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History
Fire Station 43 is located at 10243 National Blvd. It was
constructed in 1942 and is currently 4, 885 square feet. The Station
houses an Engine Company and Rescue Ambulance that is
staffed by 4 firefighters and 2 paramedics.
Fire
Station 43 covers an area approximately 4.3 miles. When Fire
Station 43 was designed the district was mainly residential. Due to
development the area now has commercial, industrial, large multi-story
apartments, and filming industries in the district.
Reason
for Project
The existing fire station is overcrowded and its main systems are
antiquated. The site is inadequate to allow training and 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.
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 10.1% for apparatus
assigned to Fire Station 43 by the year 2010. |
Service
Area Population Growth
Community planning census information indicates that the population growth
for the Palms area has increased steadily and is projected to increase to
83,331, which is a 21.3% increase by the year 2010.
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