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.
Local Government
Lewiston city council members promised to seek an alternative to the upgrade that was supposed to improve response times and firefighters’ working conditions
“The outpouring was phenomenal,” Lake Norden Chief of Police Tony Aas said, describing offers for substitute vehicles
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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
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The $11.5 million facility was built in a location to avoid traffic and includes a transitional storage and shower area for decontamination
Saratoga Springs officials are seeking to build the $6.6 million facility in a location that will improve response times to newly developed parts of the city
The camera and swipe-card systems were installed after a fire lieutenant pleaded guilty to dealing drugs from one of the stations
Understanding the different models to facility design can help fire service leaders find the best solution for their department
At least one resident at the public forum expressed skepticism that a hot zone for carcinogen decontamination was needed
Personnel are expected to start working from the new 30,000-square-foot station early next year
The $6.75 million station is 4,500 square feet larger than its predecessor and has an exhaust system designed to reduce cancer risk
A new fire station will be opened in the hopes of remedying response time problems in Columbus’ Far East Side
Officials noted the lack of ventilation, sprinkler systems and adequate space to clean equipment
As more women join the ranks, it’s important to ensure fire station facilities reflect changes in gender makeup, the city’s facilities manager said
Thoughtful station design can help firefighters find stress relief and a greater sense of well-being
Several new technologies are being integrated into apparatus bays to optimize firefighter safety and department efficiency
Durham Fire and EMS Station 17 is the first fire station in the city that can generate its own electricity from the sun
The modern 10,314-square-foot facility replaces two buildings, which housed the old fire station and the community’s library branch
The Laurel Avenue fire station was built in 1910 and the city now is bolstering its flooring so it can bear the weight of modern fire trucks
The chief said her must-haves are biophilia — or focusing the design on nature to improve mental health — and decontamination areas
Unions representing fire, police and paramedics have complained for years about problems at stations, including sinkholes, leaking roofs and sewage backups
The city of Marysville notes the installed solar systems are expected to generate more than 270,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually
Weather
There were reports of trees and power lines also damaged in the area, but there was no report of a tornado at the time
NFPA, NIOSH address limiting firefighter exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions in your fire station
Budget
The original $12.3 million project, which was rejected in November, will return for a referendum on Tuesday, May 7, at a reduced price tag of $10.7 million
The Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District in Beulah received a significant upgrade to its response capabilities in the form of a new station
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Most stations are built with the same purpose in mind, but some designs just stand out
The Autryville Fire Department was forced to operate in a trailer for more than a year after their station was destroyed by a tornado
With an average age of 42 years, Kettering’s previous fire stations lacked the physical space or available land to allow for the improvements necessary to upgrade to current standards
