A decade or more of hard work
and commitment paid off on Oct. 24 as Hillsborough County’s newest fire station
was officially opened. The $1.9 million dollar facility includes three bays and
one of the tallest ladder trucks in the county. Also housed is a fire engine and
a rescue vehicle. The station will house a 36 person crew and includes a workout
room and dormitory style housing. Several dozen area residents turned out for
the opening ceremony and for a tour of the new facility. In related news, the
old fire station on South Pebble Beach Blvd. has been turned over to the Sun
City Center Emergency Squad. The all-volunteer organization supports the
Hillsborough Rescue Squad making more than 12,000 response calls each year. The
county also provided more than $64,000 to the Emergency Squad for necessary
renovations to the building. Pictured above, members of the Fire Rescue Honor
Guard raise the flag on the new fire station. Pictured below, Hillsborough
County Commissioner Jan Platt turns over a Quit Claim deed to Jack Frobose of
the Emergency Squad for the old fire station.
A decade or more of hard work
and commitment paid off on Oct. 24 as Hillsborough County’s newest fire station
was officially opened. The $1.9 million dollar facility includes three bays and
one of the tallest ladder trucks in the county. Also housed is a fire engine and
a rescue vehicle. The station will house a 36 person crew and includes a workout
room and dormitory style housing. Several dozen area residents turned out for
the opening ceremony and for a tour of the new facility. In related news, the
old fire station on South Pebble Beach Blvd. has been turned over to the Sun
City Center Emergency Squad. The all-volunteer organization supports the
Hillsborough Rescue Squad making more than 12,000 response calls each year. The
county also provided more than $64,000 to the Emergency Squad for necessary
renovations to the building. Pictured above, members of the Fire Rescue Honor
Guard raise the flag on the new fire station. Pictured below, Hillsborough
County Commissioner Jan Platt turns over a Quit Claim deed to Jack Frobose of
the Emergency Squad for the old fire station.