BATTALION 14 News & Information

Work continues on Fire Station 78 in Studio City. The new fire station will be located on Whitsett Blvd. about 2 blocks north of Ventura Blvd. It is one of the 17 replacement Fire Stations being funded and built by the voter approved Proposition F Fire Bond Program. When complete, the 17,250 square foot state of the art facility will be a welcome addition to the community and replace the temporary trailers currently housing Engine and Rescue 78. The original Fire Station 78 was destroyed in the Northridge earthquake.

The Fire Station will be a two story facility with heavy apparatus bays (housing the Fire Engines and Fire Trucks)on the north side of the complex and light apparatus bays (housing the Rescue Ambulance and command vehicles) on the south side of the Fire Station.
The first floor will house the administrative offices, kitchen, and meeting and training rooms.
Dorms, restrooms, Officers quarters, and locker rooms will all be located on the second floor.
The light apparatus bays will house the rescue ambulances and command vehicles.
The heavy apparatus bays will be capable of housing a Task Force consisting of an aerial ladder truck and two fire engines.

The first floor stairwell will also serve as a clock tower with a large clock facing Whitsett Blvd.
Workers continue to construct the CMU walls which make up the light and heavy apparatus bays
Welders working on the second stairwell.

In addition to the two stairwells, the Fire Station will also have two slide poles for the firefighters to quickly travel from the second floor to the first floor.

The heavy and light apparatus bays will be connected to the two story living and working area via hallways and doors.
Additional steel beams waiting to be raised into place.

The Fire Station is scheduled to be completed sometime in the end this year or early 2008.