Fire Station No. 4
space, help with job searches, equipment to try a new hobby or more traditional services like physical books and storytimes. Whatever form it takes, we are excited and grateful to keep connecting the community and connecting with the community.” Fire Station No. 4 The new Fire Station No. 4 had its hose uncoupling and wet-down ceremony in April. The hose uncoupling (akin to a ribbon-cutting event) and station wet-down are traditional ceremonies that were performed by firefighters to welcome the station to the Pearland Fire Department. The new fire station is located on FreedomDrive as part of the Pearland Public Safety Complex off Cullen Boulevard. The 14,000 square-foot fire station contains four 80-foot-deep drive-through apparatus bays. The facility houses a four-person engine crew, a two-person ambulance crew, a shift commander and a fire captain-EMS, enabling a fully staffed operation on a 24/7 basis. Station amenities include 10 dorm rooms, restrooms with showers, a kitchen/dining area, a day room, a watch office, a treatment/PD room, offices, personnel and equipment decontamination areas, with storage areas for bunker gear and medical supplies. The site includes secure parking for all on-duty staff as well as a limited number of visitor parking spaces. “Firefighters’ mental and physical health are critical to high
performance to our citizens at emergency incidents, employee retention and healthy families,” said Fire Chief Vance Riley. “The new facility brings us state-of-the-art cancer prevention efforts to reduce carcinogen exposures, along with greatly reduced exposure to virus and bacteria that may easily occur at emergency incidents.” The existing and soon-to-be decommissioned Fire Station No. 4 was built in 2002 and was originally designed and constructed for an all-volunteer fire department. When the City converted to a fully staffed Fire and EMS Department, the fire station ultimately could not meet the needs and requirements of a full-time Fire/EMS staff. Insufficient bathrooms, small living spaces, an ineffectively sized HVAC system, lack of cleaning
FIRE STATION NO. 4 BY THE NUMBERS
14,000 square-foot fire station
80 - foot-deep drive-through apparatus bays
8 / Pearland in Motion / Summer 2022
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