NORTH SHORE, Hawaii (KHON2) -- It's been a tragic few months on Oahu's North Shore with multiple fatalities since late September. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You In the last four months, there have been eight deaths within a two mile radius of Sharks Cove. Two teens missing in North Shore waters, search paused until morning In September, a woman was fatally struck while walking along Kamehameha Highway near the Sunset Beach fire station. In October, two visitors drowned after being swept in at Ke Iki Beach and a motorcyclist died after trying to overtake a turning vehicle. In November, a soldier drowned at Three Tables on Veterans Day. Two more visitors drowned at Sharks Cove in December, and a 19-year-old fell off a cliff on New Year's Day. For years there have been plans to develop the parcel of land directly across from Sharks Cove into a 34,000 square foot shopping center. The area currently has food trucks and a few shops. However, community members said they would like to see a first responder hub there instead, which could benefit the community. "Ten deaths from the fire station to Rocky Point, in four months, there has never been this many deaths in a short amount of time," said North Shore community organizer Rex Dubiel Shanahan. "The closest ambulance is in Kahuku or Waialua and if they're on calls at Castle or Queen's West, we won't have an ambulance in our neighborhood," Shanahan continued. "We have firemen who are incredible and lifeguards that are world class, but we don't have an ambulance, and an ambulance is a mini hospital. Maybe some of these deaths could have been prevented if we had an ambulance in our neighborhood." During an informational meeting months ago regarding the hub, residents said ambulance response times took as long as 45 minutes if the ambulance was on a call away from North Shore. "Had the ambulance been right here at Sharks Cove, maybe, just maybe it would have been beneficial to those people who were pulled out and taken to the hospital who passed away there, maybe if an ambulance had been on site, we don't know for sure, but maybe they could have been said," Shanahan said. Over 8,700 residents have signed the petition supporting a first responder station over the mall. The community also supports a lifeguard tower between Three Tables and Ke Iki Beach, where five drownings have occurred this winter and all are non-guarded, but popular beaches. "I think at the moment, public safety has really risen to the top and to the forefront of folks' minds, and it makes sense, because we want to ensure that every area of our island, every community, has quick access to emergency services," said Honolulu City Councilmember Matt Weyer, who represents North Shore. On Sunday, despite the caution tape being posted, many people went swimming at Sharks Cove during a high surf advisory. Since the drowning that occurred there in December, Honolulu Ocean Safety has put a mobile truck there to warn people of the dangers. The lifeguard quickly went on a megaphone and told people to get out of the water for their own safety. Weyer said there has been discussions about increasing towers on North Shore and across the island, and hopes to see a new tower in the upcoming budget. "And if not, I hope to work with my council colleagues to ensure that it gets added," he said. As for the first responder hub, he said the mayor's team has reached out to the landowner to see if he's willing to discuss selling the property. Find more Hawaii, Oahu, Maui and Kauai news here "I'm hopeful for that because I think it could be a great legacy spot project that brings great value to the community and in terms of just increasing safety and ensuring that North Shore has access to those first responder services, which benefits all of the island," Weyer said. "Because the more presence we have, the less we see folks being pulled from other districts or other areas to respond to emergencies."