Up and down the Front Range, sheriff’s departments and fire departments are preparing for this weekend’s weather.
“We have an additional level of monitoring through the weekend. We are always monitoring, but we’ll be paying particular attention this weekend,” said Debrah Schnackenberg, Director of the Douglas County Office of Emergency Management.
The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for Colorado’s northern Front Range, I-25 corridor and northeastern Colorado. (It goes into effect on Saturday at 10 a.m. and expires at 7 p.m.) That means from Boulder to Douglas County, it won’t take much for a fire to start — and fire officials are ready.
“Here in Douglas County, we have our own wildfire-fighting helicopter with a team that goes with that. Those individuals are on, every day, weekend or weekday. They’re always monitoring. They’re always watching. And we’ll be launching our helicopter at the first sign of any kind of smoke,” said Schnackenberg.