St. Petersburg Fire Rescue had one high-water vehicle to complete hundreds of citywide missions during recent storms. It will soon have four.
City Councilmember Lisset Hanewicz highlighted the “good news” item Thursday, initially relegated to the typically overlooked consent agenda. She realized the agency’s need after visiting Station No. 4, which serves the city’s lowest-lying neighborhood, Shore Acres, in Hurricane Helene’s aftermath.
When asked what the city could do to help, St. Pete Fire Rescue (SPFR) personnel unanimously stressed the need for additional high-water rescue vehicles. Division Chief Brett Ciskoski said the department relied on borrowed, ill-equipped trucks to pull residents from Helene’s floodwaters…