Colorado residents are more vulnerable than any other state in U.S. when it comes to potential damage or destruction from wildfires, with 83,174 homes鈥�

An ambulance is just a phone call away. But in rural parts of Colorado there鈥檚 a delicate juggling act happening before a paramedic ever gets behind the鈥�

The agency's fleet of planes shrank dramatically in the early 2000s, falling from 40 air tankers to nine. Now, the addition of new airplanes is both expanding and modernizing the firefighting fleet.

When you dial 911 in Colorado, the first responders who arrive to help usually show up in a fire truck.And, on interstates and highways connecting vast鈥�