The annual Awards Banquet was held on March 13th in Littleton. Congratulations to the Loveland Fire Department and Loveland Police Department for winning the Program of the Year award for their joint effort in a Fire & Life Safety Activity Book. Congratulations are also in order for the Arvada Fire Department for also winning the Program of the Year award for their cigarette safety campaign "Keep Your Butt out of the Pot" warning citizens of the potential hazards in using a potted plant to extinguish smoking materials.
And congratulations to North Metro Fire Rescue District's Pam Kutchen who was awarded the Fire & Life Safety Educators of Colorado's Educator of the Year.