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.
U.C. San Diego provided the city a piece of land on campus where a station could improve response times to the university and the surrounding community
Trucks barely fit into the current Canton fire station, which was not designed to include sleeping quarters, despite EMS personnel working overnight shfits
Fire Chief Jason Culberson said the city has discussed expanding Fire Station One for 30 years, and encouraged council members to act quickly
The report classified the Devon Avenue station as in “critical condition” and the Greenwood station as in “poor, nearly critical condition,” with “major work” necessary to keep them operational
The federal funding will be used with proceeds from Oceanside’s Measure X to cover the estimated $18.6 million in construction costs
The legislation requires FEMA to allocate 25% of the grants for career fire and EMS departments, 25% for combination departments and 25% for volunteer departments
With $1 billion potentially at stake, we need to ensure effective use of the funds
Former fire stations are no longer doomed to the wrecking ball as historic preservation gains momentum
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said the smaller station will save the city millions compared to the cost of building a full-size fire station
The remodel will add more separate bathrooms and showers and individual sleeping areas rather than an open dorm