South King Fire and Rescue Station 64 is back and better than ever.
After 10 months of construction, Station 64 reopened for service on Monday. The station, located at 3700 S. 320th St. in Federal Way, is now staffed 24/7.
“The purpose of the construction was to make the facility earthquake resistant, improve critical infrastructure, and safety features,” said Lt. Brad Chaney, deputy fire marshal for South King Fire and Rescue. “This required that the station be taken offline so that very invasive construction techniques could be completed.”
The work involved “binding” the entire second floor of the building to the exterior walls to make a more rigid structure, Chaney said. Additionally, sections of the apparatus bay walls were tightened through a process by placing hundreds of rebar pins in the walls and then encasing them with concrete, he added.
Large steel struts were tied into the concrete to prevent the building from swaying back and forth.