TRFPA MISSION

Located in the Rocky Mountains, in northwestern Fremont County, Colorado, and named for Tallahassee Creek southeast of Waugh Mountain, the Tallahassee Volunteer Fire Department has a unique mission.  Our fire protection area encompasses over 200 square miles.  Colorado Highway 9 and the Deer Park/High Park South areas to the east, Table Mountain to the south, Waugh Mountain and the Stirrup Ranch to the west and the Park County line to the north, roughly border us.  Most of this rugged land is sparsely inhabited, and our population is concentrated in a handful of subdivisions, ranches and valleys.  Approximately half of our fire protection area is either state or federal land.  Our elevations range from 6,200 feet in the southeast to the 11,709-foot summit of Waugh Mountain.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT:

“The Tallahassee Rural Fire Protection Association shall provide wildland fire protection and urban interface on a volunteer basis within our designated fire protection area, in partnership with the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Forest Service, and any other fire fighting agencies that we may interact with.”

              -- TRFPA By Laws, Adopted June 2001