Fremont County has secured another grant from the Colorado Aeronautical Board. Airport Manager Richard Baker, Airport Advisory Board Chairman Walt Giffin, and District Three Commissioner Ed Norden appeared before the Aeronautical Board in Denver January 25th to request approval of a grant to finance purchase and equipping of a First Response Vehicle at the Fremont County Airport.
The Board unanimously approved a grant award of $7,500 for a fifty-fifty cost share to station a First Response Vehicle at the airport. Baker says the intent is to have a vehicle equipped to attack a fire at the airport within the first several minutes until volunteer firefighters from Florence can respond to the scene. Baker and his staff would also be trained on the initial attack for such fires. Board members emphasized the importance of having a vehicle with foam firefighting capabilities for fuel related fires at airports.
The County will initially consider the purchase of a used fire truck which could be equipped for such uses at the airport.
