Station Design
A fire station is more than just a building — our station design topic deals with important considerations for building and managing facilities that will enable efficient operations and response while addressing your members’ health and safety.
Times have changed in the fire service and some of the best peer support opportunities have fallen by the wayside as firefighter culture has evolved
Twin Falls’ new Station 2’s hold all of its apparatus and has a decontamination area separated from living quarters
Lewiston city council members promised to seek an alternative to the upgrade that was supposed to improve response times and firefighters’ working conditions
On Sept. 7, 2020, 14 firefighters were injured in an attempt to protect the Nacimiento Fire Station
Fireboat Station No. 35’s unusual structure is designed to withstand earthquakes and changing sea levels
About $18 million in federal funding will go toward a new Nacimiento Fire Station
Plans for Station No. 9 began in 2012 in an effort to reduce downtown response times and to relocate closer to the interstate
The Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center report reveals several factors that influenced the crew’s decision to stay, including an unheeded warning
FireRescue1 contributors ponder what firefighters will face next, after two years of considerable challenges
A Bloomington annexation proposal may also make it necessary to add two additional locations
U.C. San Diego provided the city a piece of land on campus where a station could improve response times to the university and the surrounding community
Trucks barely fit into the current Canton fire station, which was not designed to include sleeping quarters, despite EMS personnel working overnight shfits
Fire Chief Jason Culberson said the city has discussed expanding Fire Station One for 30 years, and encouraged council members to act quickly
The report classified the Devon Avenue station as in “critical condition” and the Greenwood station as in “poor, nearly critical condition,” with “major work” necessary to keep them operational
The federal funding will be used with proceeds from Oceanside’s Measure X to cover the estimated $18.6 million in construction costs
The legislation requires FEMA to allocate 25% of the grants for career fire and EMS departments, 25% for combination departments and 25% for volunteer departments
With $1 billion potentially at stake, we need to ensure effective use of the funds
Former fire stations are no longer doomed to the wrecking ball as historic preservation gains momentum
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said the smaller station will save the city millions compared to the cost of building a full-size fire station
The remodel will add more separate bathrooms and showers and individual sleeping areas rather than an open dorm
Just north of San Francisco’s Bay Bridge, the new Fireboat Station No. 35 will serve the city with its three fireboats and rescue watercraft
Firefighters have been using a classroom and the engine bay as living quarters during the clean-up
The new Columbus Division of Fire station includes a separate changing station to protect firefighters from carcinogens and an alarm system that reduces sleep interruptions
Identify what’s important to the community and the firefighters – and then communicate those priorities early and often
Hunterdon County will break ground on a new four-story, 5,500-square-foot burn facility to replace the current facility deemed “near its end of life”
Portage Station No. 2 includes gender-neutral locker and shower facilities, on-site training space and “clean” rooms to help prevent cross-contamination
Firefighters can still achieve crew camaraderie without communal space living situations
The Mesquite (Texas) Fire Department focused on turnout gear additions and cleaning, SCBA scrubbing and exhaust removal
Research reveals the impact of commonly used station colors on firefighter mental health and stress
Rialto fire officials said this is the third time the station has been struck by a vehicle
Providing alcohol in the firehouse can serve as a mechanism to encourage socialization, but this also creates liability issues
The 15,000-square-foot facility sits on 2.5 acres and has six drive-through maintenance bays
Don’t let the current crisis destroy your previously identified individual goals and departmental priorities
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