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 Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center report reveals several factors that influenced the crew’s decision to stay, including an unheeded warning
The last station was built 20 years ago
People who knew the former village clerk who died in 2006 were shocked by the extent of his wealth
The group is concerned about noise from the station disturbing parkgoers and zoo animals as well as increased traffic in the area
While the community tried to figure out how to pay for the station, some rigs sat outside year round due to lack of space
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The fire department building was severely damaged in floods in October; the new building will be more centrally located and will be a hub for the county’s fire and EMS departments
The Bucket Brigade sculpture will sit on the lawn of the new Fire Station No. 4
The area had a fire station until it was removed in 1998; talk of replacing it never materialized — a fire department report says response times cannot be met without that station
One mayor said allowing the department to redevelop its property would help the agency keep response times low as the surrounding population increases
The local businessman is paying for and handling the arrangements to expand the fire station to accommodate a new fire truck