MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A new three-bay fire station will be built on Azalea Road south of Highway 90 to replace the 68-year-old, two-bay station down the street, if the Mobile City Council approves a $4.5 million construction contract next week. Mobile Fire-Rescue Interim Chief Barry Glisson says they plan to move a ladder truck to the new station.
“As well as a District Chief to that location and our hazmat units. So, we’ll have more equipment there at that station, but it will be better served throughout the community, and to give faster response times,” said Glisson.
Glisson says construction will take about a year, and crews will continue to work out of the existing station until the new facility opens…