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Colorado’s wildfire risk is so high this fire department struggled to find insurance to build a new firehouse

“It’s crisis stage for our community,” Durango fire chief says of rising insurance costs

Randy Black, chief of Durango Fire Protection District, pauses outside the gates of the fire district's new downtown fire station that is under construction at 1235 Camino Del Rio in Durango, Colorado, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. The fire district had issues obtaining insurance for the construction project despite the site being adjacent to its current fire station, as well as the Animas River. (Photo by Shaun Stanley/Special to The Denver Post)
Randy Black, chief of Durango Fire Protection District, pauses outside the gates of the fire district’s new downtown fire station that is under construction at 1235 Camino Del Rio in Durango, Colorado, on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. The fire district had issues obtaining insurance for the construction project despite the site being adjacent to its current fire station, as well as the Animas River. (Photo by Shaun Stanley/Special to The Denver Post)
Noelle Phillips of The Denver Post.
By | nphillips@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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After months of searching for a policy, the Durango Fire Protection District found an insurance company in May that would write an affordable policy to cover the construction of its new firehouse.
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