{"id":7944,"date":"2025-07-01T14:55:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=7944"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:59:50","slug":"relocating-station-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/relocating-station-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Relocating Fire Station 1 &#8211; Update &#8211; July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is an ongoing blog posting about relocating Raleigh Fire Station 1. See also the\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighnc.gov\/projects\/fire-station-1-replacement\">official project site<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jul 2025 &#8211; Conceptual Site Plan<\/li>\n<li>Feb 2025 &#8211; Documents and Permits<\/li>\n<li>Dec 2024 &#8211; Professional Services Awarded<\/li>\n<li>Aug 2024 &#8211; Design Services Awarded<\/li>\n<li>Feb 2024 &#8211; Site Selected, Project Restarted<\/li>\n<li>May 2020 &#8211; Project on Hold<\/li>\n<li>Nov 2019 &#8211; Conceptual Rendering<\/li>\n<li>July 2018 &#8211; Project Update<\/li>\n<li>Aug 2017 &#8211; Project Update<\/li>\n<li>May 2016 &#8211; Funding for Station Relocation<\/li>\n<li>Aug 2015 \u2013 Station Relocation Objective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>July 2025 &#8211; Conceptual Site Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This conceptual site plan was presented to city council on July 1, 2025, as part of an update on downtown projects from the City Manager&#8217;s office. The project is currently in the concept design phase, and has added a &#8220;public safety-themed playground&#8221; as a design amendment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-07-01-rfd-sta1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9125\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-07-01-rfd-sta1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1267\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-07-01-rfd-sta1.jpg 1267w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-07-01-rfd-sta1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-07-01-rfd-sta1-730x382.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1267px) 100vw, 1267px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>February 2025 &#8211; Documents and Permits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On August 20, 2024, City Council approved a consent agenda that included authorization for the city manager to execute certain documents and permits as related to the design and permitting process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The agenda item included this project description:\u00a0 &#8220;The new Fire Station No. 1 will be located at the intersection of Salisbury Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard at 820 S Salisbury Street. \u00a0The new facility will replace the current facilities for Fire Station No. 1 (Dawson Street), Fire Administration (Dillon Building), and backup 911 program services (Raleigh Municipal Building). The new fire station will accommodate the City&#8217;s growing needs and provide facility upgrades for the wellness and safety of fire personnel.\u00a0 This will be a critical emergency response facility that will house two (2) engine companies, one (1) ladder company, and one (1) battalion chief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.boarddocs.com\/nc\/raleigh\/Board.nsf\/goto?open&amp;id=DDKQNK69EBBE\">View agenda item<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8617\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-03-04-rfd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-03-04-rfd.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-03-04-rfd-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-03-04-rfd-730x410.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Project site &#8211; March 4, 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>December 2024 &#8211; Professional Services Awarded<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On December 2, 2024, City Council approved a consent agenda item that awarded a $818,937 contract with Brasfield &amp; Gorrie for preconstruction and construction phase services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The agenda item also notes the project&#8217;s phased funding:<\/p>\n<p>FY 2017 &#8211; $6,624,000.00<br \/>\nFY 2023 &#8211; $5,000,000.00<br \/>\nFY 2024 &#8211; $21,650,000.00<br \/>\nFY 2026 &#8211; $10, 000,000.00<br \/>\nFY 2028 &#8211; $28,733,000.00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.boarddocs.com\/nc\/raleigh\/Board.nsf\/goto?open&amp;id=DB2N7A5DCE94\">View agenda item<\/a> that includes one PDF attachment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 2024 &#8211; Design Services Awarded<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On August 20, 2024, City Council approved a consent agenda item that awarded a $7,440,292 contract with SCHRADERGROUP Architecture for design services for new Station 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.boarddocs.com\/nc\/raleigh\/Board.nsf\/goto?open&amp;id=D7RMH85B2112\">View agenda item<\/a> that includes one PDF attachment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>February 2024 &#8211; Site Selected, Project Restarted<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On February 29, 2024, an RFQ was issued for design services. By that time, the project had also been restarted, with the scope of work expanded to include a back-up emergency communications center in the new facility. The project budget had also been increased to $72M. The site location was also changed, and was originally planned for a city-owned parcel near the Raleigh Convention Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The multi-story facility is planned to include 50,000 square-feet and five apparatus bays. The site is a city-owned, two-acre parent on the northwest corner of South Salisbury Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway. The site is also catty corner from old Fire Station 2, which was located in the rear of the performing arts center originally named Memorial Auditorium.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fire Station 1 is currently located at 220 S. Dawson Street and opened in 1953. It has two stories, three bays, and 11,200 square-feet. Its two prior locations were 412 S. Salisbury Street at Old Station 2 (1941-53) (built 1914) and the original Headquarters Fire Station at 112 Morgan Street (1912-41). The latter was erected in 1896, for the city&#8217;s volunteer fire companies. It opened as Station 1 in 1912, with the creation of the current career organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Headquarters is currently located in the Dillon Building at 310 W. Martin Street. It comprises the Office of the Fire Chief, Office of the Fire Marshal, Office of Safety and Compliance, administrative staff of the Operations Division, and other staff.<\/p>\n<p>The Martin Street space was occupied in 1994. Prior locations for fire administrative offices have included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Municipal Building at 222 W. Hargett Street (1984-91)<\/li>\n<li>Professional Building at 127 W. Hargett Street (1991-94)<\/li>\n<li>Keeter Training Center (1982-20__)<\/li>\n<li>Old Station 4 at 2913 Wake Forest Road (1993-97?)<\/li>\n<li>Fire Station 1 at 220 S. Dawson Street (1953-20_)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The fire department also utilizes office space at the Emergency Communications Center at 2320 Westinghouse Boulevard, for the Emergency Management Division and other staff.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-05-25-rfd-sta1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7950\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-05-25-rfd-sta1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-05-25-rfd-sta1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-05-25-rfd-sta1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-05-25-rfd-sta1-1536x1109.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-05-25-rfd-sta1-730x527.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>May 2020 &#8211; Project on Hold<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Around May 30, 2020, the official project site was updated and noted that the project was on hold indefinitely.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 2019 &#8211; Conceptual Rendering<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>By November 22, 2019, an official project web site was created. Included the selected site location (South and Dawson streets) and a conceptual rendering. It also noted &#8220;prepping for the design is taking longer than planned. Design plans are now expected to start in winter 2020 and should be finished the summer of 2021.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-05-26-rfd.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7966\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-05-26-rfd.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-05-26-rfd.jpeg 1380w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-05-26-rfd-300x104.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-05-26-rfd-730x254.jpeg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>July 2018 &#8211; Project Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In July 2018, Legeros reported that site selection was still underway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 2017 &#8211; Project Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In August 2017, Legeros reported that programming was complete. The new facility would combine Fire Station 1 and Headquarters (fire administration offices). Site selection was still underway, in the area of the Raleigh Convention Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The program document was created by Davis Kane Architects. Among the project details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Four stories<\/li>\n<li>Station 1 on first-floor<\/li>\n<li>Administration on higher floors<\/li>\n<li>24,484 square-feet for the fire station, including\u00a0three drive-through apparatus bays<\/li>\n<li>38,222 square-feet for Administration<\/li>\n<li>Estimated 149 parking spaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>May 2016 &#8211; Funding for Station Relocation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On May __, 2016, the FY17 budget was announced. It included $23.9M over four years for relocating Station 1 and fire department administrative offices.<\/p>\n<p>The following was noted in the budget document, &#8220;To meet the Fire Department\u2019s operational and administrative needs, and to facilitate economic development efforts in the downtown Warehouse district, the CIP funds a replacement for Fire Station 1 and a replacement administrative space for Fire Department management staff. Staff tentatively expects to construct a new station up to 21,000 square feet, an administration space up to 13,000 square feet. The project budget also funds land acquisition and a parking deck. Depending on the site selected for the station, additional land and a parking deck may not be necessary in this case, the project budget will be decreased.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>August 2015 &#8211; Station Relocation Objective<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In August 2015, as part of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legeros.com\/ralwake\/raleigh\/history\/newsletter\/pdf\/strategic-plan-2015.pdf\">Raleigh Fire Department Strategic Plan for 2015 through 2020<\/a> (PDF), a strategic objective was established to relocate both Station 1 and Headquarters (fire administration offices), along with Station 3 and Station 23.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Frelocating-station-1%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"7944\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Relocating Fire Station 1 - Update - July 2025\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Frelocating-station-1%2F&text=Relocating+Fire+Station+1+%26%238211%3B+Update+%26%238211%3B+July+2025\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"7944\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Relocating Fire Station 1 - Update - July 2025\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Frelocating-station-1%2F&description=Relocating+Fire+Station+1+%26%238211%3B+Update+%26%238211%3B+July+2025\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"7944\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Relocating Fire Station 1 - Update - July 2025\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an ongoing blog posting about relocating Raleigh Fire Station 1. 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