Firefighter Memorial Highway -Chief T Jackson

01/18/2026

I wanted you make sure all of you that supported us and the completion of this goal were updated. Thank you so much for your support!!!
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11/07/2025

It is finally completed!!
We were hoping for a bit of fanfare for the unveiling - but we’ll take the finished project!!
Thank you to every single person that contributed and helped make this a reality!
Thank you Mike DellOrfano at South Metro Fore Rescue,
Kerstin Keogh and the entire South Metro Professional Firefighters Foundation, the executive team (past and present) at SMFR and the Colorado chapter of the IAFF.
We will have a more prolific announcement, but for now, enjoy your drive up and down I25 between C470 and Belleview.

07/28/2025

CDOT has received our check for the fubdunf of the signage!! Thank you to everybody that contributed and / or shared!!
I’ll keep you updated on timing when we hear!!!!

01/28/2025

Today, the official approval came from the House of Representatives on the floor of the Capitol. Thank you to everyone that supported the effort.
Please take the time to watch and learn about the highway, share the video and link to the giving campaign. Every donation helps us to reach our goal!!
Thank you so much!

Through a joint resolution in the Colorado House and Senate, Legislators unanimously voted to officially name a portion of Interstate 25 in memory of Chief T...

12/27/2024

https://www.coloradogives.org/story/Firefightermemorialhighway
Here is the new link for donations!
This is a 501(c)3 for your tax info.

Thank you in advance- we are needing to dig deep to meet our goal.

Funds will designate a portion of I25 as the Firefighters Memorial Highway in honor of Chief Jackson

12/10/2024

Please consider donating today and if you support this incredible organization and earmark the funds for the Firefighter Memorial highway, the funds would go a long way for us reaching our goal!

Thank you so much!

Colorado Gives Day is today! Please find us at the link imbedded in the photo or here:

https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/South-Metro-Professional-Firefighters-Foundation

We appreciate your gifts and the opportunity to serve those first responders in their time of need. Donating a reoccurring gift multiplies the matching gifts to SMPFF.

Thank you 🚒🚑🚔

12/03/2024

We have obtained approval to utilize the 501(c)(3) of the SouthMetro Professional Firefighters Foundation. Anyone who has completed a donation will receive a letter from me before January 30 for your taxes.
For anyone that is planning on making a donation, you can do so through a link that I will include below. Please make a note on the memo line that it is for the Jackson Memorial Highway.
But if you have questions, you can always call me at 303-910-8505.
Thank you again for your support !!!

06/06/2024

Call me with any questions on the progress or ways to support our cause.303-910-8505

05/12/2024

Howdy Friends -

I have been fortunate enough to have some incredible assistance from Mike DellOrfano at South Metro Fire Rescue with a process I am totally unfamiliar with but - here we go...

I had a dream to somehow make the efforts and sacrifices our first responders make daily, front and center for members of our community. So I decided to work to have a portion of a
state highway designated as the Firefighters Memorial Highway in Memory of Chief Troy Jackson. This would honor Troy's years of service, LODD, and contributions to cancer prevention and highlight all firefighters. Lobbyist Driver helped navigate the process but unfortunately it had some formatting issues when submitted by legislative staff, so it will have to wait and be presented next year. In the meantime, representative Clifford read a brief tribute to Troy into the record, which was really nice and received a great response. My hope is that this may give me enough of a kickoff to get some financing for the portion of the highway

I hope you follow it and prayerfully consider donating to the cause to fund it. We are hoping that it will be the portion of I25 at around Belleview and all the way to C470 or Lincoln. These are roads that are in South Metro's district and it makes me smile to think our rigs and personnel and families and friends will drive these on a very regular basis.

I will update the page when we have official approval from the legislature (January 28, 2025) and when the unveiling will happen. (You may notice because it will disrupt traffic when they go to hang it...)

Please share any pictures of your favorite firefighter that you want to honor with this highway portion!!!

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