New Fire Station Groundbreaking This Friday

The Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District will break ground on its new fire station at 2545 Estero Boulevard this Friday. Shovels hit the dirt at 10AM on the old Topps Supermarket property. The Fire District is hoping to cut the ribbon on the new fire house at the end of 2025.

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 edited that idea. The plan now is to build a smaller fire station on the front piece of the old Topps property. The back half of the lot will be used as a construction site while the new station is being built. When construction ends, the back portion will be sold. 

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). The new fire station on the Topps property will replace the destroyed building on Estero that was just sold.