Arvada Fire’s Amber Jones named Colorado Risk Reduction Network Educator of the Year

Jones honored for community education, fire mitigation work

BY RYLEE DUNN RDUNN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Years ago, the Arvada Fire Protection District employed a renewed focus on re safety education, re mitigation and risk reduction in an e ort to take a proactive approach to re ghting. is month, AFPD’s Amber Jones was named the Colorado Risk Reduction Network’s Educator of the Year in recognition of her educational work in the community.

Jones — a community risk reduction specialist who’s served Arvada for 20 years — spends her time going on safety visits, performing smoke alarm installs, handling educational programs for seniors, schoolchildren and young adults, and sharing resources to improve safety and health.

“In the eld of risk reduction, there’s no one in the country that sets a higher bar than Amber,” Deanna Harrington, AFPD’s Community Risk Reduction Chief, said. “We often joke that you can’t take Amber anywhere in Arvada without running into somebody that knows her. ere’s good reason for that, too.” and fortunate to work for a department and community that has such a belief in what I do in making our community safer and better for everybody through risk reduction. We try to be proactive as opposed to