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The men and women of the Los Angeles Fire Department warmly welcome you to join civic and community leaders, including Fire Chief William Bamattre at the groundbreaking ceremony for new City of Los Angeles Fire Station 31 in Sylmar.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
10:00AM
Groundbreaking Site for New Fire Station 31
16320 Foothill Boulevard
Sylmar, California 91342
We are pleased to offer an interactive map and personalized driving directions to the groundbreaking site.
Fire Station 31 will be an entirely new three-bay facility designed to address the burgeoning call volume in the northeast San Fernando Valley.
New Fire Station 31 will be a three-bay facility covering an operationally challenging and once seemingly remote region of north Sylmar just south of the Newhall Pass that has never had a local Fire Station. Since 1956, the area has been served by busy Fire Station 91, more than three miles distant. New Fire Station 31 is scheduled for completion in March 2008.
Much has changed in the last half-century, including recent and planned development of the region, which now includes a pair of major highways, a busy commuter and freight rail corridor, expansive housing and popular recreation sites, as well as steep foothills and canyons covered with flammable brush. Such changes mandate the timely presence of Neighborhood Firefighters and Paramedics made possible by the new facility.
We look forward to seeing you in Sylmar for this monumental groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday morning, November 1, 2006!
(event photos) (slideshow)
Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department
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4 comments:
Brian,
Where was former Station 31 located? www.lafd.org/fs31.htm indicates that the station was closed in 1971. Was this due to the Sylmar Earthquake in 1971?
Stay safe!
Mark
Portland, OR
Mark:
Thanks for the note.
New Fire Station 31 is not a 'replacement' station in the sense of other facilities being built as a result of November 2000's Proposition F.
The station number however, is being 'recycled'.
It was last used on a facility at 700 West Slauson Avenue (just west of the Harbor Freeway in South Los Angeles) that was closed in 1971 after 42 years of service, when it was determined to be physically unfit and no longer needed following the relocation of adjacent Fire Stations.
The Sylmar Earthquake of 1971 in the distant San Fernando Valley did not play a role in the closure of former Fire Station 31.
Respectfully Yours in Safety and Service,
Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Specialist
Public Service Officer
Los Angeles Fire Department
Is there a 2010 update on the construction of this fire station? It doesn't yet seem to have materialized.
Anonymous 10:49,
Thanks for the note. Please know this proposed new facility was not among those to be built from Proposition F assets.
Due to factors beyond the LAFD's control, alternate funds have allowed only for acquiring property and making minor site alterations - but not physical construction of a Fire Station, obtaining equipment or hiring the personnel necessary to staff the proposed facility.
Though the early projections of funding - and therefore construction, have not been met, we know that this burgeoning corner of the San Fernando Valley will someday require such a facility.
As such, we're pleased to say that unless plans change, we're significantly prepared - if not yet able, to bring new Fire Station 31 to life when conditions allow.
Again, thanks for your question. When there is any news to offer, we will certainly seek to share it here on the LAFD News & Information blog.
Respectfully Yours in Service and Service,
Brian Humphrey
Firefighter/Specialist
Public Service Officer
Los Angeles Fire Department
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