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Fire commission reviews seismic risks for Stations 2 and 40 and seeks funding in 2028 "Easter" bond
Summary
Officials said two fire stations remain in the highest seismic-risk category and work with city engineers and the city administrator's office to evaluate retrofit vs. rebuild options and to pursue funding in the 2028 general obligation ("Easter") bond cycle.
The San Francisco Fire Department told the Fire Commission on Aug. 13 that two engine housesStation 2 and Station 40remain in Category 4 for seismic risk and that the department will seek funding through the city's planned 2028 Emergency and Seismic Resilience (EASTER) bond to repair or replace them.
The department said the stations are critical to response in dense neighborhoods and that the next step is a secondary engineering survey, followed by cost estimates for retrofit or rebuild. Chief of Department Dean Crispin told commissioners the engineers estimated a secondary survey would cost about $30,000 to $40,000 and that the department is “ideally going to fund that through our program.”
Why it matters: Station 2 serves Chinatown, North Beach, the Financial District, Tenderloin and Nob Hill, the department said, making it a high priority for earthquake resilience. Station 40, built in the 1950s,…
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