Fighting a natural gas fire comes with its own set of challenges.
To help mitigate those challenges, Colorado Gas team members in La Junta and Burlington presented fire demonstrations and led hands-on exercises on natural gas fires for more than 100 firefighters from 18 towns across the region. The exercises were led by Black Hills Energy safety professional, Arlen.
For many of the participants, this was their first experience with a natural gas fire. It’s important that all firefighters understand the best way to contain such a blaze. The trainings give firefighters a chance to practice techniques on containing natural gas fires in a controlled environment. It also helps them to understand the characteristics of natural gas.
Thank you to all the employees who volunteered to make the trainings a success and contribute to the safety of the communities we serve.
We partner with our communities and customers, providing the kind of energy that fuels those areas and the lives of those we serve. Feel free to share the stories and photos. Make sure to tag us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Positive Energy
-
Sometimes guardian angels are disguised as Black Hills Energy employees. Every year our employees in Montrose, Colorado, and Delta, Colorado, get together with Helping Hands, a local charity, to help families in need. Most years, Helping Hands provides the gifts and our employees supply Christmas… -
Black Hills Energy teams in Colorado celebrated Energy Efficiency Month in October by providing energy-saving kits to customers throughout our service area. About 40 local volunteers helped Colorado Electric employees distribute more than 1,100 energy-saving kits in four Colorado communities. Each… -
In September, the team at Colorado Gas in Castle Rock donned safety vests, grabbed trash bags and hit the road. The crew, organized by Office Supervisor Sebastian, cleaned an area on Park Street in front of the Colorado Gas office, removing 14 bags of trash along the 1 ½ mile stretch of road. It… -
When asked to donate blood, 20 team members of the Black Hills Energy Colorado Gas office stepped up to make a difference. Partnering with Vitalant, one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit transfusion medical organizations, Colorado Gas held its blood drive in September. A decision to…