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Half of a park chosen as possible fire hall site
Half of a park inside the SFU ring road may be lost to make way for a longawaited new fire station atop Burnaby Mountain. The university and the City of Burnaby have picked the east end of Discovery Park for a detailed
feasibility study and conceptual design for what would be the city’s eighth fire hall, according to a report to the city’s financial management committee. “Stream mapping analysis was completed by a registered professional bi-
ologist to locate the existing streams and help map the setbacks for any potential development,” stated the report. The city hopes to hire a consultant this fall to complete the study and design by early next year, accord-
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ing to the report. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2024. External consultants have identified a need for a fire station atop the mountain since at least 2002, and a comprehen-
sive review of the Burnaby Fire Department released in April 2020 listed a new SFU fire hall under “immediate needs.” A request for proposals currently on BC Bid states that “as the community of SFU continues to
grow, the lack of a fire hall on Burnaby Mountain presents some challenges for the fire department in enabling its department to meet response times in compliance with industry standards.” – Cornelia Naylor