# Fort Collins Incident Log — August 18, 2026

- **Publisher:** FoCo Observer — independent local news for Fort Collins and Northern Colorado
- **Published:** Aug 19, 2026, 4:00 AM MDT (2026-08-19T04:00:26.242063-06:00)
- **Section:** Safety
- **Canonical URL:** https://foco-observer.com/fort-collins/incident-log/2026-08-18/

Fire and EMS incidents across Fort Collins and Larimer County on August 18, 2026, compiled automatically from public emergency-radio traffic. Unofficial and approximate.

- **Date:** 2026-08-18
- **Location:** Fort Collins / Larimer County, CO
- **Disclaimer:** This incident log is compiled automatically from public emergency-radio traffic. Locations are approximate area centroids. Unofficial and provisional — not an official record.
- **Item count:** 50

### Items

- Lat: 40.6 · Lon: -105.075 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 11:10 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: North College corridor · Duration sec: 475 · Nature generalized: traffic crash · Transmission count: 4
- Lat: 40.575 · Lon: -105.125 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 9:36 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: West Fort Collins · Duration sec: 898 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 10
- Lat: 40.55 · Lon: -105.06 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 8:55 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Midtown Fort Collins · Duration sec: 316 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 7
- Lat: 40.535 · Lon: -105.08 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 8:27 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Midtown Fort Collins · Duration sec: 387 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 11
- Lat: 40.505 · Lon: -105.01 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 7:12 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Harmony corridor · Duration sec: 425 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 16
- Lat: 40.605 · Lon: -105.078 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 6:10 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: North College corridor · Duration sec: 405 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 16
- Lat: 40.535 · Lon: -105.095 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 5:39 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Midtown Fort Collins · Duration sec: 1,441 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 26
- Lat: 40.515 · Lon: -105.16 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 3:06 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Horsetooth Reservoir / foothills · Duration sec: 22 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 3
- Lat: 40.545 · Lon: -105.07 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 2:59 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Midtown Fort Collins · Duration sec: 179 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 11
- Lat: 40.535 · Lon: -105.115 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 2:56 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: West Fort Collins · Duration sec: 514 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 19
- Lat: 40.535 · Lon: -105.125 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 2:36 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: West Fort Collins · Duration sec: 151 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 9
- Lat: 40.547 · Lon: -105.077 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 2:13 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Midtown Fort Collins · Duration sec: 1,635 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 28
- Lat: 40.565 · Lon: -105.075 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 1:06 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Prospect corridor · Duration sec: 741 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 6
- Lat: 40.54 · Lon: -105.05 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 12:19 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: East Fort Collins · Duration sec: 57 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 5
- Lat: 40.585 · Lon: -104.995 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 11:06 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: I-25 corridor (Fort Collins) · Duration sec: 86 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 3
- Lat: 40.515 · Lon: -105.035 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 10:39 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Harmony corridor · Duration sec: 312 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 9
- Lat: 40.565 · Lon: -105.06 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 10:36 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Prospect corridor · Duration sec: 119 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 4
- Lat: 40.545 · Lon: -105.04 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 10:35 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: East Fort Collins · Duration sec: 1,951 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 16
- Lat: 40.615 · Lon: -105.06 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 8:45 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: North College corridor · Duration sec: 566 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 11
- Lat: 40.575 · Lon: -105.06 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 8:34 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Mulberry corridor · Duration sec: 127 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 3
- Lat: 40.52 · Lon: -105.05 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 7:26 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Harmony corridor · Duration sec: 101 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 9
- Lat: 40.575 · Lon: -105.055 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 6:30 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Mulberry corridor · Duration sec: 388 · Nature generalized: gas leak · Transmission count: 20
- Lat: 40.535 · Lon: -105.12 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 6:07 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: West Fort Collins · Duration sec: 701 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 14
- Lat: 40.56 · Lon: -104.96 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 1:06 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Timnath · Duration sec: 261 · Nature generalized: residential fire alarm · Transmission count: 9
- Lat: 40.52 · Lon: -105.055 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 12:32 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Harmony corridor · Duration sec: 200 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 10
- Lat: 40.535 · Lon: -105.12 · When: Aug 18, 2026, 12:06 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: West Fort Collins · Duration sec: 229 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 11

### Unlocated

- When: Aug 18, 2026, 10:15 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 738 · Nature generalized: unknown · Transmission count: 5
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 10:02 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 3,160 · Nature generalized: public incident · Transmission count: 67
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 8:50 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 1,262 · Nature generalized: fire alarm · Transmission count: 42
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 7:29 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 434 · Nature generalized: outdoor fire · Transmission count: 14
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 7:13 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 1,961 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 79
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 6:41 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 606 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 56
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 6:30 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 156 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 11
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 6:26 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 25 · Nature generalized: access issue · Transmission count: 6
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 6:24 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 453 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 11
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 5:15 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 3,695 · Nature generalized: service call · Transmission count: 18
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 3:49 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 18 · Nature generalized: unintelligible transmission · Transmission count: 5
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 3:38 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 18 · Nature generalized: administrative call · Transmission count: 3
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 3:28 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 511 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 40
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 2:29 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 86 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 4
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 2:20 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 145 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 5
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 1:04 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 162 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 5
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 12:23 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 561 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 6
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 10:47 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 419 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 8
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 5:47 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 150 · Nature generalized: administrative transmission · Transmission count: 3
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 5:42 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 1,400 · Nature generalized: traffic crash · Transmission count: 66
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 2:55 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 14 · Nature generalized: administrative call · Transmission count: 3
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 12:52 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 249 · Nature generalized: traffic crash · Transmission count: 12
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 12:52 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 32 · Nature generalized: dispatch communication · Transmission count: 3
- When: Aug 18, 2026, 12:32 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 124 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 8

## Sources

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