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.
Twin Falls’ new Station 2’s hold all of its apparatus and has a decontamination area separated from living quarters
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
Just north of San Francisco’s Bay Bridge, the new Fireboat Station No. 35 will serve the city with its three fireboats and rescue watercraft
Firefighters have been using a classroom and the engine bay as living quarters during the clean-up
The new Columbus Division of Fire station includes a separate changing station to protect firefighters from carcinogens and an alarm system that reduces sleep interruptions
Identify what’s important to the community and the firefighters – and then communicate those priorities early and often
Hunterdon County will break ground on a new four-story, 5,500-square-foot burn facility to replace the current facility deemed “near its end of life”
Portage Station No. 2 includes gender-neutral locker and shower facilities, on-site training space and “clean” rooms to help prevent cross-contamination
Firefighters can still achieve crew camaraderie without communal space living situations