SoDo District - Station 14 - Historic

About the Station

Station 14 houses one ladder unit and an aid unit. The station is also home to the department's Technical Rescue Team which helps mitigate dive/confined space/rope/trench/tunnel/heavy rescue incidents.

The Technical Rescue Unit serves three main functions. First, it includes a heavy rescue unit that provides equipment such as the "jaws of life" and lifting slings that can move large objects, such as concrete from a collapsed structure. Second, it includes a high-angle rescue unit, which provides ropes to lower rescuers to a victim. The rope is about 1,800 feet long - long enough to reach from the top of the Space Needle down to the Bagley-Wright Theatre. Third, the confined space rescue unit provides hydraulic tools that can drill through at least a foot of concrete to reach enclosed victims.

In 2005, this station received landmark designation. Click here to read the first part of the landmark nomination report, and click here to read the second part of the landmark nomination report.

Station Improvements

The project scope includes space for a ladder truck, aid unit, apparatus bay, and technical rescue unit.

The project is currently funded through design. To compensate for lower than anticipated Real Estate Excise Tax (REET) funding, the project will be put on hold at the end of design if alternative funds are not identified.

Temporary Relocation

During construction, the station will be relocated to an interim facility on the current site to ensure continued fire and medic response to the neighborhood served by Fire Station 14.

Current Status

The project re-started in the pre-design phase after being put on hold to compensate for lower than anticipated Real Estate Excise Tax (REET) funding. The revised scope includes a seismic retrofit of the existing structure and an additional apparatus bay..

Milestones

May 2009: The project completed pre-design.

August 2007 - October 2008: The project was on hold due to rescoping. The decision was made to keep the station on the current site and address structural deficiencies.

April 2007: Bassetti Architects were selected to design the project.