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Auburn fire chief previews Engine 2 replacement designed to keep current station operational during construction
Summary
At a March 24 budget workshop, Fire Chief Chase presented an 85% design set for a new Engine 2 station to be built on the existing site with measures to minimize firefighter exposure to carcinogens and add fitness and training space.
Fire Chief Chase outlined plans at the Auburn City Council budget workshop on March 24 for a new Engine 2 fire station that city staff say will be built on the existing lot while keeping the current station operational throughout construction.
The plan shown to councilors is an 85%-complete design package intended for final contractor pricing. Designers and department staff chose the existing site after response-time and call-volume analyses indicated relocation would not be efficient. The construction sequencing would leave the existing station in service on the site apron while crews build the new facility behind it; emergency responses would use temporary egress “out the back and around the corner” once staff move into the…
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