Groundbreaking Announced for New LAFD Station in Panorama City

The men and women of the Los Angeles Fire Department warmly welcome you to join civic and community leaders, including Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilwoman-elect Nury Martinez, City Engineer Gary Lee Moore, members of the Los Angeles Fire Commission and Fire Chief Brian Cummings, at a groundbreaking ceremony for new City of Los Angeles Fire Station 7 in Panorama City.

Monday, July 29, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM  9:00 AM - 10:00 AM **
Groundbreaking Site for New Fire Station 7
14630 Plummer Street
Panorama City, California 91402

** note updated time!

We are pleased to offer an interactive map with driving directions, and encourage you to consider public transit or travel by bicycle when attending this public groundbreaking ceremony.

Following the ceremony, light refreshments will be served during a photo opportunity with dignitaries, including your chance to meet LAFD Firefighters and Paramedics who will staff the new station upon its completion.

Current Fire Station 7

Serving the central San Fernando Valley communities of Panorama City, Arleta and North Hills East, new Fire Station 7 will replace a cramped and inefficient sixty-three old facility now in service on Nordhoff Street east of Woodman Avenue, that is deficient in meeting seismic safety, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, Building Code, ADA and separate gender accommodation issues.

Current LAFD Station 7 (then known as Fire Station 81) seen in 1977.

Built among orchards in the months preceding the Korean War to serve a lightly populated residential and ranchland district experiencing a gentle influx of World War II veterans and their young families, current Fire Station 7 (known as Station 81 from 1950 until 2007) was designed to house only a small cadre of male firefighters and one limited-role fire apparatus that by modern standards would be considered an antique.

The term "house" is indeed apropos, as the present-day facility was built in the form of a 2,235 square-foot one-story home that struggles to support the 18 assigned personnel who work on three rotating shifts, as does the detached 960 square-foot apparatus shed, which is unable to fit both the assigned Fire Engine and Paramedic Ambulance.

Because the property beneath current Fire Station 7 is too small to support a new or revamped facility, monies from Proposition F of November 2000, fortified with cost-saving from earlier projects, now provides an opportunity to build a highly efficient and appealing long-term asset for the community.

We welcome you to learn more about new Fire Station 7 and the many Fire Department facilities modernized by Proposition F, by visiting:

lafd.org/propf.htm

...and look forward to seeing you on Monday, July 29, 2013 at 9:00 AM. Don't forget a camera!

Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department

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