VIDEO: Aurora Highlands is one of the newest communities in Aurora with hundreds of homes already built and many more under construction. What isn’t in the development yet is a fire station — the closest one is about 15 minutes away. It’s a concern for Aurora Fire Rescue as well as the city as it looks for ways to expand and respond in a rapidly growing Colorado community.
“This is a great example of a modern fire station,” said AFR Chief Alec Oughton as he gave CBS Colorado’s Kelly Werthmann a tour of Station 16, located near Gaylord of the Rockies. “If you look at the amount of space that we’ve got in this bay, this is huge.” Station 16 is one of the newest and largest in the department, and Oughton is happy to show off its modern features. “When we start talking about modern fire stations, we’re talking about programming that protects our assets,” he said.
