JFRD holds ribbon-cutting for new fire station on Jacksonville’s Westside

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mayor Lenny Curry, Chief Keith Powers and other city dignitaries were on hand Wednesday for the official ribbon-cutting ceremony for Station 75 on the Westside of Jacksonville.

The station at 2630 Firestone Road, which was planned at a cost of $6.5 million, doesn’t officially open for several weeks.

The city broke ground on the station in October in an older, established neighborhood where Jacksonville Fire and Rescue is very busy and has some of the highest incidents and run times in the city.

In the past several years, the city has opened multiple fire station in areas Powers said are “in desperate need of fire stations to get our men and women in those areas to help shorten response times.”

JFRD has a list of all its current fire stations on myjfrd.com. You can also use this website to locate the closest fire station to your home.