Firehouse Announces Station Design Award Winners

FORT ATKINSON, WI — Firehouse Magazine has announced the winners of its sixth annual Station Design Awards program, which recognizes outstanding architecture and design from fire departments nationwide.

Gold, Silver and Bronze awards have been distributed across eight categories in this prestigious competition: Career 1 and 2 departments, Satellite stations, Combination, Volunteer, Mixed Use departments, Training Facilities and Renovated fire stations. All participating entries will be published in the November issue of Firehouse Magazine and online at Firehouse.com/Stations.

“The Station Design Awards brings the best in fire station and training facility designs and renovations to departments across the country and helps our readers prepare and plan for these long-term projects that become the center of the community for decades ,” said Peter Matthews, editor-in-chief of Firehouse Magazine. “The awards allow our readers to be aware of the latest trends and concept that have been vetted by architects and fire department officials.”

Janet Wilmoth, special projects director for Firehouse, noted that the typical fire station has changed significantly over the past 25 years due to the increased responsibilities on fire departments across North America: “The judging of this year’s 54 entries was very difficult for the judges because the commitment to safety and health in the station is obvious in most of the entries. Fire departments are more proactive in designing healthier environments and restricting toxins and carcinogens returning on firefighters and in the stations. Every one of this year’s entries is a winner for its personnel and community they serve.”

Winners were selected by a panel of seven judges, including a fire chief, a fire chief/architect, a fire engineer/architect and four architects specialized in fire station designs.

The winning entries are as follows:

Career 1 Fire Station Award Winners (stations over 15,000 square feet)

Gold Award – Roaring Fork Fire Rescue Authority, Snowmass Village, CO

Architects: Charles Cunniffe Architects, Aspen, CO

Silver Award – Naples Fire Station No. 1 & Fire Administration, Naples, FL

Architects: Architects Design Group, Winter Park, FL & Dallas, TX

Bronze Award – Westlake Fire – EMS Station No. 1, Town of Westlake, TX

Architects: Brown Reynolds Watford Architects, Inc., Dallas, TX

Career 2 Fire Station Award Winners (stations under 15,000 square feet)

Gold Award – Garden Grove Fire Station 6, Garden Grove, CA

Architects: Jeff Katz Architecture (JKA), San Diego, CA

Silver Award – Vancouver Fire Department, Replacement Fire Stations 1 and 2, Vancouver, WA

Architects: Mackenzie, Vancouver, WA

Bronze Award – Menlo Park Fire Station 6, Menlo Park, CA

Designer: Menlo Park Fire Protection District, Menlo Park, CA

Satellite Fire Station Award Winners

Gold Award – Austin Onion Creek Fire & EMS Station, Austin, TX

Architects: Brown Reynolds Watford Architects, College Station, TX

Silver Award – Elk Grove Village Fire Station No. 8, Elk Grove Village, IL

Architects: FGM Architects, Inc., Oak Brook, IL

Bronze Award – Burlington Station #2, Burlington, MA

Architects: Context Architecture, Boston, MA

Volunteer Fire Station Award Winner

Gold Award – White Marsh Volunteer Fire Company, Baltimore, MD

Architects: Manns Woodward Studios, Inc., Baltimore, MD

Combination Station Award Winners

Gold Award – Peekskill Fire Headquarters, Peekskill, NY

Architects: Mitchell Associates Architects, Voorheesville, NY

Silver Award – Harris County ESD No. 7, Spring Fire Station No. 75, Spring, TX

Architects: Brown Reynolds Watford Architects, College Station, TX

Bronze Award – Harris County ESD 9 – Fire Station No. 13, Cypress, TX (Cy-Fair FD)

Architects: Martinez Architects, Houston, TX

Mixed Use Award Winners

Gold Award – Beachwood Public Safety Center Fire Station 2, Beachwood, OH

Architects: LeMay Erickson Willcox Architects, Reston, VA

Silver Award – Prosper Fire Rescue Station No. 2, Prosper, TX

Architects: Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects, Dallas, TX

Bronze Award – Fridley Civic Campus, Fridley, MN

Architect: BKV Group, Minneapolis, MN

Renovation Award Winners

Gold Award – Addition and Alterations to Headquarters, Setauket, NY

Architects: H2M architects + engineers, Melville, NY

Silver Award – Hartford Fire Station, Augusta, ME

Architects: WBRC Architects Engineers, Bangor, ME

Bronze Award – Wyandotte Central Fire Station Restoration, Wyandotte, MI

Architect: Thomas Roberts Architect, Wyandotte, MI

Training Facilities Award Winners

Gold Award – Round Rock Public Safety Training Center, Round Rock, TX

Architects: Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects, Dallas, TX, and G2 Solutions Group, Inc., New Braunfels, TX.

Silver Award – The Chester County Public Safety Training Center, S. Coatesville, PA

Architects: Manns Woodward Studios, Inc., Baltimore, MD