CO Fire Departments Merge New Year's Day

Jan. 2, 2019
The Littleton Fire Department disbanded after 128 years and joined with South Metro Fire Rescue on Tuesday.

The Littleton Fire Department disbanded after 128 years and joined with South Metro Fire Rescue on Tuesday. The merger was celebrated with a handing off ceremony.

“Tradition and honor are really big in the fire service and certainly at South Metro Fire we wanted to make sure we honored the 128 years of tradition that Littleton Fire Rescue had established,” a South Metro spokesman told KCNC-TV.