In the Works - Community Newsletter In the Works May 2017 | Page 28

One of San Francisco’s oldest
fire stations is getting rebuilt
from the ground up as part of
the City’s continuing efforts to
ensure public safety after a major
earthquake or disaster.
Fire Station No. 5, located in the
Western Addition at Turk and
Webster streets, was built in 1956
and definitely showed its age. The
replacement facility will conform
to today’s building codes,
meaning it will be seismically
safe, ADA accessible and better
for the environment with new
systems that use less water and
energy to meet the needs of 21st-
century San Francisco.
Demolition of the current
facility began early this month,
and construction of the new fire
station is set to start mid-July.
The $14.8 million project is
expected to be completed in fall
2018.
The new facility is being funded
through the Earthquake Safety
and Emergency Response
(ESER) Bond, which voters
passed with 79 percent approval
in June 2010. The bond, managed
by Public Works, aims to make
first-responder facilities more
resilient in the wake of a major
earthquake or natural disaster.
Voters approved a second ESER
bond in 2014.
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