Plans for the city's second fire station will improve response times on the west side of town when it opens next year, officials said.
Construction on Fire Station No. 2 will begin in the fall at the corner of Bellview Street and Zion Church Road, Fire Chief Mike Morris said. The station will occupy the northwest corner of a 100-acre tract planned to become a city park, the Kathleen Johnson Memorial Park.
"Our average response time is higher than preferred on the west side, and it will be the primary response station for everything west of Dixieland," Morris said.