Fire Station #14

Fire Station 14 stands at 551 26th Avenue on a 6,600-square-foot lot in the Richmond, listed each year in the city's register of the real property it owns. Its recent history is a renovation paid for in two halves. In 1998 the Finance Committee released $483,259 of 1992 Fire Protection Bond proceeds towards the station's construction contract, and on the same day a further $1,062,741 from a second source, bringing the project to $1,546,000; the building permit that followed, at $826,000, covers a seismic upgrade, a remodelled dormitory, an added locker room and a new roof. Why the work was needed is in the record. The 1990 survey of post-earthquake damage to general fund city buildings itemises cracks in the exterior wall front and rear, cracks in the backyard concrete pad, water coming through the retaining wall and into the apparatus floor through the second-floor atrium, and cracks in the roof — with the next action listed as negotiating the cost with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Since then the station's permits have been about staying operational: replacing the apparatus bay doors with four-fold doors in 2018, and a standby generator carrying a minimum 72 hours of fuel.

Archive coverage for this place is limited — only 4 matched documents so far, so this summary stays short rather than padded.