Design work on two Clallam County (WA) Fire District 3 stations could commence in the next few months, reports sequimgazette.com.
Fire officials agreed to seek Statements of Qualifications from architects to design new structures for Station 31 in Dungeness and Station 33 in Carlsborg, according to the report.
The deadline for applications is February 17. The selected firm would “design, engineer, prepare plans, specifications, cost estimates, site and utility improvement drawings, and general construction documents,” according to a Scope of Work document.
Located at 4771 Sequim-Dungeness Way, Volunteer Station 31 was built in 1966 and hosts an All Hazard Alert Broadcast Tsunami siren. Its walls are cracking, and the foundation is amiss. The district agreed to purchase 1.9 acres on East Anderson Road in 2014 to relocate the building out of the tsunami and flood zone, the report says.
Design work shows it would cost about $700,000 for a new Dungeness Station—a proposed 60-by-50-foot building with two apparatus bays, an office, two bathrooms, and a general purpose room.
The district has explored selling the existing station outright, or selling it to a nonprofit like the North Olympic Salmon Coalition which helps preserve salmon in the Meadowbrook Creek near the facility, the report says.
With regards to Station 34 at 70 Carlsborg Rd., it was built in 1964 and continues to house three firefighters 24 hours a day. The plans would move it north to the training center at 255 Carlsborg Rd. on a 10-acre property, the report says.
The Scope of Work includes four drive-through bays, five bedrooms, and more space at about 10,250 square feet overall.
Fire commissioners agreed to budget about $375,000 for architectural and engineering plans for 2022 with Andrews saying securing architectural plans could make it easier to obtain grants.