# Fort Collins Incident Log — August 20, 2026

- **Publisher:** FoCo Observer — independent local news for Fort Collins and Northern Colorado
- **Published:** Aug 21, 2026, 6:50 AM MDT (2026-08-21T06:50:26.143028-06:00)
- **Section:** Safety
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Fire and EMS incidents across Fort Collins and Larimer County on August 20, 2026, compiled automatically from public emergency-radio traffic. Unofficial and approximate.

- **Date:** 2026-08-20
- **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:** 34

### Items

- Lat: 40.575 · Lon: -105.095 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 11:51 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Campus West · Duration sec: 1,679 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 8
- Lat: 40.56 · Lon: -105.095 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 10:52 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Campus West · Duration sec: 588 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 4
- Lat: 40.52 · Lon: -105.05 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 10:23 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Harmony corridor · Duration sec: 291 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 5
- Lat: 40.575 · Lon: -105.065 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 10:16 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Old Town Fort Collins · Duration sec: 300 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 4
- Lat: 40.595 · Lon: -105.12 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 9:45 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: City Park · Duration sec: 351 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 10
- Lat: 40.55 · Lon: -105.07 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 7:43 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Midtown Fort Collins · Duration sec: 474 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 11
- Lat: 40.54 · Lon: -105.105 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 7:00 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Midtown Fort Collins · Duration sec: 892 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 8
- Lat: 40.545 · Lon: -105.125 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 6:01 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: West Fort Collins · Duration sec: 1,160 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 45
- Lat: 40.573 · Lon: -105.002 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 5:41 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: I-25 corridor (Fort Collins) · Duration sec: 1,688 · Nature generalized: traffic crash · Transmission count: 27
- Lat: 40.58 · Lon: -105.045 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 3:44 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Mulberry corridor · Duration sec: 153 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 6
- Lat: 40.565 · Lon: -105.055 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 3:39 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Mulberry corridor · Duration sec: 60 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 3
- Lat: 40.58 · Lon: -105.11 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 2:24 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: City Park · Duration sec: 616 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 4
- Lat: 40.57 · Lon: -105.085 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 12:48 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Prospect corridor · Duration sec: 587 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 9
- Lat: 40.59 · Lon: -105.085 · When: Aug 20, 2026, 12:27 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Area name: Old Town Fort Collins · Duration sec: 227 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 10

### Unlocated

- When: Aug 20, 2026, 11:39 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 28 · Nature generalized: dispatch error · Transmission count: 4
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 10:34 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 2,181 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 29
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 10:03 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 2,589 · Nature generalized: public incident · Transmission count: 30
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 9:10 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 1,035 · Nature generalized: detector activations and service call · Transmission count: 3
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 8:48 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 1,314 · Nature generalized: structure fire · Transmission count: 42
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 8:42 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 277 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 6
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 8:18 PM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 153 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 8
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 7:50 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 539 · Nature generalized: unknown · Transmission count: 3
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 7:44 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 44 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 3
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 6:23 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 33 · Nature generalized: traffic incident · Transmission count: 8
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 4:30 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 13 · Nature generalized: assistance call · Transmission count: 3
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 4:28 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 39 · Nature generalized: structure fire · Transmission count: 9
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 4:00 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 929 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 3
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 3:36 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 39 · Nature generalized: unknown · Transmission count: 4
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 3:20 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 223 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 4
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 3:05 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 49 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 4
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 2:15 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 228 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 7
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 1:31 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 1,294 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 14
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 12:54 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 27 · Nature generalized: unclear transmission · Transmission count: 5
- When: Aug 20, 2026, 12:18 AM MDT · Agency: Poudre Fire Authority · Duration sec: 250 · Nature generalized: medical call · Transmission count: 11

## Sources

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