South Metro Fire Rescue has a team of Communications/Public Information Officer (PIO) professionals who work to ensure citizens, community, and the media are updated on incidents, events, and activities around the South Metro district.
Kristin Eckmann, Deputy Chief of Community Services
Connor Christian, Communications Bureau Manager & On-Call PIO
Brian Willie, Lead PIO
Matthew Assell, PIO - Communications Specialist
Micki Trost, On-Call PIO
Jenn Abraham, On-Call PIO
Jenn Schmidt, On-Call PIO
Katey Pratt, On-Call PIO
There is a PIO on-call 24/7 to help answer questions and to ensure information gets out to the public should an incident occur within South Metro's District.
Contact
If you are a member of the media or need to get in touch with our Communications Team, please email the PIO group.
SMFR Community Patches
Due to the high volume of requests that our organization receives, we are unable to give patches out. If you’d like to purchase SMFR patches, including station and special team logos, please visit our vendor website, 911 Patches.
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