Current Station
The Task Force identified a number of deficiencies with the current South Shore Fire Station, including:
- Built in 1971 - at the end of its useful life
- Not built to “essential facility” seismic standards
- Lacks modern decontamination areas to protect firefighters from cancer-causing materials.
- Crew quarters of the current station cannot be reinforced to meet today’s seismic standards for essential facilities, leaving firefighters and the community vulnerable in an earthquake.
- Group bathroom lacks privacy and equitable accommodations
- Sewer system malfunctions
- Inadequate apparatus bay
Photos from 2025
Not built to “essential facility” seismic standards
Inadequate apparatus bay
Day room and kitchen; Exercise area - stair climber
Group bathroom lacks privacy and equitable accommodations
Turnout area; lack of modern decontamination areas
Inadequate shop space