Fire Station 5 - San Francisco

Built from the ground up, the new Fire Station No. 5 at 1301 Turk St. replaced the 1950s-era firehouse at the same location that no longer met the demands of a modern-day San Francisco. The new facility was built to be fully operational for at least 72 hours immediately following an earthquake or other major disaster.

The 21,193 square-foot fire station is one of the San Francisco’s largest, serving as the flagship station for the San Francisco Fire Department’s Division 2. The new three-story structure has five apparatus bay doors, allowing space for an engine truck, a ladder truck, backup fire engines and Light Rescue 5 – an emergency-response vehicle that is dispatched when crews respond to building collapses and trench rescues.

Client: City and County of San Francisco, SF Public Works - Architectural Group