Allison Needles: New fire station near LNG plant on Tacoma Tideflats could sit empty when completed in 2021
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 12/17/2020 Allison Needles, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Dec. 17 Construction of a new fire station on Tacoma s Tideflats near Puget Sound Energy s liquefied natural gas facility is slated to be completed in early 2021.
There might be no fire engine to fill it.
Tacoma City Council passed an overall $3.7 billion 2021-22 budget in November that takes one engine out of commission due to a change in operations by the Fire Department to offset a deficit stemming from COVID-19 impacts.
Tacoma Fire Department identified Engine 5 to be taken out of service starting April 2021. Engine 5 serves Central Tacoma and the Tideflats and is currently housed in Station 6 at 1015 E. F St.