Hanover Fire Protection District completes the Acquisition on Station 2 Property

Hanover Fire Protection District completes the Acquisition on Station 2 Property It is with great pleasure that the Hanover Fire Protection District announce the acquisition of 13325 Old Pueblo Road, Fire Station 2. This station is home to 15 of the 26 current member of the department. Station 2’s location is considered to be the [...]

Builders, county fire officials disagree on fire codes

County fire officials and representatives of the local building industry butted heads Tuesday over a fire code requirement that structures larger than 6,000 square feet be built with an automatic sprinkler system. Caught in the crossfire is the El Paso County board of commissioners, which is being asked to approve the 2009 International Fire Code, [...]

Many volunteers in Hanover district are also in the military

The next time you call 911 from Hanover, don’t be alarmed if a fatigue-clad soldier responds. He’s not moonlighting for extra cash or performing mandatory community service. He’s one of the all-volunteer Hanover Fire Protection District’s seven active firefighters who is serving, or who has served, in the U.S. military. That’s one third of the [...]

Wildland fire crews contain grass fire in Eastern El Paso County

El Paso County and the Tri-County Wild-land Fire crews have wiped out a grass fire 1/2 mile South of Hwy 94 at Edison Road, East of Yoder. Wild-land Crews From Colorado Springs Utilities, Ellicott, Yoder, Lincoln County and Hanover all responded to the scene to support crews already fighting the fire. In all fire crews [...]

Mobile homes burn for hours near Ellicott

Up to 50 mobile homes were damaged or destroyed in Ellicott along Highway 94, in eastern El Paso County, Wednesday afternoon. As of 8 p.m. the fire is still burning at Riley’s Mobile Home Sales at 23250 Highway 94. The homes are stacked up very close together and the fire has been jumping from structure [...]

Dairy farmer’s home destroyed, dog lost in fire

A dairy farmer was left scrambling to find a place to sleep and a means to care for his numerous farm animals after he returned home to find his house destroyed by a fast-moving fire Sunday night. “I own one set of clothes,” said Kurtis Ketchum, the homeowner, on Monday. “That’s what I own.” One [...]

Horse Rescue

Firefighters have saved a horse who got stuck in the mud for more than 5 hours at a ranch in Hanover Friday.

Sky, a 2,100 pound Suffolk Punch draft horse, was stuck up to its neck in mud formed by a thawing holding pond on the property.