EL JOBEAN \u2014 Charlotte County Fire & EMS has closed Fire Station 3 on El Jobean Road and temporarily relocated operations while a replacement station is being built.<\/p>\n
The existing Fire Station 3, 4322 El Jobean Road in Port Charlotte, will be demolished to make way for a new facility.<\/p>\n
During construction, personnel and apparatus assigned to Fire Station 3 will operate from a temporary station across the the road at Randy Spence Park, 4333 Kerrigan Circle, Fire Department officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Engine 3 and Rescue 3 will remain operational throughout the project, and emergency response coverage will continue for the area.<\/p>\n
The replacement of Fire Station 3 is funded through the voter-approved 2020 1% local option sales tax.<\/p>\n
Built in 1977, Fire Station 3 serves the El Jobean community and areas around it.<\/p>\n
The station has \u201creached the end of its service life and no longer adequately supports the operational needs of a modern fire station. The existing station lacks hurricane hardening, has limited storage capacity for apparatus and equipment, and does not provide adequate space for personnel or future growth,\u201d county officials stated.<\/p>\n
The new Fire Station 3 will be built on the existing site and is expected to be completed in mid-2027.<\/p>\n
The replacement facility will provide improved resiliency, expanded operational capacity, and enhanced support for Charlotte County Fire & EMS personnel serving the community, officials stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL JOBEAN \u2014 Charlotte County Fire & EMS has closed Fire Station 3 on El Jobean Road and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-341144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341144","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=341144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}