Colorado Springs firefighters receive award for valor

The Colorado Springs Fire Department's Truck Eight C-shift will receive the International Benjamin Franklin Fire Service Award for Valor for its rescue efforts at the seven-alarm Castle West Apartment fire on Jan 16.

The crew includes Lt. Brian Moffitt, driver engineer Christopher Richardson, firefighter Nicholas Chapel and firefighter Ryan Douglas.

Rescues were accomplished by nine crews. Truck Eight accounted for 21 percent of the rescues.

The award is customarily presented for lifesaving efforts above and beyond the call of duty. Only two other Colorado fire departments have received the award, Denver in 1972 and Aurora in 1990.

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