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Indianapolis breaks ground on new Fire Station 20 in Little Flower

3025721 · April 16, 2025
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City and neighborhood leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony for a replacement Indianapolis Fire Department Station 20 that officials said will sit roughly 800 feet south of the existing facility, include new apparatus and preserve the station’s longtime firefighters.

City and neighborhood leaders gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony for a replacement Indianapolis Fire Department Station 20 in the Little Flower neighborhood, where officials said the new facility will sit roughly 800 feet south of the existing station and include new apparatus to support local firefighters.

The project replaces a station that officials said began service in 1952 and has served the Near East Side for more than seven decades. Mayor Joe Hovstad and Fire Chief Ernest Malone said the new facility aims to improve response capacity and provide community space while retaining the station’s current personnel.

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