Penton's Fire Chief Magazine Announces 2013 National Station Style Design Award Winners

CHICAGO, Nov. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Penton's Fire Chief^® magazine has announced the winners of its 13th annual Station Style Fire Station Design Awards program, which recognizes outstanding architecture and design from fire departments nationwide. 

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Gold, silver, and bronze awards have been distributed across seven categories: volunteer departments, combination departments, career departments, satellite stations, shared-facilities, training facilities and renovated fire stations.  All participating entries will be published in the November issue of Fire Chief.

"There have been significant changes in fire and emergency facilities over the 13 years of Design Awards," said Janet Wilmoth, associate publisher of Fire Chief magazine. "Not only have the winning stations reflected the changing role of fire departments across the country, but fire sprinklers in these facilities, meeting rooms for the community and fitness areas have become routine fire department facilities. There is also significant increase in environmental awareness in fire departments. These exciting facilities support the demand for quicker response times, the integration of diversity into stations and an added focus on firefighter health and safety."

Winners have been selected by a panel of six judges including one fire chief, one firefighter/architect and four architects. The winning entries are as follows:

VOLUNTEER FIRE STATION DESIGN WINNERS:

Gold Place – Fort Washington Fire Company, Upper Dublin Township, Pennsylvania

Architects: Pacheco Ross Architects, P.C., Voorheesville, New York

Silver Place – City of Buckley Fire Station, Buckley, Washington

Architects: Mackenzie, Portland, Oregon

Bronze Place – Silver Lake Fire District, Middletown, New York

Architects:  Pacheco Ross Architects, P.C., Voorheesville, New York

COMBINATION (Volunteer & Career) STATION DESIGN WINNERS:

Gold Place – Central Saanich Volunteer Fire Department – Station No. 1

Architect:  Johnston Davidson Architecture + Planning, Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia

CAREER FIRE STATION DESIGN WINNERS:

Gold Place – The Woodlands Central Fire Station, The Woodlands Township, Texas

Architects: Joiner Partnership, Inc., Kingwood, Texas

Silver Place –City of Webster Fire Station and Training Tower, Webster, Texas

Architects:  PGAL, Houston, Texas

Bronze Place – El Mirage Fire Station + Administration, El Mirage, Arizona

Architects: LEA-Architects, LLC, Phoenix, Arizona; Lawrence Enyart, FAIA and Lance Enyart, AIA

SATELLITE STATION DESIGN WINNERS:

Gold Place – City of Yuma Fire Station No. 1, Yuma, Arizona

Architects:  Perlman Architects of AZ, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona

Silver Place – College Station Fire Station #6

Architects: BRW Architects, College Station, Texas

Bronze Place – Carrboro Fire-Rescue Station 2, Carrboro, North Carolina

Architects: Stewart Cooper Newell Architects, Gastonia, North Carolina

RENOVATED FIRE STATION DESIGN WINNERS:

Gold Place – Henrico County Fire Station 13, Henrico County, Virginia

Architects:  Stewart Cooper Newell Architects, Gastonia, North Carolina and Moseley Architects, Richmond, Virginia

Silver Place – Grand Junction Fire Department Station 1, Grand Junction, Colorado

Architect:  TCA Architecture Planning, Seattle, Washington, and the Blythe Group + Co., Grand Junction, Colorado

Bronze Place – FDNY Engine 63, Ladder 39 &  Battalion 15, Bronx, New York City, NY

Architect:  The Galante Architecture Studio, Cambridge, Massachusetts & New York City, New York

SHARED FACILITIES DESIGN WINNERS:

Gold Place – Cushing Public Safety Center, Cushing, Oklahoma

Architect: McCool and Associates, P.C., Tulsa, Oklahoma

TRAINING FACILITIES DESIGN WINNERS:

Gold Place --  Mark Noble Regional Fire Training Center, Olympia, Washington

Architect: Rice Fergus Miller, Bremerton, Washington

Bronze Place – Chino Training Center, Chino, California

Architect:  WLC Architects, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, California

Bronze Place – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Illinois Fire Service Institute, Champaign, Illinois

Architect:  FGM Architects, Oak Brook, Illinois

About Fire Chief
Established in 1956, Fire Chief is the magazine for progressive leaders of emergency services. Articles by fire officers and specialists from across the country and around the world cover a wide variety of topics that are important to fire and emergency medical service leaders. In addition, a monthly department lineup provides targeted information in a quick, accessible format.  Fire Chief offers print and electronic products to serve chief officers, incident commanders, training officers, safety officers and other titles and ranks.  More information on the publication can be found at www.firechief.com.

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MEDIA CONTACTS:
Janet Wilmoth
Associate Publisher
Firehouse Magazine
Phone: 312.840.8410
Email: [email protected]

Kate Spellman
SVP, Marketing
Penton
Phone: 212.204.4351
Email: [email protected]

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