As DeBary gains population and new homes and businesses, city leaders are preparing for a second fire station, similar to the one shown above. The construction of Fire Station 39 is set to begin soon, and it is supposed to be completed in September 2025. The new fire station will be located at 978 Fort Florida Road, and it will offer fire protection and suppression and emergency medical services in the fast-growing southern part of DeBary. Fire Station 39 will be situated west of the CSX/SunRail corridor and U.S. Highway 17-92, thus enabling emergency personnel to scramble to blazes, accidents, injuries or acute medical needs in the area close to the St. Johns River without waiting for a train to pass. The cost of Fire Station 39 is approximately $6 million. DeBary received a state grant of $1.25 million to defray part of that expense. The general contractor is Wharton-Smith Inc., of Sanford. DeBary will officially break ground for Fire Station 39 at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11. The date was chosen to remember and honor the first responders who scrambled to and sacrificed — some with their lives — the terrorist attacks on the United States on that day in 2001.