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January 2, 2020
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ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO
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Coordinator will help with emergency preparation Lisa Clay will be paid by county as liaison to Englewood
Fire rescue personnel stand watch at the casket of former South Metro Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Troy Jackson Dec. 20 at Denver First Church Of The Nazarene in Cherry Hills Village. ELLIS ARNOLD
‘So long to our Superman’ fire agency, remembered as steadfastly moral and always willing to help. Some words loved ones used to describe Jackson: Superman. He had a childlike grin. Christ-follower. Softball co-coach. “Troy laid many bricks in South Metro’s foundation,” Baker said. “Our fitness and wellness program is one of those bricks.”
In September, Arapahoe County signed an intergovernmental agreement with Englewood to provide emergency management services. It called for the hiring of an emergency management liaison to serve Englewood. Now, the hiring process is over, and Lisa Clay Clay is ready to step into the role. Clay was named emergency management coordinator for the City of
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South Metro Fire’s Troy Jackson was known to make others laugh BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
After a 6 1/2-year battle with cancer, Troy Jackson called on South Metro Fire Rescue Chief Bob Baker and another high-level member of the agency to talk the afternoon before he died. And, in his trademark humor, he said: “Missed it by that much.” That was Troy.
Baker told that story on stage at the memorial service Dec. 20 for Jackson, a former South Metro assistant chief of operations who died at age 51 after fighting a rare job-related terminal cancer. Jackson But the years of illness couldn’t shake the man who became an inspirational figure in the
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