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Feds picking up tab for New Tampa fire station

Staff photo by JIM REED

Firefighters hired with grant money rescue train today at the Tampa Fire Academy.

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Published: October 8, 2009

Residents in New Tampa soon will have a new fire station and firefighters in their neighborhood, courtesy of the federal government.

Tampa Fire Rescue today announced the organization is slated to receive $1.6 million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund the Cross Creek Fire Station, said spokesman Bill Wade in a release.

The salaries of the 15 firefighters it will take to staff the new station will also be paid with federal money from a FEMA grant. The $1.4 million, distributed over five years, will allow the organization to hire 36 people, Wade said.

Sixteen new hires – already in training – are being paid from this cash, Wade said.

Construction on the Cross Creek Fire Station No. 22, 10871 Cross Creek Road, will start this year.

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