OPEN HOUSE
thanks for attending our 2011 open house! We hope to see you in 2012 at our new station.
Boulder Rural will host its annual Open House this year on Saturday, June 4, 2011. This will be the last year it will be held at our station on Jay Road. Next year (2012), we will be at our new facility on Lookout Road! As always, it will be lots of fun for the entire family, featuring exhibits from various Boulder County fire, law enforcement, rescue, and other emergency response agencies.
Date: Saturday, June 4, 2011
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Where: BRFD Station 1 at 5075 Jay Road - NW corner of Highway 119 (Diagonal) & Jay Road
- Balloons!
- Big red trucks to climb on and sit in
- Equipment demonstrations
- Extrication demo
- Fire hoses to squirt
- Fire safety house and 911 simulator
- Junior fire marshal badge stickers
- Swag for the whole family
- Refreshments available
Bring your camera!
And, in alphabetical order, there's more!
- Air Life EMS helicopter landing
- Bomb Squad
- Boulder County Sheriff's Department Mobile Communications Van
- Boulder Emergency Squad
- Fire safety material
- Flight for Life EMS helicopter landing
- Front Range Rescue Dogs
- Hazardous Material team
- Map books -- locate *your* home and see the nearest water source (if you're in our District....)
- Rocky Mountain Rescue
- Station tours
Hope that you can make it!
Below are some photos of last year's event.
Tours of our primary response engine, 2301.
Grill masters Greg N and Doug E.
Davi showing our extrication tools on a 2301 tour.
Balloons for the kids!
The classic engines were on display.
Members of the Boulder Bomb Squad explaining the tools of the trade.
Chatting with our Chief.
Flight for Life landing at the station.
Helicopter tours on the back triangle.