The City of Tampa is waiting to rebuild a fire station on Davis Islands nearly a year after Hurricane Helene.

Adri Colina, Director of Logistics and Asset Management for the City of Tampa, said the hurricane in September of 2024 flooded Fire Station 17.

"Fire Station 17, the Davis Islands station, sustained quite a bit of damage. At some point, we took in 3 feet of water and that damaged drywall and of course ruined all our furniture, HVAC equipment and electrical equipment was damaged. We also had some damage to our bay doors which is where the vehicles come in and out," said Colina.

Currently, firefighters cannot work or live at the fire station. They are only utilizing the bay.

"The only parts of the fire station that are able to be used is the bay where our vehicles come in and out

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