Engineer George Romero in February was picked to replace Hartung when the lieutenant announced his pending retirement. Romero formed Fire Detail Services. That's not good enough. The rest went to the owners for expenses and profits, internal department memos show. Officials sometimes require private businesses such as office buildings and hotels to have a detail when a building's fire alarm system isn't working, even if just one person is in the building.
Some business owners say the details waste their money.
Yet, he said, the Fire Department had been inspecting his business throughout its construction. I was two weeks from opening, and I had no choice unless I hired the fire detail. It was a joke. At the National Western Complex, fire details are required during the annual stock show and at dozens of smaller events. Reva Lieber runs the Denver Collectors Fair, a monthly gathering of exhibitors at the complex.