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This is the first post in a series of four about the 118 firehouse on 9-1-1, including floor plans, screen shots, and detailed discussion.
The other posts in this series:
Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four
My other floor plans:
Diaz House | Buck's Loft | Madney House
They're also on my Ao3
Overview
Broadly speaking I’ll start by talking about the actual building, then move on to discuss the model I built, then I’ll go into detail by section/room, starting with the stuff I’m absolutely certain about, then stuff that’s less cut and dry, and finally stuff that’s purely theoretical at this point, along with some extras.
Here we have a bird's eye view of the entire thing, both upstairs and downstairs. There will be additional close up bird's eye views of each individual section when I discuss them in detail throughout the posts.
The Real Building
First, let’s talk about the actual real life building that they film in. The firehouse set lives in a converted warehouse in Glendale, which makes that line from The Bachelor scene in s7e04 an extremely funny (to me) meta joke.
As for dimensions, the building is 60 feet wide and roughly 165 feet long. She’s big y’all. For scale, here are both Eddie and Buck’s living spaces inside the firehouse:
Below are some grungy google maps exterior shots for your viewing pleasure. I’m particularly delighted by the graffiti on the front garage door that reads: Don’t call 911. BAKE! (wake & bake)
It's here that I need to be pedantic about the roof. As you can see, this building has a sloped roof. That little smaller bit that pokes out the top is called a monitor and it allows for clerestory windows to let daylight into the full length of the building. This sloped roof is held up inside by massive wood trusses which feature very prominently in many of the interior shots. Below are some example screen shots. I have passive aggressively highlighted the slope of the interior roof. Also, you can see the monitor roof with all the windows in it.
Obviously they cannot hang out in lawn chairs on top of this roof. They film all the roof scenes at the Fox studios lot. You can tell by the surrounding buildings visible in the background of those shots. Note Fox Plaza (the Die Hard building) behind Athena below.
Additionally, it’s not always the same roof. I’ve highlighted two of the buildings I’m certain or mostly certain about below. I also labeled Stage 6 toward the top left of the image, which was the 9-1-1 sound stage through season 8.
I have a mental workaround that allows me to reconcile these conflicting roof situations that I’ll explain in depth toward the end of all this, because it’s also relevant to a couple other things too.
Also, this isn’t relevant to anything really, but I need to say that at no point in this entire process did I notice any evidence of climate control systems in the building, and there also appears to be zero insulation. So I cannot imagine this place is comfortable to film in a lot of the time. They seem to always have huge fans in bts videos during the summer, and I imagine it’s pretty chilly in there during winter filming. Thank god for the temperate Los Angeles weather, I suppose.
The Exterior
As far as the exterior goes, three sides of the building are exposed, and one wall is shared with the building next door.
The front facade in the show is mostly red brick and is completely computer generated. There’s a side alleyway that has like an engine hoist or something? I am not a mechanical expert. Sometimes the hose racks are out there, etc.
Also, when Buck was going insane and ordering basketballs to the station and suggesting they get a hoop, I could have sworn they already had one in the side alley, and sure enough, I wasn’t insane. It’s there in the background of Hen Begins. I guess canonically, it's gone by the time Buck’s losing his marbles, but at least I have proof I didn’t lose mine.
Around the back is an extremely tall wall covered with greenery. There’s also a few trees and other planters and what seems to be a pretty nice sitting area with concrete benches, but those might belong to the building next door.
About The 3D Model I Built
I built the model in a program called Chief Architect. I first started this project in *checks notes* March?? of 2022. However, then it kind of fell by the wayside for a while, gathering digital dust. When I started working on it in earnest again last year, I added updated screen shots to my reference files up through s7e05. So the model I built is accurate through that point.
Things like wall decor and various props will not necessarily match to current seasons. But they change that stuff pretty regularly between seasons anyway, so it’s not technically fully accurate to any one season.
There’s really not much that’s different in s8, so it’s not a big deal, but, where relevant, I’ve noted a few things I’ve noticed off hand while watching the episodes as they aired.
The dimensions and angles of everything are reasonably accurate. And the roof trusses are accurate to their location within the building and their height off the floor, but I let the program auto-generate all the cross beams and I left a lot of detail above that out, like the monitor roof and the lighting.
Also, I didn’t build anything that we haven’t actually seen. So those three corners of the building downstairs are just shown as big empty rooms. Are there walls and rooms in there? Probably! Can I show you them? Nope! I've seen glimpses through some of those doors in bts videos, and it seems like they store equipment in those sections irl.
Next up, in depth exploration of the upstairs sections.
not surprised about the internet being racist about issa’s performance in black mirror, “she can’t act! it was so awkward!” her character is literally thrust into an alternate reality with no rehearsal or warning and expected to do a movie with AI actors from the fucking 40s on day one and just not be affected? like? hello
because i felt issa’s “wtf????” naturally transition throughout the episode and have to be jerked back in time essentially and have to act beside the woman she’s just had a Y E A R LONG relationship with who doesn’t remember her??? And she was just supposed to be chill??? y’all about to piss me off like learn how to watch something damn
and I’m sorry but the joy in her face and voice when she picked up that phone? A love story for the ages
fagegnathophausia: 1 species, Fagegnathophausia gracilis. found in the pacific and atlantic oceans. photos by karen gowlet-holmes
gnathophausia: thus far, most of the pictures i've used have been this genus. 8 species. photos of Gnathophausia zoea via WoRMS and Yale (which i think they are also normally red but these specimens must have faded)
neognathophausia: 2 species, gigas (atlantic, pacific, south) and ingens (atlantic and pacific). photos via noaa and WoRMS
was with two friends today, one was telling us crazy stories from tiktok and i was like the best current tumblr story i have for you is the muppet joker so i was explaining the muppet joker and i was like let's see what the muppet joker is up to and i was distraught to find out the muppet joker has quit 😔 thank you the muppet joker for all that you have done for us i hope the muppet joker enjoys retirement
GUYS If you'll allow me to ramble about OC number one under the cut. This is the character I complain a lot about to my friends (hey we all have one of those)
Just for context since I never talk about any other fandoms in this blog, my newest ocs are for a ttrpg campaign about paranormal investigation and stuff. Not sure if Ordem Paranormal system is well known outside of Brazil, but yeah if you don't know, that's the one we're using lol
Tldr the guy spent his childhood living in a haunted house with creatures crawling inside the walls, watching from corners he couldn't see, and even when he got to move far away from there as he got older he never moved on from the things that happened there. His goal is to put these fears to rest and study ways to kill it because he thinks that's what will ultimately bring him peace (probably wrong). But he is stubborn and almost obsessive about it which makes him forget to take care of himself and actually live a good life.
So I think it's interesting how I naturally leaned on making my first rpg character the COMPLETE opposite of me, that somehow made it easier to rp as him. I think Dani's character is baisically me wondering "what would I do if I had zero consequences" and that turned into a guy who talks so much that he got shot and nearly died because the bad guy got annoyed with him for being nosey lol. Also flirts with most npcs but that's a strategy I swear.
All I knew I wanted to do with him was write a "haunted house/infested with creatures house" backstory (haunting of hill house, resident evil 7 were the first references that came to mind) and the rest I kinda made up on the spot (I made jokes roleplaying and they accidentally became canon). Also the fact that originally I didn't know what gender my character would be, so I chose Dani as a gender neutral name, and only later decided I should make him a guy bcs I guess I just felt like playing a guy (fun fact he used to look more androgynous on his old original sprite because of this)
Not sure if the campaign will continue because 2 players don't really feel like playing anymore, but at least it was funny while it lasted. I like drawing Daniel even though I can never get his stupid face right
