La Veta Fire Department

The La Veta Fire Protection District proudly protects an area of 210 square miles.
This volunteer fire department has served the Cuchara Valley in Huerfano County since 1949. The new and improved Station #1 is just off of Birch Street in La Veta, while the original Station #2 is located in Cuchara. Each station houses an ambulance, brush truck, engine, squad and tender.

Fire Station #1 is just off of Birch Street in La Veta

Station 1 in La Veta, Colorado
100 Birch St.
La Veta, CO 81055

The original Fire Station #2 located in Cuchara

Station 2 in Cuchara, Colorado
400 Panadero Ave.
Cuchara, CO 81055

What We Do

Like most other departments, many of the calls within our district are medical-related. But we also respond to a significant number of structure and wildland fire calls as well as mutual aid for neighboring fire departments in Walsenburg, Gardner and adjacent counties.

We provide basic life support emergency medical services including Advanced Life Support transport.

Who We Serve

From the beautiful Spanish Peaks on, the La Veta Fire Protection District covers a large area of the Cuchara Valley.

Please click on this Colored Map for our exact coverage:

The area in red is the LVFPD's Coverage Area

Structure Engine Training

LVFPD members engage in periodic training with our structure fire engines from Stations 1 and 2 to stay familiar with the drafting and pumping capibilities of all three engines. This enables us to use any water source available to supply our engines when fighting a structure fire, whether it be a lake, a stream, a fire hydrant, or a water tender. As a rural department, being able to draft water from a lake or stream to supply our engines is a very important skill.