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History
The Monument Volunteer Fire
Department (MVFD) was founded in the late 1930's. In the mid
1970's, the developers of the Woodmoor Subdivision convinced the Town of Monument to create a full
time, paid fire department which became the
Woodmoor-Monument Fire Protection District (WMFPD). The
boundaries for the new District were the same as the
Woodmoor Water and Sanitation District and the Monument Water Department. Thus,
the area was protected with fire hydrants.
The MVFD was renamed the Tri-Lakes Fire Protection
District (TLFPD) and served the area from Pike National Forest
east to Highway 83 and from County Line Road
south to the Air Force Academy and Baptist Road. For many years, the
TLFPD operated out of an old
donated metal building at 18650 Highway 105. In the
late 1990's, the Board made the decision to build a new
station on the same property. The District offered
a full range of emergency services, including ambulance
service to the WMFPD. Population growth of the late 1990's and the early
2000's enabled the TLFD to become a
combination paid and volunteer department. As the
District grew, another fire station became necessary to
serve the eastern part of the District when the
residents agreed to increase their taxes. The station
was built at 18460 Roller Coaster Road in 2004.
A merger between the
WMFPD and the TLFPD had been discussed for years; as separation
of the two Districts now made little sense. Thus, in 2004,
the two Board's signed an
agreement forming a Regional Fire Authority on Jan. 1, 2005.
The biggest advantage of the Authority was the improved
level of emergency response to serve the greater territory.
Operationally, the three stations became one department, but
had three different Boards of Directors. Finally, the
Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District (TLMFPD) was born on Jan.
1, 2008 with all paid career firefighters. Today, the
Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District stands proud in
protecting the citizens of the greater Tri-Lakes region.
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