The Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District will open its brand new fire station at 2545 Estero Boulevard this Thursday. An Open House will be held for the community from 9AM to Noon.
The Fire District broke ground on the new 13,000 square foot, $11 million facility in October of 2024.Â
The Fire District purchased the former Topps Supermarket property in early 2019 for $4 million hoping to build a new state-of-the-art facility and headquarters on that property by 2024. Hurricane Ian changed everything.Â
The back half of the Topps lot was used as a construction site while the new station was being built. That piece of property in the back will now be put up for sale. Back in 2024 it was appraised at $5.7 million.
The Fire District also purchased a 1.75 acre piece of property just off the island on Shrimp Boat Lane (next to the Key West Express) for $3.4 million. That location will eventually be used as the district’s administration building and training tower. The construction of that building will be paid for by the eventual sale of the back half of the Topps property.
The Fort Myers Beach Fire District currently has two operating fire stations and an administration building: Fire Station 32 at 17891 San Carlos Blvd, Fire Station 33 at 121 Lenell Rd (next to Santini Plaza) and a headquarters at 100 Voorhis Street (across from the old Junkanoo location).
Fort Myers Beach Fire Chief Scott Wirth says food and refreshments will be available throughout the event, and attendees are encouraged to stay, explore the station, and meet the firefighters who proudly serve this community.
Watch our walkaround of the facility before it was finished last November with Chief Wirth HERE.
They really built a beautiful building!
I love the Womens club for all they do. Enjoy that they are in the neighborhood. It was left out that they want to change their zoning to commercial. Their reasoning behind this is for them to be able to have adult beverages at events, which is ok. But being commercial does not set well with the neighbors because the property could be a lot more than what it is. Come to Mondays meeting to get informed and have a say if you’d like.