Four automated external defibrillators were installed at Highland Heritage Regional Park, Douglas County announced Oct. 22. Outdoor SaveStations house the equipment and keep it accessible 24 hours a day.
The county identified locations around the western field drop-off area, the picnic shelter and playground, and the eastern amphitheater and synthetic soccer field. The enclosures protect the devices from weather and regulate their operating environment.
The Ed Walsh Memorial Foundation donated the AEDs. Founder Kara Baker, a Douglas County resident, established the organization after her father’s death during a soccer outing in Highlands Ranch. The foundation’s work focuses on placing emergency equipment where people can reach it outside normal building hours.
