Community resources for the US-285 corridor
Who to contact and where to look — for the people and agencies that serve the Denver-to-Fairplay corridor. This is a directory, not a live status page: it is not checked or timestamped, and it will not tell you whether the road is open or a fire ban is in effect today. For that, go back to the conditions page.
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If it is happening now, these reach a person — this page does not.
Fire, medical, or crime in progress — call, don't check a page.
LookoutAlertOfficial
Jeffco + Park County emergency notifications (evacuations, closures). Sign up once — it rings your phone when this page can't.
Call or text 988, any hour, for a mental-health crisis.
Emergency management & wildfire prep
Ready JeffcoOfficial
Jefferson County's preparedness + evacuation guidance.
Park County Emergency ManagementOfficial
South Park / Fairplay-side OEM — sign up for CodeRED emergency alerts (evacuations, closures).
Fire Adapted BaileyCommunity
Local wildfire-readiness for the Bailey/Crow Hill area.
Coalition for the Upper South PlatteCommunity
Watershed + wildfire resilience across the corridor.
Fire & EMS
Your fire district depends on your exact address — check which one serves you.
Is there a fire ban today? The authoritative South-Park answer.
Conifer FireOfficial
Fire district — Conifer / upper foothills, incl. the former Inter-Canyon district (north foothills / Deer Creek).
Elk Creek FireOfficial
Fire district — Pine / Buffalo Creek / Foxton.
Platte Canyon FireOfficial
Fire district — Bailey / Shawnee.
North Fork FireOfficial
Fire district — Pine Junction / the North Fork.
Sheriff & rescue
Jefferson County SheriffOfficial
Law enforcement — north corridor (Conifer→Bailey).
Park County SheriffOfficial
Law enforcement — South Park (Kenosha→Fairplay).
Park County Search & RescueCommunity
Backcountry / mountain rescue.
Health & human services
Dial 211 — the front door to food, housing, utility, and crisis help.
Mountain Resource CenterCommunity
The corridor's hub for food, housing, and family support (Conifer).
Jefferson CenterCommunity
Behavioral & mental-health care, north corridor.
Park County CounselingCommunity
Behavioral & mental-health care, South Park.
Mount Evans Home Health & HospiceCommunity
In-home health, hospice, palliative care.
Rocky Mountain Rural HealthCommunity
Care navigation for South Park residents.
Crisis, youth & food
PeaceWorks / Mountain Peace ShelterCommunity
Domestic-violence services + shelter for the mountain area.
Resilience1220Community
Free counseling for youth 12–20 in the foothills.
Second Wind FundCommunity
Removes cost/barriers to youth suicide-prevention therapy.
LifeBridge Food PantryCommunity
Food pantry — Conifer.
285 Backpack ProjectCommunity
Weekend food for corridor kids.
Park County Senior CoalitionCommunity
Meals, transport, and support for older residents.