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Analysis shows rapid north-end growth; city told it needs three new fire stations operational by 2031
Summary
A consultant nd fire chief told the council that population and housing growth north of Pine Island Road will push call volumes well beyond current capacity and recommended stations 14, 15 and 16 be planned now to be operational around 2031; build-and-staff timelines will require multi-year funding and lead time.
David Farmer of Metro Forecasting presented a spatialized call-volume analysis that projects substantial growth in the north end of Cape Coral and shows several existing stations are approaching operational overload. "If we did nothing, you can see how the workload is going to change," Farmer said, pointing to station-level projections that show some stations—acing multiple-fold increases in annual calls.
Farmer and Fire Chief Mike Russell identified three near-term priorities — stations…
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