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Wetmore Resident, Ruth Roper Named Regional DHSEM Volunteer of the Year

—February 28, 2018,
Colorado Emergency Management Association (CEMA) Conference
The Eastern portion of Custer County, in Colorado’s South Region is home to the small communities of Wetmore and Greenwood. The Wetmore Volunteer Fire Department serves this portion of Custer County, lying outside the Wet Mountain Fire Protection District. Since 2005, the area has been affected by five wildfires, most recently the 18,403 acre Junkins fire in October of 2016. Continue reading Wetmore Resident, Ruth Roper Named Regional DHSEM Volunteer of the Year