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LFPD Continued from page 4 Upcoming Events

Brian Johnson, a recent graduate of the National Fire Acade- LFPD Board of Directors Public Meeting: Thursday, No-
my’s Executive Fire Officer Program. vember 9 – 7 p.m. at Station 161 located, at 9414 South Spruce
Mountain Road in Larkspur.

PERRY PARK METRO DISTRICT
PRESERVING OUR COMMUNITY

The PPMD seated two new board
members. Linda Black, who has
lived in Perry Park for two years,
brings extensive experience with
grants and will be a great addition.
Craig Van Doorn was seated at the
September meeting and although
he’s been in the park less than a year, he’s already made his
mark through his sponsorship of the community yard sale ear-
lier this year. We welcome them both and are already seeing
them make a difference!
NAME: Brian Johnson
Our meeting on October 12th was extended by an hour so we
RANK AND TIME SERVED WITH LFPD: Captain of A shift.
I’ve been with Larkspur Fire since 2003. could have a special presentation by Margaret Deiotte who is
leading the effort to obtain grants to evaluate and update Wau-
conda Park. We’ve submitted that grant to GOCO for early
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: Ran a beverage distributorship in
Colorado Springs. My Dad was a volunteer firefighter for 30 assessment and will submit formally in early November.
years.
With another full agenda, the board reviewed and approved the
minutes and financials for August and is seeing the value in re-
ORIGINALLY FROM: Edgewater, Colorado
tention of SDS as the management company for the district.
FAMILY: My wife Kris and I have been married for 22 years.
We have two daughters – Maddie, 16 and Morgan, who is 14. BOARD MEMBERS
President Randy Johnson
VP Derek Meredith
HOBBIES: I build and drive hot rods; love fishing. I also coach
girls’ softball and like to workout. Assistant VP Craig Van Doorn (seated 7 September)
Treasurer Vanessa Dao
Secretary Linda Black (seated 12 October)
WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT SERVING WITH LFPD: I en-
joy working for a smaller department like the LFPD. The rela-
tionship our department has with our community is something MINUTES - The minutes for the August District meeting were
unique and special. reviewed and approved.
COMMITTEES: We’re actively soliciting for community
WHAT SHOULD OUR COMMUNITY KNOW ABOUT
LFPD: We will always strive to be professional and courteous involvement in our new committees including Social, Parks
while keeping up with technology and the ever changing needs and Open Space, and Traffic/Safety. Craig has been leading
of our community. the charge on these. If you are interested, please email us at
Info@PerryPark.org.
Calls for Service: September 2017
SLASH PICKUP: It’s fall and that means Slash Pickup is in
full swing. By the time this comes out, hopefully Tony and his
LFPD Call Statistics - September, 2017
crew will have swept through the park, and we will all start
planning for the spring pickup in April. Just a reminder that
Fires 7
EMS 36 the shorter and taller the piles, the quicker Tony’s crew is able
Alarm Activations 3 to grab and go.
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T O T A L 8 0 DAFFODILS!:
It’s time for the annual Daffodils bulb distribution! This year,
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