Fort Atkinson, WI, November 8, 2024—Firehouse Magazine announced the winners of its 11th annual Station Design Awards program, which recognizes outstanding architecture and design from fire departments and emergency facilities nationwide.
Gold, Silver and Bronze awards were issued across seven categories of facilities in this prestigious competition: Career 1, Career 2, Joint Facilities, Renovations, Satellite, Training Facilities and Volunteer/Combination. All 64 participating entries have been be published in the November issue of Firehouse. Of particular note, 29 nominations were entered by architectural firms who didn't submit projects last year.
Firehouse Editor-in-Chief Peter Matthews said, “In the 11 years since Firehouse has held the Station Design Awards, the efforts to improve living and working areas for firefighters have improved exponentially. Through the Station Design Conference and publication of the Station Design Awards, fire departments are better educated and prepared for their planning process with architects and builders to understand current conditions and prepare for future factors that are critical in the day-to-day operations of every community’s first line of defense while taking care of the people who work there.”
According to Rich Dzierwa, Firehouse Magazine Managing Editor, who supervised the Station Design Awards project, “Every entry in the 2024 Station Design Awards is a winner for its improvement in health and safety for personnel and the services that they provide to their community.”
Winners were selected by a panel of seven judges, including fire chiefs and architects who are experienced in recent design and construction.
The 2024 Station Design Award winners are as follows:
Career 1 Fire Station Award Winners (stations larger than 15,000 square feet)
Gold Award—Prosper Central Fire Station and Administration, Prosper, Texas
Architect: BRW Architects, Dallas, Texas
Silver Award—Overland Park Fire Department Station 41, Overland Park, Kansas
Architect: sfs architecture, Kansas City, Missouri
Bronze Award—Kirkland Fire Station 27, Kirkland, Washington
Architect: TCA architecture + planning + design, Seattle, Washington
Career 2 Fire Station Award Winners (stations 15,000 square feet and smaller)
Gold Award—Unified Fire Service Area Fire Station No. 102, Magna, Utah
Architect: BRW Architects, Dallas, Texas
Silver Award—Clearwater Beach Fire Station 46, Clearwater, Florida
Architect: WJArchitects, St. Petersburg, Florida
Bronze Award—Goodyear Fire Station No. 188, Goodyear, Arizona
Architect: Perlman Architects, Phoenix, Arizona
Joint Facilities Award Winners
Silver Award—Caledonia Public Safety Facility, Caledonia, Wisconsin
Architect: FGM Architects, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bronze Award—Auburn Public Safety Complex, Auburn, Alabama
Architect: Seay, Seay & Litchfield, Montgomery, Alabama
Renovations Award Winner
Gold Award—Barlett Fire Station 1 Headquarters, Bartlett, Illinois
Architect: 845 Design Group, La Grange, Illinois
Satellite Fire Station Award Winners
Gold Award—Central Jackson County Fire Protection District Station 6, Grain Valley, Missouri
Architect: sfs architecture, Kansas City, Missouri
Silver Award—New Braunfels Fire Station No. 7, New Braunfels, Texas
Architect: BRW Architects, Dallas, Texas
Bronze Award—Harris County ESD 21 Fire Station No. 3, Cypress, Texas
Architect: BRW Architects, Dallas, Texas
Training Facilities Award Winner
Bronze Award—East Valley Public Safety Training Center, Yucaipa, California
Architect: PBK, Rancho Cucamonga, California
Volunteer/Combination Fire Station Award Winners
Gold Award—Godfrey Fire Protection District House 1 & Headquarters, Godfrey, Illinois
Architect: FGM Architects, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Silver Award—Williamsburg Fire Station, Williamsburg, Virginia
Architects: GuernseyTingle, Williamsburg, Virginia
Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architects, Gastonia, North Carolina
Bronze Award—North County Fire & Rescue Engine House #2, St. Louis, Missouri
Architect: FGM Architects, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
