Purley Fire Station - Updated 19/3/16

After being closed for just over a year for re-building; Purley Fire Station has now re-opened and is operational again. Link to Croydon Advertiser

FULL PLANNING APPLICATION GRANTED 12/02566/P - 19/09/2012 - Demolition of existing building and drill tower and ancillary buildings and erection of a three storey fire station with associated covered wash down, drill tower, yard, car parking, landscaping and the creation of a new access and egress position. Planning link

LFB - Station Design Pack for Purley - Link

June 2012

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has been providing services to the Purley community from its fire station located at 128 Brighton Road, Purley, London, CR8 4DB, for nearly one hundred years.

As the provision of fire and rescue services evolves to respond to changing requirements and future needs, one of the main challenges currently faced by the LFB is to meet its continually improving operational standards from a number of very old fire stations which have already surpassed the LFB building life policy.

The existing Purley Fire station building, constructed in 1929, falls into this category. Whilst the station is still fully operational, the station building requires significant improvement in order to meet LFB’s current design standards. LFB has considered a number of options and the most satisfactory proposal is for a modern new building on the existing site, which has been identified as the most operationally suitable and available site in the area to meet the LFB’s key station service requirements.

The new station will be delivered as part of a PFI funded programme that will deliver nine new fire stations across London. Following a competitive procurement programme Blue3 (a Kier-led consortium) were announced as the Selected Bidder in April 2012. London Fire Brigade and Blue3 are now working together in partnership to deliver the project to design and build the new fire stations and maintain them for 25 years. We plan to submit a planning application in August 2012 and construction is expected to begin in June 2014 with completion by May 2015. Full emergency service cover will be assured during construction with the appliances and crews temporarily relocated to nearby fire stations.

The below web link will provide you with more detail on the design for all nine stations.

www.london-fire.gov.uk/PFIProject.asp

London Fire Brigade also released a press statement dated 19 March 2012 about Purley Fire Station

“The London Fire Brigade has announced its PFI partner for a construction programme which will see nine of its ageing fire stations rebuilt to provide facilities fit for the 21st century.

The selection of Blue3 consortium (Kier, the major construction and services group) to deliver the design, build, financing and maintenance of the nine selected stations marks the beginning of the final stage of the procurement of a major private finance initiative (PFI) contract. Construction work is now expected to begin in June 2013 once detailed plans have been approved.

The Private Finance Initiative project will see London Fire Brigade receive £57.4 million to replace and make major improvements to nine Stations, including Purley. Eight of the stations are being completely re-built on their existing sites and one station, Mitcham, will be built on a new site.

Over the coming year the Brigade will work with Blue3 to develop implementation plans; achieve planning permission for all nine sites and refine the important business continuity arrangements which will ensure that fire cover provided by the stations being refurbished is not interrupted during building.

London Fire Brigade Assistant Commissioner Andy Hickmott (Technical and Service Support) said: “This is excellent news for the capital. Some of our fire stations are over 100 years old and are simply not fit for modern purposes. These stations need to be brought up to date and this project demonstrates our continuing commitment to maintaining the world class fire and rescue service that Londoners have come to expect.

“Not only will these new fire stations provide state of the art facilities for our crews, with room for modern fire appliances and training, they will also be kitted out with community spaces that will allow members of the public to easily access vital life saving fire safety advice.”

London Fire Brigade is at the forefront of work to protect the environment, and all of the refurbished fire stations will be energy efficient and contain the latest green technology”.