NEWS
November 2021
START YOUR HOLIDAY PLANNING NOW! HRCA has many fun events, classes, and activities to get you ready and in the mood for the upcoming holiday season. Register for holiday classes and camps. HRCA offers a wide variety of camps to keep your kids active and entertained over the Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks, from full day at Camp Backcountry to half day art, cooking, LEGO, sports, Therapeutic Recreation camps and more! Camps will fill fast, so don’t wait to register! Start your holiday shopping. Take an art class to make unique holiday gifts, attend the Holiday Craft Fair on November 13, purchase Highlands Ranch swag at one of the recreation centers, or pick up something at the Pottery Sale at Southridge on November 15. Not sure what to buy that special someone? Pick up an HRCA gift-card, good for the purchase of any class, league, or event! Get in the spirit with fun events. Nutcracker Highlights, Classical Music Series, Princess Tea Party, and Dueling Pianos are a few of the events we have planned for the upcoming season. Purchase tickets to any of these events at www.HRCAonline.org/Tickets. Be sure to mark your calendar for the Hometown Holiday event on December 3. Put your house on the Holiday House Decorating Map. Show your holiday spirit and let everyone see your amazing holiday decorations. Submit your address and a photo by December 9 to have it added to the map; visit www.HRCAonline.org/Happenings. Visit our web site at www.HRCAonline.org/Happenings to find all of these upcoming holiday events and classes!
HRCA JOB FAIR ON NOVEMBER 1 Be a part of our team! HRCA is hosting an HRCA-only Job Fair on Monday, November 1, from 8:00 a.m. to Noon in the community room at Eastridge Recreation Center. We invite you to come talk to us about the current job openings. Please visit www.HRCAonline.org/Jobs to view all open positions and submit an application.
HR HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS: HR SOUTH METRO FIRE RESCUE PUTS OUT MORE THAN FIRES Highlands Ranch’s early residents had no fire and rescue services. “Before 1986, Highlands Ranch was not located within a fire district,” said Eric Hurst, Public Information Officer, South Metro Fire Rescue. “If fires were large, residents’ property would be lost before neighboring fire districts could arrive.” The closest fire departments were in Littleton and Louviers. “In 1986, the first fire and rescue vehicle with a 300-gallon water tank was purchased for Highlands Ranch,” he said. It was staffed with two firefighters, including a paramedic, who mostly responded to calls for injured construction workers, grass fires and natural gas leaks. “Highlands Ranch Metro District contracted with Littleton Fire Rescue for services in 1987,” Hurst said. The same year, Highlands Ranch’s first station (#17) opened on University Blvd. near Eastridge Recreation Center. Its new engine carried 750 gallons of water and was staffed with three firefighters. As Highlands Ranch grew, so did the size of its Fire and Rescue department. Opened in October 1994 on Blakeland Drive, “Squirt” 16 was a shared facility with the City of Littleton. The opening of Station 18 on Timbervale Trail followed in July 1998.
Applications can be submitted prior to the Job Fair, or laptops will be available to complete an application at the event. When submitting an application, please enter JOB FAIR for how you heard about the position. Join us to meet department supervisors, and interview for open positions upon application approval.
“The first large-scale wildland fire in Fall 2003 that burned more than 1,000 acres at Cherokee Ranch sounded the alarm for additional training and equipment,” said Hurst. That eventually
Masks are highly encouraged at the Job Fair.
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