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Winter Haven discusses community-safety upgrades: new fire station, EV response gear, SCADA fixes, park digital signs and radios
Summary
Winter Haven City leaders received a strategic-plan update that included the May 21 opening of Fire Station 4, an April SCADA radio disruption that prompted a citywide precautionary boil-water notice, purchases of EV-fire blankets and park digital signs, and a 100-unit radio rollout for non-public-safety staff.
Winter Haven City leaders on May 2025 received a strategic-plan update on community safety that covered a range of operational changes and equipment purchases, from a new fire station that opens May 21 to new communication and water-system redundancy work.
The fire department told the commission the relocation and opening of Fire Station 4 on May 21 will shrink coverage zones for multiple stations and reduce response times “by over 2 minutes” for approximately 3,800 calls in the newly assigned area. “Two minutes might not sound like a lot right now, but when you're in an emergency ... two minutes can literally mean the difference between life and death,” the fire department presenter said.
The presentation also updated commissioners on Fire Station 5, sited near Lake Hartridge Nature Park. The city is at a percent-design stage for Station 5 and is waiting on a…
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