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ERIE, Colo. — There's a buzz in Colorado's firefighting community. Training is now safer for firefighters and the environment.

"We are proud to open the newest training facility in Colorado," said Wendy Forbes of North Metro Fire Rescue District. The 14-acre facility consists of various buildings for classroom and hands-on fire training.

It opened a few months ago, just a few years after citizens of the North Metro Fire Rescue District passed a bond issue that dedicated close to $19 million to the training center.

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