Brighton Traffic Safety Day The Brighton Traffic Safety Day was held on April 2nd, 2022 at the Adams County Fairgrounds in Brighton and hosted by Brighton Fire Rescue District and Brighton Police Department. The community came out to learn about traffic safety and demonstrations on traffic crash investigations, vehicle extrications, defensive driving and and more. Units on Scene: Battalion Chief …
Arapahoe Rescue Patrol Recruiting Event The Arapahoe Rescue Patrol held a recruiting drive at South Metro Fire Rescue’s Troy Jackson Training Facility in Littleton on April 2nd, 2022. Approximately ten perspective recruits and their parents came out to learn more about the organization. After a meeting inside the training center, ARP members showed off their apparatus and equipment. ARP is …
Wildland Training Exercise Genesee Fire Rescue participated in a multiagency wildland fire training exercise on April 2nd, 2022. Approximately 70 firefighters from several agencies participated in a mock 50-acre wildfire in a meadow off Foothills Drive North. Crews worked on making fire lines, checking for spot fires and ensuring that the fires were out. The exercise allowed firefighters to familiarize themselves …
Makeshift Fire Pit Fire On April 1st, 2022 West Metro Fire Rescue was alerted to an unattended, makeshift fire pit that cause a fire in the backyard of a home in the 7000 block of S. Lewis Court in Littleton. Embers carried by gusty winds ignited a small storage shed and also set fire to a section of the grassy …