West Metro Fire Training Center’s 2nd Annual Open House on October 2nd
The West Metro Fire Training Center in Lakewood, off of highway 285 and Kipling, is having their second annual open house on Saturday October 2nd between 10am and 2pm. There will be hot dogs al a carte for $1 and a $3 lunch with hot dog, chips, and drink. All of the proceeds will go to West Metro’s educational programs.They will be giving tours of the adjoining fire station #10 and the training center including their online learning and video conferencing capabilities. In addition, they will hold a family education class; demonstrate a commercial burn on the site’s six-story tower; and a rock climb on their brand new climbing wall.Last year’s open house was held on October 10th in foul winter weather, but they still had between 2,000 to 3,000 guests. Lakewood resident Cheri Sharits said, “It was cold. It was packed. And totally cool.” The forecast for this year’s open house is sunny and 75 degrees.West Metro Community Outreach Director, Cindy Matthews, said, “We want the public to know how thankful we are for the bonds that paid for this state-of-the-art facility.” In 2007, voters approved a $43 million dollar bond issue that financed the training center and five new fire stations as well as needed repairs at other stations.Regarding this year’s open house, Matthews added, “The weather will be nice and we are looking forward to a crowd.” Come out and share the day with our firefighters. After all, everyone wants to be a fireman.
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