Fire Buffs promote the general welfare of the fire and rescue service and protect its heritage and history. Famous Fire Buffs through the years include New York Fire Surgeon Harry Archer, Boston Pops Conductor Arthur Fiedler, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and - legend has it - President George Washington.

Monday, February 4, 2019

COLD CASE - 1989

Colorado Bureau of Investigation Files

Tracey Ragains lived and worked in Colorado Springs, where she was last seen around 3 p.m. on July 8, 1989. The next day her body was found in an irrigation ditch southeast of Erie, Colorado, with stab wounds. Ragains, 17, was a witness to an arson and child sex exploitation case against her former boss, Joe Linton. Anyone with information is asked to call the Weld County Sheriff.


STANDOFF - 2019


On Jan. 27, 2019, a gunman wounded two Denver police officers responding to a 911 call for "shots fired'' near 6th Avenue and Inca Street. A hours-long standoff led to a house fire and the death of the gunman by suicide.