New Fire Station 3

New Boulder Fire-Rescue Station 3

The new Station 3 allows Boulder Fire-Rescue to respond to the increased demand for service along the 30th Street corridor near Valmont and Pearl.

Completion Date

Q4 2024

Current Phase

Build

Project Overview

Fire Station 3, located at 1585 30th St., is outdated, inefficient, undersized and located in the 100-year flood plain. Relocation will allow for better service delivery to a significant part of the city that is not currently within a four-minute response time (industry standard) of any of our fire stations. This station is consistently identified as a high priority project due to its location in the flood plain, high energy use, and limited capacity. Relocation to a new facility will significantly help the city achieve and maintain energy goals.

A new station will significantly improve response coverage to a rapidly growing portion of the city. In addition, the station will allow for existing fire response resources to be repositioned and increase the efficiency of department operations while allowing for a potentially increased scope of emergency medical service (EMS) delivery.

Fire Station 3 construction will be funded in part by the Community, Culture, Resilience and Safety Tax.

Grand Opening

Date: Friday, January 24, 2025
Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Presentation and Engine Push in starts at 10 a.m.
Tours of the new facility will begin around 10:45 a.m.
Location: 2967 Bluff Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301

Community members are invited to tour the inside of Boulder Fire-Rescue’s new Station 3 on January 24 at the official grand opening event. Boulder Fire-Rescue's newest station has been slowly gaining functionality since November 2024. Administrative offices and EMS crews began occupying the new station in the fall, and slowly the new station has become a replacement for the older Station 3. Boulder Fire-Rescue Station 3, located at 30th and Bluff Street, replaces the older Station 3 on 30th and Arapahoe. Along with the change in location comes increased safety for the community and improves the health and wellness of firefighters.

Parking: There is limited parking at Station 3. Community members are encouraged to take alternative forms of transportation like the bus, ride share, bike, carpool, or walk. If you do need to drive a personal vehicle, there is parking in the gravel lot just south of Station 3 as well as street parking available on Bluff St and Mapleton. There will be people on-site to assist with parking.

Boulder Fire Rescue Grand Opening Invitation, Details in the above text.

Planning

The Fire Department Master Plan specifically addresses the need to relocate Station 3 out of the floodplain. This planning effort will be similar to other commercial developments; preliminary planning, design, and cost estimation is already complete.

Operating cost impacts

The relocation of Fire Station 3 will reduce facility maintenance and energy costs. In addition, the new station will allow for community and shared meeting space that could be used by other departments in the city, increasing shared space usage.