Andy Cross, The Denver PostDENVER, CO - July 19: Camper Rosevelt Banks-White, 10, right, runs with the fire hose during a competition/exercise as Denver Public Safety Cadet Celena Juarez follows close by at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy during the first annual Denver Fire Department Young Adult Career Exploration Camp July 19, 2016. The Denver Fire Department hosted area middle school kids for a three-day, hands-on camp for students that want to explore careers in firefighting by simulating emergency rescue and fire simulations and encouraging a sense of teamwork and responsibility. The next free camp is for girls only, which will be held at the academy July 26-28, registration is limited, check the Denver Fire Department website for more info. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Andy Cross, The Denver PostDENVER, CO - July 19: Lee Ward, 12, left, and Jovani Martinez, 9, assemble a fire-house nozzle at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy during the first annual Denver Fire Department Young Adult Career Exploration Camp July 19, 2016. The Denver Fire Department hosted area middle school kids for a three-day, hands-on camp for students that want to explore careers in firefighting by simulating emergency rescue and fire simulations and encouraging a sense of teamwork and responsibility. The next free camp is for girls only, which will be held at the academy July 26-28, registration is limited, check the Denver Fire Department website for more info. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Andy Cross, The Denver PostDENVER, CO - July 19: Campers not only learn how to operate a fire hose, but also get cooled off by one too at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy during the first annual Denver Fire Department Young Adult Career Exploration Camp July 19, 2016. The Denver Fire Department hosted area middle school kids for a three-day, hands-on camp for students that want to explore careers in firefighting by simulating emergency rescue and fire simulations and encouraging a sense of teamwork and responsibility. The next free camp is for girls only, which will be held at the academy July 26-28, registration is limited, check the Denver Fire Department website for more info. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Andy Cross, The Denver PostDENVER, CO - July 19: Denver Public Safety Cadet Celena Juarez, right, helps camper Jayda Claiborne, 10, manage a fire hose during a exercise at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy for the first annual Denver Fire Department Young Adult Career Exploration Camp July 19, 2016. The Denver Fire Department hosted area middle school kids for a three-day, hands-on camp for students that want to explore careers in firefighting by simulating emergency rescue and fire simulations and encouraging a sense of teamwork and responsibility. The next free camp is for girls only, which will be held at the academy July 26-28, registration is limited, check the Denver Fire Department website for more info. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Andy Cross, The Denver PostDENVER, CO - July 19: Camper Josh Klaassen, 12, left, test his skills spraying the fire hose under close supervision with fellow campers during an exercise at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy during the first annual Denver Fire Department Young Adult Career Exploration Camp July 19, 2016. The Denver Fire Department hosted area middle school kids for a three-day, hands-on camp for students that want to explore careers in firefighting by simulating emergency rescue and fire simulations and encouraging a sense of teamwork and responsibility. The next free camp is for girls only, which will be held at the academy July 26-28, registration is limited, check the Denver Fire Department website for more info. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Andy Cross, The Denver PostA Denver Public Safety Cadet, left, and a Denver firefighter, second from left, helps kids manage a fire hose at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy during the first annual Denver Fire Department Young Adult Career Exploration Camp July 19, 2016. The Denver Fire Department hosted area middle school kids for a three-day, hands-on camp for students that want to explore careers in firefighting by simulating emergency rescue and fire simulations and encouraging a sense of teamwork and responsibility. The next free camp is for girls only, which will be held at the academy July 26-28, registration is limited, check the Denver Fire Department website for more info. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Andy Cross, The Denver PostDENVER, CO - July 19: Camper Josias Martinez, folds up a fire hose after an exercise at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy during the first annual Denver Fire Department Young Adult Career Exploration Camp July 19, 2016. The Denver Fire Department hosted area middle school kids for a three-day, hands-on camp for students that want to explore careers in firefighting by simulating emergency rescue and fire simulations and encouraging a sense of teamwork and responsibility. The next free camp is for girls only, which will be held at the academy July 26-28, registration is limited, check the Denver Fire Department website for more info. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Andy Cross, The Denver PostDENVER, CO - July 19: Denver Firefighter Capt. Quentin Schamber, right, lifts an opening to a training tube to see camper Kenna Young, 11, at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy during the first annual Denver Fire Department Young Adult Career Exploration Camp July 19, 2016. The tube dubbed by DFD the “gerbil launcher” is used by firefighters to train in closed quarter situations where two firefighters have to crawl inside the tube in complete darkness with all of their gear on including air tanks, helmet, bunker gear etc. and rescue a victim. The Denver Fire Department hosted area middle school kids for a three-day, hands-on camp for students that want to explore careers in firefighting by simulating emergency rescue and fire simulations and encouraging a sense of teamwork and responsibility. The next free camp is for girls only, which will be held at the academy July 26-28, registration is limited, check the Denver Fire Department website for more info. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Andy Cross, The Denver PostDENVER, CO - July 19: Lee Ward, 12, left, and Jovani Martinez, 9, watch Denver Firefighters train at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy while holding a fire hose and nozzle awaiting their turn to spray the hose during the first annual Denver Fire Department Young Adult Career Exploration Camp July 19, 2016. The Denver Fire Department hosted area middle school kids for a three-day, hands-on camp for students that want to explore careers in firefighting by simulating emergency rescue and fire simulations and encouraging a sense of teamwork and responsibility. The next free camp is for girls only, which will be held at the academy July 26-28, registration is limited, check the Denver Fire Department website for more info. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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DENVER, CO - July 19: Camper Rosevelt Banks-White, 10, right, runs with the fire hose during a competition/exercise as Denver Public Safety Cadet Celena Juarez follows close by at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy during the first annual Denver Fire Department Young Adult Career Exploration Camp July 19, 2016. The Denver Fire Department hosted area middle school kids for a three-day, hands-on camp for students that want to explore careers in firefighting by simulating emergency rescue and fire simulations and encouraging a sense of teamwork and responsibility. The next free camp is for girls only, which will be held at the academy July 26-28, registration is limited, check the Denver Fire Department website for more info. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
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Members of the Denver Fire Department will spend Tuesday and Wednesday helping middle school students explore careers in firefighting by participating in hands-on emergency rescue and fire simulations.
“This is something we feel is important to give back to the community,” said Greg Pixley, camp organizer. “We are hoping to plant the seeds for some of these younger kids to give them a goal and perhaps something to work towards so when they get a little older maybe they want to become firefighters.”
The camps are the first of their kind. The camp this week for boys and girls will be followed with another July 26-28 for girls only.
The day camps are free and will be held from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at the Rocky Mountain Fire Academy, 5440 Roslyn St., Building F in Denver. Registration is limited and parents/guardians must attend an orientation before their children participate. To register for the July 26-28 camp, contact Greg Pixley at 303-503-7490 or greg.pixley@denvergov.org for more information or to register.
