Twiggs County is building a new fire station they hope will lower homeowners' insurance rates and improve fire protection.
In 2019, a fire started from a stove in a home off Highway 80 in Jeffersonville. A 32-year-old woman died from smoke inhalation.
Twiggs County Fire Chief and EMA Director Jack Wood says they have four fire stations covering the entire county, and that's not enough.
He says, "That would've cut our response time from five minutes down to a two-minute response, or a three-minute response time. That could've made a difference. We don't know, but going forward, that's what we are trying to achieve."
The county started clearing the land to prepare for construction. The new station will be off Solomon Drive in Jeffersonville.