In a typical year, 12 law enforcement officers; 5 fire and rescue personnel; 60 towing and recovery professional; and several transportation officials (DOT, Public Works, and Safety Service Patrol) are struck and killed while working on the road. In order to combat these statistics, the Colorado State Patrol collaborated with CDOT to create a task force to investigate the state of first responder safety in Colorado and to make recommendations to be safer. With a new training facility, our first