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Fire Department: Bravo - Formoso - Hilario - Lao - Lucas - Luna

The document discusses the design considerations for fire stations. It notes that fire stations provide emergency firefighting and protection services for a specific geographic area. Key areas discussed include challenges in designing efficient and budget-conscious stations, required areas like housing, recreation, administration, training, and vehicle storage. Design must accommodate the diverse functions while ensuring access for fire vehicles. Considerations are given to layout, road access, space types, building organization, and promoting occupant quality of life and safety. Sample plans show space adjacency and layout.

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Fire Department: Bravo - Formoso - Hilario - Lao - Lucas - Luna

The document discusses the design considerations for fire stations. It notes that fire stations provide emergency firefighting and protection services for a specific geographic area. Key areas discussed include challenges in designing efficient and budget-conscious stations, required areas like housing, recreation, administration, training, and vehicle storage. Design must accommodate the diverse functions while ensuring access for fire vehicles. Considerations are given to layout, road access, space types, building organization, and promoting occupant quality of life and safety. Sample plans show space adjacency and layout.

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FIRE DEPARTMENT

BRAVO | FORMOSO | HILARIO | LAO | LUCAS | LUNA


THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
• Provides predominantly emergency firefighting and fire protection
services for a specific geographic area, which is typically a municipality,
county, state, or special district.
CHALLENGES
Challenges facing fire departments worldwide in
building
 Functional
 Efficient
 Budget-conscious fire stations
THE FIRE STATION
• A fire station can act as
emergency medical
communication centre as
well as district or regional
control centre in the event
of a large-scale emergency
• A fire station supports the
needs of the fire
department and the
community in which it is
located.
THE FIRE STATION
 It must accommodate extremely diverse functions:
• Housing
• Recreation
• Administration
• Training
• Community education
• Equipment and vehicle storage,
• Equipment and vehicle maintenance
• Hazardous materials storage.
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
• Fire stations will vary somewhat in design depending on specific
mission

i.e., the types of emergencies that will be responded to or the


types of fires that will be fought. Usually, the facility differences
relate to the size of the firefighting apparatus and facility location.
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
• Fire Stations which serve districts, and
are in contact with accident and
emergency medical departments, can
often usefully be linked to a motorway

• Should be equipped with all the


necessary maintenance, support and
repair facilities for constant readiness
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

 Hose storage and maintenance equipment should be


provided as well as a drying tower which also serves
as a practice tower with ladder access points
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
 Clear functional areas are necessary for preparing the fire engines for
operation.
• all preparation rooms should be ranged along one axis leading
towards the fire-engine hall

 Vehicles returning from incidents drive around the complex to the


equipment, hose and tool return department, and retake their place
in the fire-engine hall after being cleaned and prepared for operation
AREAS
Sample plan
AREAS
AREAS
Parking bays and doors
AREAS
Dimension of parking bays
ROAD ACCESS
Approved fire department access roads are required for every facility,
building, or portion of a building constructed or relocated. The access
roads must be designed and constructed as follows:
 WIDTH: unobstructed width not less than 20 ft (6.1 m).
 CLEARANCE: vertical clearance not less than 13 ft 6 in. (4.1 m)..
 Vertical clearances can be increased when vertical clearances or widths
are not adequate to accommodate fire apparatus.
ROAD ACCESS

 BRIDGES: Must be in accordance with national recognized standards; designed


for a live load sufficient to carry the imposed load of the fire apparatus; any
limits on loading must be posted at all entrances to the bridge
 SURFACE: The access roads must be designed and maintained to support the
loads of fire apparatus and provided with an all-weather driving surface.
SPACE TYPES AND BUILDING
ORGANIZATION
Apparatus bay(s): This is where the fire fighting and emergency
response vehicles are stored.
SPACE TYPES AND BUILDING
ORGANIZATION
Apparatus bay support and vehicle maintenance: These industrial
spaces are where the vehicles and other fire fighting equipment are
cleaned, maintained, and stored.
SPACE TYPES AND BUILDING
ORGANIZATION
Administrative and training areas: These include offices, dispatch
facilities, and training and conference rooms.
SPACE TYPES AND BUILDING
ORGANIZATION
Residential areas: These include the dorm rooms, day
room/kitchen, and residential support areas such as bathrooms and
fitness spaces.
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
PROMOTE OCCUPANT QUALITY OF LIFE
Fire stations are occupied 24 hours a day, seven days a week by
personnel in continuous 24-hour shifts. Therefore, ensuring a
comfortable living environment for the firefighters is paramount:

• Provide ample natural light.


• Provide individual dorm rooms, if budget allows.
• Provide ample recreation areas and separate noisy areas (such
as a game room) from quieter areas (such as a television room).
• Avoid institutional and unnatural finishes, textures, and colors.
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
MAINTAIN A SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
As above, due to the continuous occupation of the facility by firefighters
and the presence of hazardous materials, special attention must be
given to designing the facility to accommodate equipment and
operational strategies to both protect the occupants and maintain
a healthy environment.
• Provide secure facility for both personnel and materials such as
controlled medical supplies and hazardous fire suppression agents.
• Use non-toxic building materials and improved maintenance
practices.
• Ensure good indoor air quality and abundant natural light in the
residential and administrative areas.
• Ensure good ventilation of industrial areas such as the apparatus bay
and prevent contamination of clean spaces such as the maintenance
areas.
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
• Ensure that equipment, furnishings, and finishes do not contain
asbestos or lead.

ENSURE FLEXIBILITY
As fire fighting technology evolves, fire stations need to evolve as
well. Consider the following areas:
• Plan for potential expansion, both in the apparatus bay area and
the residential areas.
• Ensure appropriate product/system integration.
• Design for the changing nature of work.
AREAS
Sample Space adjancency
AREAS
Sample layout
Bureau of Fire Protection (NCR)

 117,(02) 729-5166, (02) 410-6319


(Regional Director, Information Desk)
Reference:

 CITY OF GOODYEAR DESIGN GUIDE For FIRE STATIONS


 STANDARDS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE ACCESS
 Specifications of Fire Department Access Roads, #firecodefridays
 'WHOLE BUILDING' DESIGN TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES

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