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Highland Rescue Team Ambulance District is located in the foothills of Denver. We proudly serve as the 911 ambulance agency for Genesee, Lookout Mountain, and Idledale. Additionally, we cover Interstate 70 from the Morrison Exit (259) to just past the Evergreen exit at mile marker 251. Our District is home to five separate open space areas of Jefferson County and Denver Mountain Parks offering hiking, mountain biking and running trails.

Highland is a Title 32 special district, a type of local government funded predominately by property tax dollars.

The department has six paid employees and more than 50 volunteer EMTs and paramedics that provide 24/7 medical coverage to the district. Our station, located at Highway 40 and Lookout Mountain, houses three advanced life support ambulances and one rescue vehicle, providing a central location for responding to our 33.5 square mile district. Highland Rescue's calls range from residential medical calls to multi-car accidents on I-70. We respond to backcountry calls for hikers off our many trail systems and provide wildland fire medical response for Genesee Fire Protection District and Foothills Fire Protection District. Each year, we respond to approximately 800 calls.

The draft 2026 budget is now available for public review. You can come into the station in person to review it, or get a digital copy sent to you. To schedule an appointment or to request the digital copy, please email District Administrator Laura Cardon at admin@highlandrescue.org. 

The public hearing for the budget is on November 11 at 2:30 p.m. at our station at 317 S. Lookout Mtn Road. This is the public's opportunity to provide comment. If you're not able to attend the meeting in person, please email admin@highlandrescue.org for a virtual meeting link. Comments and objections can also be sent to that email address if you're not able to attend the meeting at all. 

The final budget will be adopted by the board of directors on December 9, 2025 at the regular 2:30 p.m. board meeting.

More budget questions? Contact our district administrator at admin@highlandrescue.org.