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.
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
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
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
Most stations are built with the same purpose in mind, but some designs just stand out