A new fire station will open in Denton amid massive growth in North Texas.
The new fire station 9 was strategically placed at Denton Enterprise Airport, due to the massive growth in freight operations in the areaA recent U.S. Census report of the top 15 fastest-growing cities in the country includes five boomtowns in North Texas. Denton and the surrounding area made the list, which means county and city departments must make plans to keep up with the growth.
A grand opening is planned for 10 a.m. Friday, with city leaders and county officials getting a closer look at the state-of-the-art building and new 3,000-gallon aircraft response firetruck. “It's a very, very busy general aviation airport,” said Boots."So, just in this area alone for Station 9, we've got a huge manufacturing district. We've got millions of square feet of warehouse. We have Peter Built Trucks, TetraPak, Target, WinCo, and Aldi distribution centers, lots of others."
"We're planning for future growth, and we need to be able to cover all of the aircraft that are coming in and out of this airport," said Boots. "All the growth that's been in Collin County over the last few decades, it's now in Denton County,” he said. “There's a big movement coming up from the Fort Worth area. There's movement coming in from Collin County area and it's converging right on Denton. And with our location being right here on I-35, it makes it very, very popular for growth.”
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