VIDEO: After years in the making, Summit Fire & EMS has officially opened its newest fire station, bringing critical emergency services closer to the growing Colorado neighborhoods north of Silverthorne. This strategic new location will provide faster response times for neighbors previously relying on the Dillon station as their closest option. That closer location also has potential insurance savings for residents, as well as addressing long-standing concerns about traffic congestion and emergency access.
“Having this here eliminates a good mile of that traffic,” explains Silverthorne resident Tim Boucher. “So it’s really going to help a lot having the vehicles here, having the EMS here, you know, the medical, because there’s so many homes around here that really need the medical.” The new station, though starting with a small crew, is designed for immediate impact.
“Right now, what we’re running out of here is a two-person medic unit crew based off of one firefighter, paramedic, one firefighter/EMT,” says Battalion Chief Ryan Cole of B Shift for Summit Fire and EMS. “They’re still all hazards; they can still respond to any type of call that we would go to.”
