West Metro has a number of special teams that undertake hundreds of hours of training each year. Most of our special teams participate in regional and national cooperatives, lending a hand to other fire and rescue agencies across the country when disaster strikes. Our dive team works with the Denver Metro Dive Team, made up of divers from four different agencies. Our technical rescue team handles everything from collapsed buildings to rope rescues in Colorado's rocky terrain. Members of our wild land team are often called out as experts to work large wildfires in Colorado and other states. Our hazardous materials team is called in on incidents involving potentially harmful or deadly chemicals or gases.
Colorado Task Force 1 (CO-TF1)
West Metro Fire Rescue is also the sponsoring agency for the Colorado Task Force 1 (CO-TF1), Urban Search and Rescue. The task force is a Colorado-based team under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
West Metro Fire Protection District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, West Metro Fire Protection District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
West Metro Fire Protection District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
West Metro Fire Protection District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
