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Friday, November 6, 2009

Colorado Springs Firefighters Receive Ben Franklin Award

Lt. Brian Moffitt, Driver/Engineer Christopher Richardson, Firefighter Nicholas Chapel and Firefighter Ryan Douglas of Colorado Springs (Colo.) Fire Department’s C-shift have been selected as this year’s winners of the International Benjamin Franklin Fire Service Award for Valor. On Jan. 16, a call came in for a structure fire at the Castle West Apartments, which cover most of a two-block area. Within seconds, many more calls began pouring in from both occupants trapped by the fire and witnesses outside. The burning apartment building was a 3-story, wood-frame, garden-level apartment with interior hallways and 135 units. It was built in ...

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