Police/Fire Headquarters Facility
The Burbank Police and Fire Headquarters Facility is located at 200 North Third Street. The main entrance is up the curved steps behind the Police Officer / Firefighter Statue on the northeast corner of Third Street and Orange Grove Avenue. Time limit parking is available in a lot on the southeast corner. Additional ground-level short-term parking is available behind the building accessed for Palm Avenue east of Third Street, and the rear doors to the lobby can be accessed from that side. Pay careful attention to the parking lot signs, as some of the parking there is restricted. The parking aisles closest to Glenoaks are owned by the Burbank Unified School District and leased to local businesses. Parking in those without the appropriate permit between 8 A.M. and 7 P.M. weekdays will result in an immediate citation.
From the northbound Golden State Freeway (I/S 5) take the Olive Avenue exit. Stay in the right lane and turn right to the signal and you will be on Angeleno Avenue at First Street. Continue eastbound on Angeleno for two more signals to Third Street, and turn left there. The building on the far left Corner at the next intersection (Olive Avenue) is the Burbank City Hall. In two blocks turn right on Orange Grove Avenue, and then immediately right into the City parking lot. After parking, walk across Orange Grove with the traffic signal at Third Street, and enter the main entrance of the Police/Fire Headquarters Facility.
From the westbound Ventura Freeway (CA 134) merge right to northbound Golden State Freeway (I/S 5) and follow directions above.
From the southbound Golden State Freeway (I/S 5) take the Burbank Boulevard exit. Stay in the left lane and at the signal at the top of the off-ramp you turn left onto Burbank Boulevard. Proceed eastbound for two blocks until you dead end into Third Street, and turn right from either of the right two lanes. Continue southbound on Third Street and merge into the left lane, because the right lane becomes “Right Turn Only” at Magnolia Boulevard. Two blocks past Magnolia turn left on Orange Grove Avenue, and then immediately right into the City parking lot. After parking, walk across Orange Grove using the pedestrian traffic signal at Third Street, and enter the main entrance of the Police/Fire Headquarters Facility.
From the eastbound Ventura Freeway (CA 134) exit at Buena Vista Street. At the dead end and stop sign at the bottom of the off ramp, turn left on Bob Hope Drive. In two blocks at the next dead end, turn right on Alameda Avenue. In two blocks turn left on Buena Vista Avenue, which is a signalized intersection. At the next traffic signal, turn right on Olive Avenue and proceed eastbound, going on an overpass above the Golden State Freeway and railroad tracks. At the third traffic signal past the overpass, turn left onto Third Street. The building on the left just before you turn is the Burbank City Hall. In one block turn right on Orange Grove Avenue, and then immediately right into the City parking lot. After parking, walk across Orange Grove using the pedestrian traffic signal at Third Street, and enter the main entrance of the Police/Fire Headquarters Facility.
Police/Fire Headquarters Facility Facts
Milestones:
Approved by City Council 10/4/88, Groundbreaking 4/18/95, Topping out 7/18/96, Dedicated 1/9/98, First day of full Police/Fire operations 1/20/98
Square footage:
Building Total 120,000 sq. ft. (70-bed Jail 15,000 sq. ft., Police 60,000 sq. ft., Fire 38,000 sq. ft., Common areas including shared gym and conference rooms 7,000 sq. ft.)
Parking:
100,000 square feet for 400+ vehicles
Costs:
$31 million total, including $26 million construction (office $181/sq. ft., jail $201/sq. ft.), $2.5 million professional services, and $2.5 million furnishings and artwork
Statistics:
13,000 cubic yards of concrete (1445 concrete mixer truck loads) 650 tons of reinforcing steel (1.3 million lbs.) 1850 tons of structural steel (3.7 million lbs.) 400,000 ft. of standard electrical wire, Plus 10 miles of 1" electric primary wire
Art in Public Places:
"The Guardians" is a larger-than-life bronze sculpture mounted on a marble pedestal in front of the building. This artwork is 12 feet tall from the deck to the top of the hats. The artist is Shiela Cavalluzzi, a Burbank resident. The pedestal is engraved "Burbank's Public Safety Professionals - Dedicated to Protecting Lives and Property While Serving Our Community."
"Pillars of the Community" represents the Police and Fire employees. The artists are Paul Marioni and Ann Troutner. The artwork includes cast dichroic glass columns 16 inches wide by 56 feet tall on each side of the main entry doors. The glass appears as either red, representing the Fire Department, or blue, representing the Police Department. It may appear red on the inside and blue on the outside, or blue on the inside and red on the outside, depending on lighting conditions. Beside the columns on the exterior are three foot sand-etched glass images replicating the Police Department and Fire Department badges.
The Wall Mural depicts Burbank scenes with public safety personnel painted on 1700 square feet of canvas. The artist is Terry Schoonhoven. Police scenes are on the north/west portions of the lobby closest to the Police portion of the building, and Fire scenes are on south/east portions of the lobby closest to the Fire portion of the building. Note that the painting is designed to blur the distinction between the mural and the building. The car crash between the front doors and the Police doors shows oil dripping into the lobby, and a tire hanging over the ledge. In the corner between the Police and Fire doors there is a man reading a newspaper, with a hat and cup of coffee on the ledge. Just as the hat and mug aren't there, neither is the ledge. Note above the Fire doors the mural's colors are muted as you look through the glass of the door transom. Look closer, and you'll see that there isn't a transom, and that the transom is part of the mural. See if you can find on the Police side the representations of Deputy City Manager Rich Inga, Lieutenant Joe Latta and Officer Steve Berdrow, who were the most involved in planning and construction of the building. (Rich is the shadow reading the newspaper, Joe is kneeling above the coffee cup ledge, and Steve is riding a motorcycle above Rich's shadow.)