AP Completes New Fire Station in Greenwood Village

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. – Adolfson & Peterson Construction and members of the local community recently celebrated the completion of the new South Metro Fire Rescue Station 31 in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

The grand opening celebration was an educational experience for children and families to tour the facility and learn about the operations of the fire fighters and staff. It was held a few weeks after the fire fighters and staff celebrated the first ambulance and fire truck moving into the station.

The new 12,740-square-foot fire station was built after demolishing its outdated structure and was completed in 11 months. Features of the new facility include seven bedrooms; a state-of-the-art workout facility, kitchen and day room to accommodate a six-person shift; five bathrooms; two offices and a patio with direct access to the kitchen and day room. The bedrooms are a great improvement to the quality of living for the staff, as the former facility only had curtain separations between sleeping areas. Honoring the history of fire houses, the facility has a firefighter’s pole from the second story to the apparatus bay.

The OZ Architecture design is harmonized with the surrounding residential neighborhoods. The truck bay was designed around the inclusion of a water rescue dive boat – an untraditional item for Colorado. The station uses the vessel for emergency responses at the nearby Cherry Creek Reservoir with a team trained to perform swiftwater, ice and deep water rescue recovery operations.

The ceremony concluded with a hose uncoupling tradition. Similar to a ribbon-cutting tradition, the mayor and fire chief uncoupled a fire hose to dedicate the building.