A new EMS station planned for Buffalo Soldier Trail and Seventh Street will be doubly beneficial — it will provide faster response times for that area of the city, as well as a second ambulance to Fort Huachuca, officials said.
Last week Sierra Vista officials learned the city was one of 16 governmental entities in the country to be awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense's Office of Economic Adjustment. The grant, just under $1.5 million, will cover construction of the new emergency medical services station planned at the corner of Buffalo Soldier Trail and Seventh Street, said Sierra Vista Fire Chief Brian Jones.
Once the station is completed it will help decrease response times in that area of the city, Jones said, as well as assist Fort Huachuca's fire department at the military installation.