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.
A new fire station will be opened in the hopes of remedying response time problems in Columbus’ Far East Side
Officials noted the lack of ventilation, sprinkler systems and adequate space to clean equipment
As more women join the ranks, it’s important to ensure fire station facilities reflect changes in gender makeup, the city’s facilities manager said
Thoughtful station design can help firefighters find stress relief and a greater sense of well-being
Several new technologies are being integrated into apparatus bays to optimize firefighter safety and department efficiency
Durham Fire and EMS Station 17 is the first fire station in the city that can generate its own electricity from the sun
The modern 10,314-square-foot facility replaces two buildings, which housed the old fire station and the community’s library branch
The Laurel Avenue fire station was built in 1910 and the city now is bolstering its flooring so it can bear the weight of modern fire trucks
The chief said her must-haves are biophilia — or focusing the design on nature to improve mental health — and decontamination areas