Colorado Springs fire district welcomes a dozen new firefighters
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)—The Stratmoor Hills Fire District now has 12 more firefighters after recruits wrapped up their training with an emotional ceremony on Saturday.
"The [fire] academy's rigorous physical training tested me to my limits. Pushing me past what I thought I was capable of; new levels of strength and endurance," Daniel Coe a graduating firefighter told KRDO13.
The new graduating class will now join the dozens of firefighters and staff overlooking 6,000 households and thousands of families in the Stratmoor Hills Fire District.