VIDEO: In the 2600 block of Avery in Midtown, a two-story building has risen as the Memphis Fire Department took the wraps off of its new $7 million headquarters.
After five years in the making, Fire Chief Gina Sweat along with Mayor Jim Strickland and other top brass cut the ribbon on the new headquarters featuring a bell tower, arched doorways and art.
âTo have a space like this to better serve not just the citizens of Memphis, but better serve the members of our department is pretty overwhelming,â Chief Sweat said. Even more important, the state-of-the-art building is created to make the department even more efficient to fight fires.
âItâs only fitting that we have a top-of-the-line headquarters for the best fire department in the country,â Mayor Strickland said.
