D3. PROJECT SCOPE
D3.1 Background
The Fire Underwriters Survey conducted in 2014 and updated in 2018 identified that Fire and Paramedic Station 9 at 864 Marion Street and Station 15 at 1083 Autumnwood Drive have overlapping fire response coverage areas, and that one could be removed without impacting service, provided the same type of fire vehicle deployment remained in the area. This included a Pumper Engine, a Rescue, and a Hazardous Materials response vehicle. The report also recommended additional water tanker and ladder truck apparatus.
The Standards of Coverage and Master Plan completed in 2018 suggested that one third of Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) stations need to be replaced and another third require significant renovations to meet current fire service needs. The Standards of Coverage highlighted some of the more urgent building renovation issues and recommended consolidating Fire Paramedic Stations 9 and 15, and the creation of a new station in Waverley West to provide appropriate response times to this new community.
With these recommendations in mind, WFPS undertook preliminary design work on a proposed new amalgamated Station 9/15 in 2018. A preliminary (30% completion status) design was undertaken by Cibinel Architecture Ltd. for the purpose of establishing a Class 3 cost estimate to be used for securing a capital budget and proceed with infrastructure development. The plan associated with this design is to build a new amalgamated Station 9 on the current site of Station 15 and on adjacent City-owned land at 955 Cottonwood Road; that property being the site of the former Windsor Park Library which now stands vacant – refer to Figure 1.
