- The City of Port Aransas recently received $2.9 million from FEMA to finalize funding for the new fire and EMS facility that’s been under construction since March.
- The old volunteer fire department building was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and they have been in a temporary facility since.
- Port Aransas City Manager David Parsons says it was a long battle with FEMA to obtain these funds for the project.
- Construction on the new fire and EMS facility is set to be complete in summer 2025.
As of September 2024, the City of Port Aransas received $2.9 million from FEMA to finalize the funding for the new fire/EMS facility. In March 2024, KRIS 6 News reported on the groundbreaking of the new combined fire and EMS facility in Port Aransas. The old volunteer fire station was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. The overall cost of construction is $10.1 million for the 19,270-square-foot building and it will house EMS, in addition to the fire department. As of March, the funding for the project was not completely in place because the city was still trying to obtain additional funding from FEMA.