Small town fire departments are close, but after this week, the Allenspark Fire Protection District got even closer after rescuing one of their own from a serious crash.
Fire Lt. Will Heath was promoted last year after starting with the volunteer department in 2018. He manages the fleet of vehicles. Usually, Heath would be the one at the station making everyone laugh.
“It’s not just like, 'Hey!' It’s like, 'Here I am! What do you need?' Unreal," Alysa Mattingly, the wife of Heath, said about her husband.
However, everyone else has come together for him since Tuesday.
Mattingly got to the scene where her husband's truck was crashed before firefighters.
"I saw the truck, and I thought he was helping someone," said Mattingly. "And I got a little closer and realized it was him this time."