale rescue mission to save an individual buried by an avalanche Monday afternoon only to realize the man had made it out safely a day earlier. At about 2:20 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21, Summit County Rescue Group was notified of an avalanche in the area of Elliot’s Ridge southwest of Heeney. The caller noticed that the avalanche had partially buried a snowmobile, and their avalanche transceiver had picked up a d...

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Thats making this outbreak unusual. >> we dont see this type of activity usually until august, september. >> reporter: in the wake of the summit fire, one man is dealing with immeasurable loss. his mother, who bought this home in 1973, passed away just one month ago. >> thank god i wasnt in the house when it happened. thank god i was able to get my dog out, and my mom was watching over me. and so are the neighbors that are around. >> now, unfortunately that man was the only one who lost his home...

Four southern california counties. two fires contained quickly. >> when we stepped up several weeks ago, got air tankers in, hired firefighters, will this be what the arrest of the year will be like, will we wear people out? thats the big question. >> reporter: the summit fire, burning 25 miles west of palm springs, a blaze in ventura county began to spread quickly on 25-mile-per-hour winds. erupting between the 101 freeway and the pacific ocean north of malibu, the so-called spring fire charred...

Thats making this outbreak unusual. >> we dont see this type of activity usually until august, september. >> reporter: in the wake of the summit fire, one man is dealing with immeasurable loss. his mother, who bought this home in 1973, passed away just one month ago. >> thank god i wasnt in the house when it happened. thank god i was able to get my dog out, and my mom was watching over me. and so are the neighbors that are around. >> unfortunate for that one man since his was the only home to bu...

These hills you can still see the smoke and fire that is burning so intensely that theyve had to evacuate some people. but keep in mind that this is just one fire. theres also another fire burning thats about 140 miles from here. its called the summit fire. we drove out there yesterday to take a look. turns out theyve got a pretty good handle on it. its now about 55% contained. and thats a really good number. but things to keep in mind here are just the winds, which could kick up and change the ...