{"id":252853,"date":"2026-04-30T19:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252853\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:12:08","slug":"martin-county-fire-rescue-wont-open-a-new-station-until-at-least-2031","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252853\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin County Fire Rescue won&#8217;t open a new station until at least 2031"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12)   \u2014 Martin County Fire Rescue is expected to have a new fire station in western Palm City, but it won&#8217;t start construction until 2031 at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>A recently released Capital Improvement Plan from the Martin County Board of Commissioners outlines the need for a new station in the region, citing an 87% increase in calls to the area since 2009. <\/p>\n<p>Most recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/we-need-a-fire-station-palm-city-residents-urge-action-after-recent-brush-fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a series of wildfires in 2025<\/a> burned dangerously close to homes in the area. The nearest station, Station 21, sits about 9 miles away near SW Martin Highway and SW Mapp Road. Some residents report that response times can range anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the fire trucks get here, maybe it\u2019s 15-20 minutes at best, and in 15 to 20 minutes, a fire in a home can destroy it,\u201d Cornelius Pameijer, a Stuart West HOA member, said during the wake of wildfires last year.<\/p>\n<p>Another fire in the south county community of Foxwoods Estates sparked Thursday morning. MCFR points to a downed power line as the cause. While Station 22 is less than a 10-minute drive, other communities in the county aren&#8217;t as lucky. <\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/gun-found-in-backpack-at-school-screening-wellington-community-high-school-student-taken-into-custody-school-district-of-palm-beach-county-campus-safety-principal-cara-gorham-security-screening-student-code-of-conduct-students-staff-safe-no-disruptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gun found in backpack at school screening; Wellington HS student taken into custody<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fire officials say demand is only increasing as the population grows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, our call load increases with the population increase. So we&#8217;ve been able to adapt. We&#8217;ve been able to hire additional personnel over the last few years to help meet that demand,\u201d said District Chief Tom Hornbostel.<\/p>\n<p>The same county analysis projects thousands of new residents and homes in the coming years\u2014adding even more pressure on response times and reinforcing the need for a new fire station in western Palm City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 Martin County Fire Rescue is expected to have a new fire station in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-252853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}