Fire Station 17, which is on Chamoune Avenue in the City Heights neighborhood of San Diego, is being renovated, and it was recently announced that the project is nearly complete.
The reconstruction, which started last year, cost about $11m. The station is a modern building, three stories tall, with huge, glossy doors and a brick façade, comprising some 10,000 square feet. It will be home to three fire trucks and an ambulance, as well as many as 10 personnel. It also has room for one additional crew, so that emergency responses can be split between two units.
Fire Station 17 is the busiest in San Diego, responsible for covering an area four miles square. In 2016, the station was operating from a temporary location on 41st street, and logged 6,530 responses, 4,673 for medical emergencies, and 434 for fire-related incidents.
According to city records, the station was first opening in 1924, in a facility at 4108 University Avenue. It moved to its current location in 1950, into a building that cost $29,400 to construct. Unfortunately, firefighters working out of that building have had to contend with bedbugs, mildew, mold, water leaks, and asbestos, necessitating the renovations.
Station 17 should be finished late in November 2017. When facilities like this open, personnel might use colorful Banners as decorations to add to the feeling of a celebration.
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