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.
Fireboat Station No. 35’s unusual structure is designed to withstand earthquakes and changing sea levels
The chief said that if voters reject the levy, the department would lay off firefighters and possibly close one of its four fire stations
Firefighters say their response times have suffered due to less than ideal current accommodations
Along with county funding the $13.5 million facility is scheduled to open in the summer of 2016
From landscaping fire stations to adjusting training tactics, firefighters must use less water
Fire chief: “We have a lot of safety concerns here, and our firehouses are one of them.”
Designed to minimize and maximize the sun’s impact, this new fire station runs nearly off-grid
The new station will include living quarters for the combination department and house EMS
Charlottesville fire station uses innovative technologies to minimize its carbon footprint
Fire officials are unsure what their next move will be; problems of the nearly 50-year-old existing station needs to be addressed