ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Escambia County broke ground Friday on its new Myrtle Grove Fire Station 11, marking the start of construction on the new state-of-the-art fire station in District 2.
The new fire station is designed to accommodate 10 emergency response personnel, with features including three 75-foot apparatus bays with hurricane-rated doors, an administrative office and public reception area, bunk rooms and associated living quarters, commercial kitchen, radio/watch room, fitness room, laundry facilities, and more.
The facility will also feature emergency standby power generation with automatic transfer equipment, and all associated infrastructure necessary to ensure continuous operation during emergency events…