Fire Station 52 is on the northwest end of the UC San Diego campus and was built on land donated by the university
Firefighters stand during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of Fire Station 52 on Torrey Pines Road in University City on Thursday. A Torrey Pines fire station — first envisioned more than a decade ago by city and university leaders —was officially opened on Thursday and will be home to the city’s first electric fire engine.
“When I first got here, this was on the docket,” said Khosla, who became chancellor in 2012. “It took a little while to figure out how would the UC bureaucracy work and how would we be able to carve out a piece of our property and give it to the city.” It also is home to the city’s first electric fire engine, manufactured by Pierce Volterra and delivered just a day before the ribbon cutting. The engine cost $2.1 million and the city spent an additional $600,000 for a charging station and related infrastructure at the new fire station, Assistant Chief James Gaboury said.
Gaboury said the engine is equipped with a diesel engine, which will automatically kick on when the battery runs out, either when it is being driven or pumping water. Mayor Todd Gloria said the long-awaited fire station shows that persistence pays off. He said he has the “absolute utmost respect” for first responders like firefighters and paramedics and said they deserve to work in nice facilities.
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