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Page 14 <br />departments, and other pertinent information. Other fire department staff members and <br />firefighters were also interviewed during this visit including on -duty rank and file <br />firefighters (B and C Shift) at each fire station. <br />Before this visit FACETS had received copies of several documents and previous <br />reports and studies regarding TFD. The significance of these documents was <br />discussed, as was the need for additional documents to be reviewed. The list of <br />documents provided to FACETS in included in Appendix I. <br />The second visit to Tukwila was on February 6 and 7, 2017. During this visit, FACETS <br />met with all but one of the City Council members, and a representative of the TFD fire <br />station design committee. Interviews were also conducted with the Renton Fire <br />Authority Fire Chief and Deputy Fire Chief. In addition, a site visit to Valley <br />Communications Center, the 911 Public Safety Access Point (PSAP) and dispatch <br />organization for the City of Tukwila was completed. The Deputy Director was also <br />interviewed and provided additional data to FACETS. Two meetings on February 6t" <br />where FACETS was scheduled to provide an overview of this study were cancelled <br />because of snow — the Public Safety Committee and City Council meetings. <br />The Executive Board for the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 2088 <br />met on February 7t" and FACETS met with the Board members, listened to their <br />concerns and answered questions regarding this study. <br />The FACETS team returned to Tukwila on February 16 and 17, 2017. During this visit <br />interviews were conducted with the Assistant Fire Chief, City Public Works and <br />Community Development Directors, TFD Fire Marshal, City Emergency Manager, and <br />the City's Communications/Government Relations Manager. On -duty rank and file <br />firefighters (A Shift) at each fire station were also interviewed. The team met with <br />developer Mark Segale at his location, toured the development and the designated site <br />for Fire Station 51. <br />The consultants returned to Tukwila on March 18, 2017 to attend the public open house <br />at fire station 54. During the open house the consultant was available to answer <br />questions regarding this study as well as general fire operations questions. <br />TFD shared relevant documents and emergency response data throughout the process. <br />For mapping, FACETS contracted with EF Geographic to produce the requested maps <br />with Tukwila's response data and best fire station locations. Significant delays to this <br />project occurred because of the GIS information provided by multiple sources and <br />issues with the data that required time consuming work on the part of the FACETS GIS <br />Analyst. In addition, our GIS Analyst worked closely with the fire department GIS <br />contact person on several other issues specific to the Tukwila GIS data and street <br />network. <br />Tukwila Fire Department — Station Location Study <br />June 2017 <br />31 <br />