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911 accreditation, firefighter health screenings and new EV fire policy highlighted in public-safety update
Summary
Emergency communications earned national accreditation; the city will host National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week events, the fire department launched expanded cancer screenings and new electric-vehicle fire protocols and plans another ALS assignment to improve cardiac-event response.
A city emergency communications staff member told the council the department’s professional development team achieved national accreditation, making the department the 103rd organization in the nation and ninth in Colorado to earn the credential. Staff said the city will mark National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week with a proclamation and announced an academy class of eight new telecommunicators starting April 21 that will push staffing to allocation levels.
Separately, a fire…
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