David Arends stresses the importance of listening, learning and building trust for the team that will be involved in the decision as to whether a station is renovated or replaced...
Photo is courtesy of Vicki Schmidt, Instructor, Maine Fire Services
With laws limiting the burning of vacant structures for training purposes, departments and architecture firms are developing onsite training areas in new fire stations.
A fire station is more than a house with a big garage — as anyone who has experienced the travails of funding, designing and constructing a new one (or remodeling an old one) ...