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 Harmonville Fire location’s redo will accommodate more firefighters, a bigger apparatus, a meeting space and a diesel exhaust system
Providing alcohol in the firehouse can serve as a mechanism to encourage socialization, but this also creates liability issues
The 15,000-square-foot facility sits on 2.5 acres and has six drive-through maintenance bays
Don’t let the current crisis destroy your previously identified individual goals and departmental priorities
The $11.5 million facility was built in a location to avoid traffic and includes a transitional storage and shower area for decontamination
Saratoga Springs officials are seeking to build the $6.6 million facility in a location that will improve response times to newly developed parts of the city
The camera and swipe-card systems were installed after a fire lieutenant pleaded guilty to dealing drugs from one of the stations
Understanding the different models to facility design can help fire service leaders find the best solution for their department
At least one resident at the public forum expressed skepticism that a hot zone for carcinogen decontamination was needed
Personnel are expected to start working from the new 30,000-square-foot station early next year
The $6.75 million station is 4,500 square feet larger than its predecessor and has an exhaust system designed to reduce cancer risk