2023/06/21 Council Agenda Packet

EVERETT WASHINGTON Brief Project Description CITY OF EVERETT Fire Department The City of Everett is proposing construction of a firefighting training facility on a parcel of land owned by the city and adjacent to Naval Station Everett. Funding for the project will be sought from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP 2023.) The project intends to enhance military value at Naval Station Everett and all Puget Sound naval installations by creating a training center where U.S. Navy sailors, federal firefighters, and municipal firefighters can conduct realistic full-scale training exercises, allowing them to improve operational readiness through training. The facility will be built with necessary facilities, including a propane fueled live -fire prop designed to simulate both naval vessel fires and structural fires. The site will also include two classrooms for student instruction and a building to house needed firefighting training support equipment. The site is currently vacant with paved parking throughout, with occasional use as storage for public works materials and equipment. The project proposes full redevelopment of the industrially zoned site and construction of necessary utilities, retention, structures, and support systems to build out the attached site plan. The design incorporates all requested standoff distances from Naval Station Everett fence lines, and we will continue to work directly with naval personnel to ensure the site is mutually beneficial. Once constructed, via facility use agreements the project will enhance the firefighting mission at Naval Station Everett by allowing sailors, federal firefighters, and municipal firefighters to learn and exercise both in the classroom and upon a prop capable of simulating a large shipboard casualty. It will also provide a venue for joint Chapter 12 and Chapter 13 exercises, further improving coordination among military and civilian partners in defense of American surface combatant vessels from the risk of fire. The proposed design is intentional in its effort to deliver the only publicly accessible marine firefighting simulator in all of Washington State. The design includes simulations of a naval pier, an actual US Navy damage control locker, and naval quarterdeck brow. Municipal firefighters across the state have no access to any such simulator despite the enormous maritime presence here. 2801 Oakes Avenue, Everett, WA 98201 425.257.8100 everettwa.gov/fire