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Page 12 <br />day, every day of the year. As such, fire stations must have space to perform many <br />functions: office, dormitory, garage, equipment storage, decontamination, kitchen, living <br />and dining, training, physical fitness, and public access. The community expects much <br />of its firefighters and functional workplaces are needed to enable them to effectively <br />respond. <br />If unabated, fires and medical emergencies tend to worsen and can become deadly in <br />minutes. Thus, appropriate station locations are essential to the ability of firefighters to <br />respond quickly and meet their primary goal of mitigating emergencies within survivable <br />time frames. <br />Fire stations are long-term investments in the community and are expensive to staff and <br />operate. Their staffing and correct placement in the community is most important for <br />customer service and for efficiency. <br />Tukwila Fire Department is an all -hazards department, providing fire suppression, <br />hazardous materials mitigation, technical rescue, and basic life support services (EMS). <br />TFD does not provide emergency medical transport (ambulance) services. Ambulance <br />service is provided by Medic -One or private ambulance service providers in the region. <br />TFD and the surrounding fire departments operate an automatic aid system for <br />response to fire and medical emergencies. Most of the automatic aid is provided by, <br />and given to, the Renton Fire Authority (RFA) and the Puget Sound Fire Authority <br />(PSFA). There are other fire agencies that also provide and receive automatic aid. <br />Seattle Fire Department does not currently participate in the automatic aid system, but <br />does participate in mutual aid agreements with the surrounding fire departments. <br />The current Insurance Services Office (ISO) is a national agency that rates fire <br />departments on scale ranging from one to ten based on their training, and fire <br />suppression and prevention capabilities. The Tukwila Fire Department has an ISO 3 <br />classification which is excellent and is higher than the majority of fire departments in the <br />US. The number of stations and their locations have an impact on the City's ISO rating. <br />A lower ISO rating may result in increased fire insurance premiums for business <br />owners. <br />The City of Tukwila's passage of the Public Safety Bond obligates the City to build three <br />new fire stations. Three of the four current fire stations will be replaced. The stations <br />that are being replaced are: <br />• Station 51 — 444 Andover Park East <br />• Station 52 — 5900 South 147th Street <br />• Station 54 — 4237 South 144th Street <br />Station 51 is also the headquarters for fire administration and one of the new stations <br />will serve as the new location for headquarters in conjunction with an operational fire <br />Tukwila Fire Department — Station Location Study <br />June 2017 <br />W <br />