A new fire station is being built in northeast Cape Coral to cut down on response times.
Fire Station 13 is going in between two existing fire stations and will help with all the growth being seen in Southwest Florida’s largest city. The station will be on Northeast 6th Street, between stations 2 and 5.
Cape Coral city leaders broke ground on Thursday afternoon.
Fire Chief Ryan Lamb says it’s only one of four new stations coming to Cape Coral.
“Our master plan is looking at about 16 fire stations, and so we still have 14, 15 and 16 [left],” Lamb said. “In the plans right now, we’ve got land, and a lot of that’s going to be based off of growth.” When Fire Station 13 opens, the city expects response times to improve instantly. Fire Station 2 and Fire Station 5, on either side of it, are the busiest departments in the city.