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Fire
Station Design
Architectural Nexus has provided programming and design services
of fire stations and public safety facilities for several
municipalities including Salt Lake City, Provo City, Cache
County, West Jordan City, and a prototype fire station for
Salt Lake County. The following includes some of the important phases:
- Number
and type of fire fighting apparatus to be accommodated
- The
mix of male/female fire fighters to be accommodated
- Relationships
between sleep areas and day time areas
- Quick
and direct access to apparatus bay from sleep and/or day
areas
- Safe
and easy access to street from the apparatus bay
- Draining
of water from apparatus bay to appropriately located and
serviceable grease traps
- Managing
CO exhaust and ventilating the apparatus bay
- Special
program features such as Hazardous Materials, Paramedics,
etc.
- Durability
and maintenance for building systems and finishes
- Realization
that a fire station is a day time or night time home for
fire fighters and should consider privacy, comfort, socialization,
dining, quiet/noisy spaces, and protection of living quality
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