The Lake Dillon Fire Authority was started by the Dillon Fire Protection District and the Metropolitan District of Dillon Valley to better serve their communities by pooling their resources. This allowed better utilization of funds and resources to reduce response times and increase overall efficiency of the departments and services to the citizens. Then, in 1993, the Silverthorne Fire District saw the tremendous benefits such an inter-agency agreement could have to the community and so joined forces with Dillon and Dillon Valley. In 1995, Frisco joined the Authority. In November of 1998, the voters put the final seal of approval on the consolidation by dissolving the old fire districts and forming the new Lake Dillon Fire Protection District.
Summit County continues to grow and attract more full time residents as well as guests.
We are also seeing continued increases in the number of vehicles and hazardous materials traveling along the I-70 corridor. With this growth come increasing demands on the services the Fire District provides. In order to keep up with emergency response demands, Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue is constantly striving to find more efficient ways of allocating resources. Look at the Members Page for a listing of e-mail accounts.