Developer donates bell to Southern Highlands fire station

When the new fire station at the Southern Highlands community opens in June, it will have one special component.

A bronze bell, donated by Southern Highlands President Garry Goett and his wife, Darilyne, will hang in the station's bell tower to commemorate the firefighters, police and rescue workers who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and to honor the children who lost parents as a result of the tragic event.

The Remembrance Bell, made in 1907, is 26 inches in diameter and weighs about 450 pounds. The bell has hung in a school in Oregon and a church in Pennsylvania.

The Goetts donated the bell especially for children in the community. School groups will be able to visit the fire station to ring the bell, learn about it, and learn about the importance of rescue workers.

"We are very pleased to have this bell in the new fire station," Goett said. "Sept. 11 was a national tragedy and it is important that our children remember those who died on that day and honor the estimated 3,000 children who were left without a parent as a result of the attacks."

The fire station is a 10,336-square-foot, single-story structure situated on 1.25 acres with a Tuscany-style exterior designed to match its surrounding community. It will be operated by the Clark County Fire Department.

The planned interior features a three-bay apparatus room, a kitchen, dormitories, captains' rooms, offices, bathrooms, a workout room, laundry room, patio with a barbecue and a training tower.

Southern Highlands, set in the foothills of the southwestern Las Vegas Valley, is a 2,300-acre community with Tuscany-style design features and various recreational amenities.

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