The Cape Coral Fire Department said they need more firefighters on hand in order to respond to emergency calls without overworking their crews.
Monday night, they are asking for the city’s approval to add six firefighters to their station.
Fox 4 sat down with Chief Ryan Lamb on why this is a win-win for both the city and fire department. Chief Lamb said the fire department has a large response zone.
“We cover 122 miles through eleven stations,” said Chief Lamb.
On average, they have roughly 60 emergency calls a day. "It can be very damaging on our firefighters to respond to that many number of calls,” said Chief Lamb.
The department recently conducted a study to make sure they have enough firefighters in the streets to respond.