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June 20, 2023

The prestigious Station Design Awards is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The competition recognizes architects or construction firms and fire departments for their innovations and achievements in fire station design and construction. Entry forms are due by Aug. 4, 2023, with portfolios due Aug. 11. Click here to fill out an entry form.

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FEATURES
Janet Wilmoth shares how the speakers at the conference at the Hilton at the Ballpark in St. Louis knocked it out of the park.
Scott Garner of Garner & Brown Architects, PA, offers a rundown of things small fire departments need to consider when planning to build a new station.
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Margaret Lafferty has designs on enlightening fire chiefs and municipal administrators on how enlivening the various interior spaces of the fire station can boost morale.
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Conversations about firefighter health and safety in the firehouse usually don't include discussion about clothes washers and dryers, but they should.
IN QUARTERS
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Fire Boat Station 15 is a replacement for an existing, undersized station and was designed to accommodate two landside fire apparatus as well as a new 108-foot-long fireboat.
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The single-story Station No. 175 includes three bays, 10 gender-neutral dormitories, a fitness room, a training room, an exam room and interior decontamination showers.
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Sustainable elements, such as the use of natural daylight, pervious pavers and rainwater collection, are integral to the design of JIPSD Fire Station #1.
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Station 6 has two drive-through apparatus bays, tool storage, work areas, a staff office and an exercise room that opens into the apparatus bay.
STATION NEWS
The 9,500-square-foot building will occupy the same footprint as Chatanooga Station 15, built in 1960.
The Metropolis firefighter saw the vehicle that was stolen from the fire station while returning from a call.
Orange County Station 85 firefighters said the alligator did not move for three hours and a trapper eventually removed it from fire department property.
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