A Letter to the Community
Like other departments across the state and nation, the Colton Rural Fire Protection District #70 has seen its call volume increase, almost double just in the last 5 years. In 2010 the department ran 235 calls, in 2017 the call volume reached 455. The fire service has seen a shift in the type of calls from fire to medical. With the prevention programs, construction improvements, inspection and building codes and use of smoke detectors, there has been a dramatic decline in f