STERLING, Colo. -- The Sterling Fire Department has announced a Red Flag Warning for today, April 8.

The Red Flag Warning is in effect 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

No open burning will be permitted.

The National Weather Service in Boulder, Colo., has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for northeast and north central Colorado. 
 
.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight 
 
Elevated fire conditions this afternoon over portions of the northeast plains especially near the Wyoming, Nebraska border area. 
 
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday 
 
Above normal temperatures and dry conditions will remain across the area this week, and breezy conditions at times will lead to elevated to potentially critical fire weather conditions across the plains, foothills, and South Park. Wednesday and Sunday are expected to be the windiest days. 
 
Saturday will likely be the warmest day, with high temperatures pushing into the 80s across all of the plains. 

Sterling Firefighters have been busy with grass fires in 2025.

At about 2:30 p.m. April 2, Station 1 was dispatched to a grass fire at the Logan County Shooting Sports Complex southeast of Sterling.  Responding units had a visible plume from Sterling and Fire 1 requested county wide mutual aid to respond. On-arrival Fire 1 had a 5-10 grass fire at the end of the 600-yard rifle range, wind driven and running to the south east. Additional air resources from the state were also requested and a city recall was issued to back staff additional units and station 1.
 
Crews anchored in and worked the flanks, battling fierce winds and at times zero visibility conditions due to the thick smoke. The winds continued to reignite the line behind crews creating multiple fingers as they attempted to move quickly and wrap the head of the fire. It took multiple crews about and hour to contain the fire.
 
Crews spent an additional hour or so mopping up with the help of air resources and a tractor and disk from Sonnenberg Farms. This fire was a great collaborative effort by all resources on scene.
Units responding included: Fire 1, Fire 3, Fire 11, B101, B102, B401,B402, B403, Scat 67, Scat 68, Scat 36, Scat 37, Tender 16, Tender 47, Tender 33, Tender 65, Squad 24, Squad 25, Engine 3141, LCSO, and various DFPC units and air resources
 
On March 25, C-Shift crews responded mutual aid with Peetz Fire/Rescue for a grass fire on Colorado Highway 113. Crews were quickly able to control the fire.