The Sedona Fire District had a busy 2025, responding to 207 backcountry incidents in the U.S. Forest Service lands surrounding Sedona.
However, this is an approximate number because of reporting differences between the various local agencies and because incidents can...
About 25 Sedona Fire District personnel from C-shift participated in SFD’s annual battalion-level vehicle extrication stabilization training Jan. 14 at the Verde Valley Fire Training Center in Cottonwood.
Each battalion goes through this training every three years to keep staff...
The Arizona Burn Foundation has named Sedona Fire Division Chief Eric “Buzz” Lechowski its 2025 Volunteer of the Year, honoring his decades of dedication to burn survivors. Each year, ABF celebrates a volunteer who goes above and beyond to...
The Sedona City Council unanimously approved a linking purchase agreement on Tuesday, Jan. 13, with Zetron Inc. and the Sedona Police Department for $755,510 to add a third radio channel for local first-responders along with adding Slide Rock, Indian...
The city of Sedona set the expansion of municipal Firewise projects as one of its major focal points during the city’s annual retreat, which took place from Dec. 16 to 18.
“Out of the projects that we have right now,...
Sedona Police Department responds to gunfire near homes; city issues ‘shelter-in-place’ notice to surrounding neighborhoods
Gunfire in a neighborhood lead...
Will head to Mexico for college with dream of becoming a neurosurgeon
Karol Laija Velazquez, 17, will walk across the...
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