Bernalillo County Fire & Rescue

🚑🔥 BCFR Wildland Deployment🔥🚑

Today, Captain Denson and Paramedic Fuentes are deploying to the Bear Fire near the town of Quemado, where they will serve on an ambulance assignment dedicated to ensuring the health and safety of firefighters working on the incident.

Wildland fire assignments require highly skilled personnel who are prepared to work in demanding and ever-changing conditions. While firefighters battle the blaze, Captain Denson and Paramedic Fuentes will be providing critical medical support to help keep crews healthy, safe, and mission-ready.

We are proud of their willingness to answer the call wherever they are needed and represent Bernalillo County Fire & Rescue on this deployment.

Please join us in wishing Captain Denson and Paramedic Fuentes a safe deployment and a safe return home. Thank you for your service, dedication, and commitment to protecting those who protect others.

Safe travels, and we'll see you home soon. International Association of Fire Fighters

FINAL Update 9:30 p.m. - BCFR and AFR units remain on scene putting out hot spots. Broadway remains closed in both directions between Rio Bravo and Prosperity. Thank you for avoiding the area while our crews worked to bring this blaze under control. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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Update 7:50 p.m. — A total of 24 units and more than 60 personnel are now on scene and have made substantial progress, containing the fire to the area. Preliminary information indicates that at least two structures have burned. No injuries have been reported.
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Update 6:26 p.m. -- CABQ Air Quality has issued a Health Alert due to smoke. Those with respiratory conditions in the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County should limit outdoor activity.
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Bernalillo County Fire & Rescue is currently responding to a fire at the same recycling yard involved in the May 23 incident. The facility is located off Broadway Boulevard, south of Rio Bravo Boulevard.

A total of 11 apparatus and 40 personnel are assigned to the incident. Additional support is being provided by Albuquerque Fire Rescue and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office.

Due to smoke impacting the surrounding area, residents are advised to turn off evaporative (swamp) coolers to help prevent smoke from being drawn into their homes.

Broadway is closed between Rio Bravo and Prosperity Avenue. The public is urged to avoid the area and allow emergency personnel sufficient space to operate safely.

Today, BernCo Fire & Rescue, alongside County Commissioner Eric Olivas (D5), welcomed four new fire engines into service with traditional push‑in ceremonies at its East Mountain Stations.

The new engines double BCFR’s water capacity with 1,000 gallons onboard and feature a safer top‑mount pump panel for engineers.

Funded through Bernalillo County public safety tax dollars and a New Mexico Fire Protection grant secured by the Village of Tijeras, these engines represent strong state‑local partnership.