Activity in the 100 Areas has declined while 200 Area activity has increased to the point that the major need area for emergency services of all kinds is now in the 200 Area. Over the last 17 years, the HFD services have increased to provide emergency medical ambulance and hazardous materials response capabilities. These two services, in addition to the primary emergency fire and rescue operations, required extra personnel and equipment space. This resulted in severe overcrowding at the 200 Area Fire Station. The 200 Area Fire Station was designed to house fire equipment built in the 1950's and 1960's.
Modern equipment is now larger in size.
There is no place to store this equipment out of the weather and in a controlled environment. By storing this equipment outside, the equipment is adversely affected by weather, reducing the service life of the equipment. The existing septic system serving the 200 Area Fire Station does not have sufficient capacity to handle the personnel assigned to this facility. The existing 200 Area Fire Station has a single source of sanitary water for fire protection. The proposed sanitary water pipeline would provide a second water source to the 200 Area Fire Station.