2020 Employee of the Year

We are very excited to announce and celebrate our Employee of the Year, Amber Jones. Amber is an incredible asset to the Arvada Fire Protection District. What stands out above all other things is her ability to connect with people and improve their quality of life. Amber makes friends everywhere she goes and quickly becomes someone who our community members can trust and depend on. Amber's "can do" attitude and willingness to help others is admirable. There is no task that she isn't willing to take on. She tackles tough challenges with great professionalism, no judgement, and a smile on her face.
If you have had your smoke alarms checked in our district there is a good chance that you worked with Amber. She doesn't show up to merely change out smoke alarms, but rather takes time to have conversation, assess a multitude of risks she can mitigate, and never leaves without asking what else she might be able to assist with to make life just a little bit better. She has generated partnerships with a host of organizations and individuals so that she can navigate the right resources to help people out. 2020 brought about an even greater number of challenges for our community members and Amber worked diligently to continue to deliver community risk reduction within the safety parameters and gave even more of her time to our elders who have been living in isolation. She put forth great effort to figure out how to deliver a virtual option for fall prevention in order to keep our older adults proactively combatting our number one EMS call while being isolated at home. Without a doubt Amber's daily efforts have resulted in the reduction of many fires and injuries to those that we serve.