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 addition of Fire Station 52, which will serve the UCSD campus and nearby neighborhoods, is expected to improve response times in the fast-growing area
County government is contributing $30,000 for the $1.4 million station to replace the one built in 1963
Starting a fire department from scratch is great when money is no object; when resources are scarce, you improvise
A recent humanitarian-aid trip to build a fire department from scratch shows what a community can accomplish
The fire department was seeking to build a new, expanded fire station, and permission from voters to sell two fire district lots to keep the cost at or under $17.7 million
See what makes Madison (Wis.) Fire Department’s new Station 13 so green; plus, 10 green lighting technologies for fire departments
These technologies and practices can help a department pursue a “greener” goal
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