Inter-Canyon Fire
Protection District is proud to announce the single largest donation in the
department’s history. The family of
Evelyne Nordheim selected ICFPD as the recipient of a $220,500.00 donation for
the purchase of an ambulance. Evelyne Nordheim
was a resident of ICFPD for over 50 years prior to her death in 2013. The new ambulance will be positioned at ICFPD
Station Four to serve her friends and neighbors in the Deer Creek Mesa and
White Deer Valley neighborhoods and all of the citizens of Inter-Canyon Fire
Protection District.
“The new ambulance
will replace a 14 year-old vehicle which has served our district well, but is
nearing the end of its useful life.” said Chief Randy Simpson. “The
ambulance at station four has become our most frequent responding apparatus and
will be a great asset for providing emergency medical services across our
district. The generous donation from
Evelyne Nordheim’s estate will allow our volunteer staff to provide the best
possible care to our patients.”
The new ambulance will
have all of the equipment needed to provide Advanced Life Support emergency
medical care:
·
Four wheel drive
·
Multiple radios for
communicating with surrounding agencies
·
ECG
monitor/defibrillator for patient assessment
·
Medications, supplies
and equipment to serve all patients.
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The Inter-Canyon Fire
Protection District was one of three organizations to receive donations from
the estate of Evelyne Nordheim. The
other recipients include the Disabled American Veterans and the Oak Creek,
Colorado Fire Department for a building to house their restored original 1938
fire engine. ICFPD plans to purchase an
ambulance which duplicates the most recent ambulance acquisition. Standardization will reduce training time and
maintenance costs. Placards recognizing
Evelyne Nordheim’s donation will be placed inside and outside the ambulance and
on ambulance equipment.
Biographical Information
on Evelyne Nordheim
Evelyne Jarrell was born
on May 4, 1924 in Oak Creek, Colorado. She grew up in the area and then taught
school in a one room school house near Hayden, Colorado where she met Shelby
Nordheim who was working as a cowhand on an area ranch. Shelby served as
a Technical Sergeant with the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II and
saw action in Africa, Italy and France. Shelby parachuted into Normandy
on D-Day and was critically wounded on June 13, 1944 and spent over a year in
the hospital recovering from his injuries.
Shelby and Evelyne were married in 1949 and moved to the Denver area
where both worked on a ranch in Waterton Canyon. In late 1950 Evelyne and
Shelby moved to Denver and Shelby attended Barber College, opening a shop in
the downtown YMCA. Evelyne took a job with the Air Force Finance Office
working with servicemen on retirement and disability. In 1957 they built
a house in Jefferson County near the future location of Chatfield Reservoir.
The Army Corps of Engineers condemned the area for a flood control
reservoir in 1968 and the Nordheims were able to purchase their house
and moved it to its current location on Buckhorn Road near Deer Creek
Canyon Park where they lived the rest of their lives. Shelby passed away
in 2001 and Evelyne lived in the house until her death in May 2013. The Nordheim's did not have any children.
Evelyne is survived by her two brothers, Alvin
E. Jarrell of Granby, Colorado and Howard C. Jarrell of Grand Junction,
Colorado
The volunteer firefighters,
EMTs and Paramedics of Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District provide fire suppression,
wildland fire response and Emergency Medical Services to approximately 10,000
residents in a 52 square-mile area of the foothills of Jefferson County. We would like to thank the family of the
Nordheims for this incredible gift. ICFPD
will receive the donation of $220,500.00 at a ceremony at Station Four, 13877
Grizzly Drive, Littleton, Colorado, on Tuesday March 10, 2015 at 2:00 P.M.
