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History
Fire Station 4 was constructed in 1948 and is currently 11,000 square
feet. It houses a Task Force and
Hazmat Squad configuration and also the Command Post Utility. The station
is staffed by 14 Firefighters and services the Chinatown district of Los
Angeles. The area is approximately 2.4 square miles and is known for
Chinatown, Little Tokyo and Olvera Street. When constructed in 1948,
the area was
mainly residential. It has now developed into a densely populated
residential and business area.
Reason
for Project
The existing fire station is overcrowded and its main systems are
antiquated. The site is too small to accommodate a replacement Standard
Fire/Paramedic Station
Evaluation Of Current Facility
Areas of deficiencies that were noted by Bureau
of Engineering survey determined problems with: space, seismic, heating
and air conditioning, electrical, plumbing,
building code, American Disabilities Act (ADA), fire protection systems, and
lack of adequate separate gender
facilities.
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Projected Resource Workloads
Community planning census information and Fire
Department historical incident data have been used to project resource
workloads. It is projected that the number of responses will
increase 7.4% for apparatus assigned to Fire
Station 4 by the year 2010. |
Service Area Population Growth
Community planning census information
indicates that the population growth for Fire Station 4’s district has
increased steadily and is projected to increase to 38,839 which is a 35.1
% increase by the year 2010.
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