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Council debates building permanent Southwest fire station as developer readies land
Summary
Denton Fire Chief Kenneth Hedges briefed council on a 3‑acre site in Hunter Ranch Phase 2 and recommended a permanent Station 10 to meet response-time standards; finance staff outlined $12.2M construction cost with about $900k annual debt service, and council directed staff to return with funding options after an extended discussion of timing and tax impacts.
Kenneth Hedges, Denton fire chief, told the City Council the city has the opportunity to move from a temporary to a permanent fire station in the Southwest by accepting a three‑acre conveyance from developer Hillwood in Hunter Ranch Phase 2. He said the current interlocal agreement (ILA) with Denton County Emergency Services District No. 1 expires in September and that without a replacement station residents in Robeson Ranch could lose ISO 1 rating — “they could go from ISO 1 to a 10 overnight,” he said, with homeowners’ insurance rising 30–50 percent.
Hedges described response‑time modeling using the NFPA 1710 framework and noted the city’s GIS maps undercount the station’s effective coverage…
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