As the Puyallup Police Department embarks on its move to South Hill, Central Pierce Fire & Rescue is putting shovels in the ground for their state-of-the-art station on the same lot.
CPFR is building a new Station 72 on two acres of what’s known as the Lumbermen’s property at 703 39th SE. It will stand alongside the new Puyallup Justice Center.
The new station will replace two other stations on South Hill: the current Station 72, located at 3509 27th St. SE, and Station 66, located at 9813 128th St. E. The price tag for the new Station 72 project was over $10 million. Anticipated completion date is late 2019. Construction began this month. The move is a strategic one, meant to bring firefighters closer to where they’re seeing the most calls and where they anticipate more calls will be in the future.