Member Focus: Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control
Broomfield, Colorado, USA
VAI Member — Vertical Aircraft Operations
Photo and text by Mark Bennett
Lieutenant Blake Dragan applies a bit more elbow grease to cockpit windows on this S-70 Firehawk hangared at the state agency’s base at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (KBJC) in Broomfield. Dragan and his teammates in the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control have been operating the aircraft since 2024, with another Firehawk added in 2025.
Mark Bennett is a photographer, writer, and graphic designer best known for his work in rotary-wing aviation.
