Commercial fire alarm triggers evacuation at The Standard, Fort Collins CO

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/5/2025 06:30 PM

Near W Lake St, Fort Collins, CO 80521

A commercial fire alarm activated in a first floor stairwell at The Standard building near W Lake St in Fort Collins. The building number 2 is involved. An evacuation is in progress while the fire department investigates the alarm and smoke detection. No injuries or specific fire cause reported yet.

Audio|Source: Poudre Fire Authority and EMS

02:21

Transcript:

00:00

Ladder 5, engine 2, fire or alarm. The standard, near W Lake St, map 30 King 3, respond on the FSA Fireground 3.

00:14

Engine 5, UCH-228 and Rotford Charlie Medical.

00:18

549 Saturn Drive, map is 35 Lincoln 2,

00:21

responding for a 70-year-old female that has upper right abdominal pain and vomiting.

00:33

Engine 1. Illegal Burn, Puder River Whitewater Park, 201, Sign Drive, Map 29 Lincoln 2, respond on PSA Fireground 2.

00:44

Ladder 5, Engine 2 en route for commercial fire alarm activation at the standard.

00:49

Near W Lake St map is 30Kink 3. Alarm companies reporting a Zone 1 first floor stairwell B Bravo smoke alarm break.

01:00

It activated at 1930, no contact attempted on seeing it.

01:10

Two okay, do we know if this is Building 1 or Building 2?

01:17

It wasn't specified. I'll call back.

01:24

Engine 3 is available.

01:27

5 on same on Saturday in command.

01:32

1936.

01:37

2 and ladder 5, it's building number 2, number 2.

01:44

Check up.

01:49

2 in ladder 5, and RP will respond first name of (name withheld), ETA is about 20 minutes and a white super room.

02:00

Too okay.

02:05

One's the large five-story multi-family nothing showing evacuation of progress Investigate knows flick

02:15

For five copies engine two is on scene of a large five-story multi-family No

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Near W Lake St, Fort Collins, CO 80521

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