A new grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and North Carolina Emergency Management will help Yancey County acquire and demolish the Pensacola Volunteer Fire Department, according to Yancey Emergency Management Director Bill Davis. The Pensacola VFD, in its current location, has been the victim of many dangerous flash flood events from nearby Cattail Creek in the past and the department wants to build a new firehouse outside of the flood plain on land it owns on Hwy. 197 South. The county hopes to use the proceeds from the grant acquisition to help subsidize the construction of the new facility and plans to turn the cleaned up demolition site into a small park or public space for Pensacola residents to enjoy.