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Page 12 <br />Based on this GIS analysis the locations with the best coverage related to equitable <br />response times citywide and effective firefighting forces are: <br />• Fire Station 51 — 180th St. and Southcenter Blvd. <br />• Fire Station 52 — 65th Ave. S., N. of Southcenter Blvd. <br />• Fire Station 53 — 4202 South 115th Street <br />• Fire Station 54 — 4237 South 144th Street (Current site) <br />It should be noted that alternative locations within one-quarter of a mile of those listed <br />above would have no or minimal impact on the travel times throughout the City. <br />The question of the appropriate location for fire department headquarters is a policy <br />question for the City. The consultants believe that headquarters should be near City Hall <br />at the new Station 52 location. <br />In addition to the GIS analysis over 70 individual stakeholders were interviewed and <br />over 20 documents or reports were reviewed. The interviews are summarized in the full <br />report. Some of the same questions were asked by many individuals and they are also <br />addressed in the full report. Included in the full report are concerns related to the size of <br />the new fire stations and potential ladder truck locations. <br />Geographical Information System (GIS) Analysis <br />The FACETS GIS Analyst encountered issues with the Computer -Aided Dispatch (CAD) <br />data provided and the City street network data. With the assistance of TFD members <br />with GIS experience, the FACETS GIS Analyst corrected all five years (2012 — 2016) of <br />the incident response (CAD) data as well as the street network data. The clean data is <br />available to the City of Tukwila to use as needed. Steps should be taken to eliminate the <br />data inaccuracies/errors from the data bases for future GIS related studies. <br />Fire Station Location Recommendations <br />Several scenarios for fire station locations were calculated and over 200 maps were <br />created. Maps were developed for daytime, night time and combined day and night <br />times. The locations for fire stations shift between day and night because of incident <br />volume and traffic considerations. Recommendations for fire stations for this study are <br />based on the combined day and night call volume and traffic. <br />The locations recommended provide equitable response times and effective firefighting <br />forces on a citywide basis to mitigate all -hazards incidents. <br />See the full report for the maps created for this study. Three of the maps were selected <br />for this condensed report. <br />21 <br />