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Pueblo Fire Department begins 'Bucket Brigade' to educate the public on fireworks safety

The purpose of the program is to give people free buckets to fill up with water and to put their used fireworks in there until they are extinguished.
Pueblo Fire Department is bringing back its Bucket Brigade Program to promote fireworks safety
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COLORADO (KOAA) — The Pueblo Fire Department (PFD), with information from the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention & Control, has begun the "Bucket Brigade," a campaign to educate the public on fireworks safety.

Pueblo residents can head to Lake Minnequa Veterans Memorial Park on Thursday, July 3, to pick up a bucket from 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

If you can't make it, residents can also head to the PFD Administration Office anytime between 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.

The office will be closed on July 4.

You can learn more about the Bucket Brigade here.

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